Audioguide Exhibition zurueckGESCHAUT

This English-language audioguide takes visitors through the “zurückGESCHAUT” exhibition at the Museum Treptow, which opened in 2017 and focuses on the “First German Colonial Exhibition” of 1896 in the Treptower Park. “zurückGESCHAUT” is the first permanent exhibition in Germany to critically deal with German colonialism in a public institution. It was created in close cooperation with Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland ISD and Berlin Postkolonial.

The audioguide is the result of a collaboration of Museen Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin Postkolonial e.V. and has been produced during the project “Breaking the Silence – Commemorating the End of Germany’s Colonial Empire 100 Years ago”.

We like to thank Yasmina Lehmkuhl, Mnyaka Sururu Mboro, Christian Diaz Orejanery, Lisa Schubert, Marlene Steinmassl, Mara Stirner, Julian Trostorf, Miriam Trostorf, Moro Yapha und Christian Kopp and the great speaker Sharon Dodua Otoo.

1 - Introduction

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  Kwelle Ndumbe looks back at the visitors of the First German Colonial Exhibition

2 - General Map of the Exhibition

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  General map of the colonial exhibition

3 - Germany's World Empire at the Karpfenteich

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  Caricature published in the satirical magazine Kladderadatsch on 22 March 1896

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  Official poster of the Berlin Trade Exhibition by Ludwig Süttlerlin

4 - Colonial Propaganda from In and Outside

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  Cover of the exhibition catalogue, 1896

5 - Arab City - Scientific Commercial Part

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  Arab House at the colonial exhibithion

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  Tropical house at the colonial exhibition

6 - Colonial Hall

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  The Colonial Hall at the exhibition

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  The Hamburg trading house Meyer advertised their ivory trade in the Colonial Hall

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  Presentation of the Protestant and Catholic Missions in the Colonial Hall

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  Collage of Woermann shipping company

7 - Scientific Commercial Part

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  The Science Hall at the exhibition

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  The Industry Export Hall at the exhibition

8 - Ethnological Part

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  Main entrance gate to the colonial exhibition

9 - The Duala and Batanga in the Batanga Village

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  Illustration of the so-called Cameroon Village

10 - The Togo Village

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  The Bruce family in the so-called Togo village

11 - The Tolai

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  The village of Tarawai

12 - The Swahili, Massai, Makonde and Mbunjono

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  Replica of the fortress Quikuru kwa Sike

13 - Southwest Africa the Kraal of the Herero and Kobesin

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  The Ovaherero and Witbooi-Nama Delegation in Berlin, 1896

14 - The German Colonial Museum

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  German Colonial Museum

15 - Group Picture

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  Group photograph

16 - Change of Perspective

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  Change of Perspective - Exhibition Room

17 - Colonial Racist Science

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  Felix von Luschan

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  Agreement between Schweinitz and Luschan

18 - Foto Exhibition Room

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  Foto Exhibition