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Lothar von Trotha中将（1904年至1905年在德国西南非洲担任殖民部队总司令）的摄影和书面遗产的批判性版本，为一个高度热门的主题做出贡献。通过实施戒严法，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。该项目的基础是，首先，迄今为止无法获得的Lothar von Trotha的900页“战争日记”的手写原件；其次，迄今为止完全不为人知的将军个人文件；第三，von Trotha将军的一本相册，题为“Trotha中将在西南非洲的战争图像”，迄今尚未得到任何研究人员的注意。这是第一次，作为洛塔·冯·特罗塔遗产管理人的特罗塔家族协会授予对冯·特罗塔设计的全面洞察，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以在线或印刷版的形式向公众开放，以确保可以检查版本。将军遗产的批判版旨在为科学界和感兴趣的公众提供机会，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资料重新评估它。鉴于部分不稳定的来源，该项目有望获得关于20世纪第一次种族灭绝的大量知识。

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.