{"product_id":"karl-hanssen-s-memoirs-of-his-wartime-experiences-in-samoa-and-new-zealand-1915-1916-9783631667286","title":"Karl Hanssen’s Memoirs of his Wartime Experiences","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKarl Hanssen’s memoirs provide an invaluable outsider’s view of life in New Zealand prisons and a unique perspective on German Samoa under New Zealand occupation. In October 1915, Hanssen, manager of the DHPG, a large German copra production company, was sent from Samoa to New Zealand to serve a six-month sentence imposed by a New Zealand military court for bypassing war censorship regulations. He served his sentence in a number of prisons in New Zealand, including two months in the high-security prison, Mt Eden.\u003cbr\u003e Hanssen’s memoirs – in English translation and in the original German – are made available for the first time in this edition, which also features photos from his Samoan album and a comprehensive introduction by Bronwyn Chapman on the historical and political background.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«Die als Band 15 in der Reihe »Germanica Pacifica« der Universität Auckland herausgegebenen Aufzeichnungen Hanssens über seine Inhaftierung und Inter-nierung sind für das Verständnis des kolonialpolitischen Verhältnisses zwischen Deutschland und den britischen Dominions im Südpazifik ungeheuer lehrreich.»\u003cbr\u003e (Axel Grießmer, MGZ 77\/1 2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Samoa under New Zealand Military Occupation in 1915 – New Zealand gaols during World War I – New Zealand attitudes towards Germany during World War I.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044329259351,"sku":"9783631667286","price":45.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631667286.jpg?v=1750961278","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/karl-hanssen-s-memoirs-of-his-wartime-experiences-in-samoa-and-new-zealand-1915-1916-9783631667286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}