Textual and pictorial narrative of genocide. A critical edition of the written and photographic legacy of Lothar von Trotha, commander-in-chief of the colonial troops in German South West Africa from 1904 to 1905

该项目旨在通过对1904年至1905年德属西南非洲殖民地部队总司令洛塔尔·冯·特罗塔中将的摄影和书面遗产的评论版，为一个高度热门的主题做出贡献。通过实施戒严令，洛塔尔·冯·特罗塔拥有了独裁权力，通常被认为是种族灭绝的罪魁祸首。首先，这个项目是基于迄今为止无法接触到的美联社手写原件。900-第一份是Lothar von Trotha的“战争日记”，第二份是迄今为止完全未知的将军个人文件，第三份是von Trotha将军的相册，名为“Lieutenant-General v. Trotha在西南非洲的战争图像”，迄今为止还没有受到研究人员的任何关注。作为洛塔尔·冯·特罗塔遗产的管理者，特罗塔的家族协会第一次赠款了对冯·特罗塔设计的全面了解，并授予其出版权。日记和相册将被严格编辑。此外，日记的手写原件也将作为传真件在网上或以印刷版的形式向公众提供，以确保可以检查版本。将军遗产的评论版旨在为科学界和感兴趣的公众提供机会，以审查总司令在暴力及其升级过程中的作用，并根据以前未知或无法获得的来源重新评估这一作用。鉴于部分不稳定的来源，该项目有望获得关于20世纪世纪第一次种族灭绝的知识。

The project aims to contribute to a highly topical subject by a critical edition of the photographic and written legacy of Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, commander in chief of the Colonial Troops in German South West Africa from 1904 to 1905. By imposition of martial law Lothar von Trotha had dictatorial powers and is commonly regarded as the main culprit of genocide. The project is based on, firstly, the hitherto inaccessible handwritten original of the ap. 900-page “war diary” by Lothar von Trotha, secondly a hitherto completely unknown holdings of personal documents of the general, and thirdly a photo album of General von Trotha, titled "Images from the war in South West Africa by Lieutenant-General v. Trotha" which so far has not received any attention by researchers. For the first time, Trotha’s family association as administrator of the legacy of Lothar von Trotha grants comprehensive insight into von Trotha’s devise and confer right to its publication. Diary and photo album will be critically edited. Additionally, the handwritten original of the diary will also be made accessible to the public as a facsimile, either online or in form of a print version, in order to ensure that the edition can be checked. The critical edition of the General’s legacy intends to provide the scientific community and the interested public with the opportunity to examine the role of the commander-in-chief in the process of violence and its escalation and to reassess it in the light of previously unknown or inaccessible sources. In view of the partial precarious sources, this project promises a high gain of knowledge regarding the first genocide of the 20th century.