Erich Schultz-Ewerth

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Erich Schultz-Ewerth (1932)

Erich Bernhard Theodor Schultz-Ewerth (* March 8, 1870 , † June 25, 1935 in Berlin ) was a German colonial official and ethnologist . He was the last German governor of German Samoa .

Live and act

Erich Schultz-Ewerth first entered the Prussian judicial service in 1892 and passed the major state examination in 1897. After joining the colonial department of the Foreign Office in 1898, he traveled to German East Africa at the end of the year , where he worked as a district judge. In 1899 he had to return to Germany due to illness. After a brief change back to the judicial service, he was reassigned to the colonial department on December 22, 1899 at his own request and was transferred to German Samoa in 1901 as a district judge . There he became a consultant in January 1904, in July 1904 Imperial Chief Justice and in 1910 First Consultant. In 1911 he received the title of Privy Councilor . On June 19, 1912, Schultz-Ewerth was appointed governor of Samoa to succeed Wilhelm Solf . In 1912 he issued a controversial ban on mixed marriages. With the occupation of Samoa by New Zealand troops in 1914 after the outbreak of the First World War , he was taken prisoner , from which he was released in 1919 in poor health. After the war, he briefly defended German accused before foreign courts. He then worked as an author of books on colonial issues and in the fight against the colonial guilt lie .

In his memories of Samoa he describes the economic and political importance of Samoa, the colonization, the South Seas as a colonial area, as well as superstition, polygamy, cannibalism and funeral ceremonies.

During his studies in 1888 he became a member of the Thuringia Charlottenburg / Berlin fraternity , which still exists today under the name “United Berlin Thuringia Burschenschaft”.

marriage and family

Schultz-Ewerth was married to the writer Charlott Schultz-Ewerth (pseudonym Christa Maria Parcham) (born June 11, 1898). The marriage ended in divorce. Her works include Das neue Kircheiß-Buch. A book of courage and a German kind , Kribe-Verlag, Berlin 1929, Allerleirauh , Bioletta and A girl experienced the revolution .

His son was the singer and actor Mario Tuala (1924–1961).

Works

  • Proverbs of the Samoans, a collection, translation, and explanation of 560 proverbs , Apia 1906.
  • Samoan family, furniture and inheritance law , Apia 1911.
  • Proverbs wisdom of the Samoans , March 1914 issue of the Süddeutsche Monatshefte .
  • Memories of Samoa. Scherl, Berlin 1926.
  • Germany's way to colonial power. Scherl, Berlin 1934.
  • Ed. Zs. with Leonhard Adam: The native law. Morals and customary rights of the natives of the former German colonies in Africa and the South Seas. 2 vols., Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1929–1930.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 356-357.

Web links

literature

  • Erich Schultz-Ewerth. In: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, Volume III, p. 310 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 356.
  2. ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. , 1937, p. 50.
personal data
SURNAME Schultz-Ewerth, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schultz-Ewerth, Erich Bernhard Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German colonial official and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1870
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1935
Place of death Berlin