Background Bayume Mohamed Husen
askari exercising heliograph. husen worked signal troops apprentice in similar function during world war i
husen born in dar es salaam, part of german east africa, son of askari held rank of effendi. prior world war i, had learned german , worked clerk @ textile factory in lindi. when war broke out in 1914, both , father joined schutztruppe , participated in east african campaign against allied forces. husen wounded in battle of mahiwa in october 1917 , held pow british forces.
after war, husen worked boy(servant) on various cruise ships , worked waiter deutsche ost-afrika linie ship in 1925. in 1929, travelled berlin collect outstanding military pay himself , father, claims rejected foreign office late. husen stayed in berlin , worked waiter. used swahili in language courses officials , security personnel , low paid tutor in university classes, e.g. famous scholar, diedrich westermann.
he married sudeten german woman, maria schwandner, on january 27, 1933, 3 days before hitler came power. couple had son, ahmed adam mohamed husen (1933-1938), , daughter, annemarie (1936-1939). husen had son, heinz bodo husen (1933-1945), relationship german woman named lotta holzkamp - child adopted schwandner , raised half-siblings.
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