Trotha's sons?

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Peter H
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Trotha's sons?

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Post by Peter H » 25 Oct 2005, 08:28

This account states that one of Trotha's sons was killed in DSWA:

http://www.geocities.com/cdferree/history/hottentot.htm
Unable to catch Cornelius, von Trotha attempted negotiations for the first time by sending his own son to talk Cornelius and Christian into surrendering in a strange departure from his policies to that point. The negotiations were terminated by a misdirected attack by a German patrol on the rebels which resulted in the death of Lieutenant von Trotha and the escape once again of the guerrillas.
Another son,Oberleutnant Thilo von Trotha,also served with Trotha's HQ.

Thilo later served as an aide to Prinz Weid in Albania 1914,Major with RIR 202 in 1918.

Were there two of Trotha's sons on his staff in DSWA or has some confusion resulted in the 'death' of Thilo being reported?

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Post by schutztruppe » 26 Oct 2005, 11:31

The person that was killed was not a son of von Trotha but a relitive - cousin in fact.


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Post by Peter H » 26 Oct 2005, 14:26

Thanks.

Makes more sense now.

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Post by Chris Dale » 27 Oct 2005, 01:47

You might also like to try the Trotha Family website here-

http://www.trotha.de

or translated into English through the Schutzgebeite website here-

http://www.reverso.net/url/result.asp?d ... trotha.de/

Click on "Geschichte" for many family connections.
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Post by lettow4beck » 26 Mar 2006, 08:12

Actually it was his nephew, and there is a book about the event called "Das Einsame Grab im Fish River Canyon" or something like that.

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