Andreas Vogt (historian)

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Andreas Vogt (born July 26, 1962 in Windhoek , South West Africa ) is a Namibian historian and author .

Educational path

As a German Namibian, Vogt attended the state German primary school Windhoek and then the Jan Möhr Secondary School . In 1981 and 1982 he did military service in the South African army . Vogt then studied political science , philosophy , languages and political philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa until 1988 . He obtained a BA

As part of a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service , Vogt came to Germany , where he studied monument conservation at the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg in 1993 and 1994 . In 1995 he did his MA in Afrikaans cultural history again at the University of Stellenbosch .

In 1997 he returned to Bamberg, working under Achim Hubel on his dissertation , which he 2002 Promotion led.

Professional career

Vogt has been working as a freelance historian and author of cultural-historical books in Windhoek since 2001 . He began his professional career in 1989 with the Namibian Monument Council . During this time Vogt wrote numerous scientific articles and books on the history of monuments in Namibia.

Works (selection)

  • From Tsaobis to Namutoni - the fortifications of the German protection force in German Southwest Africa from 1884–1915 . Klaus Hess Verlag, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 978-3-933117-25-0 ; published as a dissertation in 2002: The defensive structures of the German protection forces in German South West Africa (Namibia) 1884–1915 .
  • National Monuments in Namibia - An inventory of the proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia , Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek 2006, ISBN 99916-0-752-8 .
  • A closer look at Namibia . Windhoek 2009, ISBN 978-99945-68-22-2 .
  • With Gutferngruß - The historical Fudge postcard collection from the former protected area of ​​German South West Africa . Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek 2010, ISBN 978-99916-2421-1 .
  • South Africa in the World War - The Collapse in German South West Africa / The Politics of the South African Union during the War / World Peace? , Südwestertex, Volume 3, Windhoek 2012, ISBN 978-99945-73-75-2 .
  • Bernd Kroemer (Ed.): Photographic memories of German South West Africa - places, people and history in old photographs , Glanz & Gloria Verlag, Windhoek 2013, ISBN 978-99916-872-7-8 .
  • Expelled! - The list of repatriated Germans from the former protected area German South West Africa from 1919 , Südwestertex, Volume 7, Windhoek 2015, ISBN 978-99916-891-4-2 .
  • In foreign armies - years of apprenticeship, military service and wandering of a regional power soldier , Windhoek 2019, ISBN 978-99916-891-1-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Namibian historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Windhoek , South West Africa