Major der Schutztruppe Hans Dominik

[Peter H]

Friedrich Wilhelm Hans Dominik(1870-1910) was a key figure in the pacification of the Cameroons,serving there on and off from 1894 to 1910.

1870--b.Kulm
1889--Gren R.12
1890--Leutnant
1894--Schutztruppe Kamerun
1904--Hauptmann
1910--Major.

Died of disease onsea while returning to Germany.

Dominik's punitive actions,and the unverified atrocities his force was said to have committed(body parts cut off of rebels and 52 children thrown into a river) caused protests in the Reichstag.

The Dominik statue in Hamburg,torn down by students in 1968:


http://www.afrika-hamburg.de/Domi01.jpg

Photo from the Frankfurt University colonial website: http://www.stub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-fran ... efault.htm

[Jan-Hendrik]

Could he have been an ancestor of the science fiction novel author Hand Dominik that became famous in the 1920s in Germany ?

Jan-Hendrik