Naulila Monument
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | Monuments: war memorial | ||
| location | Outjo | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 20 ° 6 '28 .4 " S , 16 ° 9' 11.4" E | ||
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| Emergence | June 12, 1933 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
4th June 1971 | ||
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| Website | NHC website | ||
The Naulila Memorial ( English Naulila Memorial ) is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia . It is located in the Outjo parish and was recognized as a National Monument on June 4, 1971 .
The memorial commemorates the 31 German soldiers of the protection force in German South West Africa who died in the battle for Naulila . It was presented to the public on June 12, 1933.
background
Shortly after the outbreak of World War I , on October 19, 1914, two German soldiers and the district captain of Outjo, Hans Schultze-Jena, were murdered by a Portuguese unit at the Portuguese Fort Naulila on the Kunene in Angola while negotiating a non-aggression pact.
In response, Major Victor Franke and his troops of around 500 men were sent to Naulila, which they attacked on December 18, 1914. Despite the numerical superiority of the Portuguese, the fort was conquered by Franke. About 160 Portuguese and 31 protection troops fell. Franke's regiment was renamed the "Naulila Regiment".
See also
literature
- Esgalhado, Pedro: O Combate de Naulila (18 de Decembro de 1914). Quartzo Editora / Liga dos Combatentes, Viseu 2014, ISBN 978-989-8738-05-9
- Historicus Africanus: The 1st World War in German South West Africa 1914/15. Volume 2 “Naulila”, Windhoek 2012, ISBN 978-99916-872-3-0
- Andreas Vogt : National Monuments in Namibia. An inventory of proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek 2004, ISBN 99916-0-593-2 .
- Max Ewald Baericke: Naulila. Memories of a contemporary. Society for Scientific Development and Museum Swakopmund, South West Africa / Namibia 1981, ISBN 0-620-05512-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 052/1971 Naulila Memorial. National Heritage Council. ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
