After almost 30 years of liberation war, a negotiated settlement was reached which provided for free elections under UN supervision in 1989.
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With the exception of some district and military files which were apparently destroyed under unknown circumstances.
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The National Archives was established in 1939 as 'Archives Depot of the Territory', and the German files were the first to be taken in and organized.
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This set includes also the files for the other German colonies - an important feature not only for comparative studies, but also because there were many-fold connections between the colonies.
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Most notably, the files of the 'Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft', and records in the Political Archives of the German Foreign Office.
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The military archives in Potsdam was burned in totality by an air raid on 14 April 1945, except for some (mostly more recent) material removed in 1943. The destroyed archives most probably contained all files relating to the Namibian war, except for the Navy files which were archived separately and are today in the Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Freiburg. See: Buck, Gerhard (1976): Das Militärarchivwesen in Deutschland, Jahresbibliographie Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, vol.48, pp.455-468.
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The UN supervisory body UNTAG (United Nations Transitional Assistance Group) had no immediate administrative power and was largely restricted to supervise the elections. It had apparently no instructions to safeguard the integrity of archives.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report (ed. Susan de Villiers). Cape Town: Juta, 1998. See in particular: Vol.1, p.201 and p.224
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In the Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
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As a starting point in the repatriation of UN material, the National Archives has received digitized records of the UN Security Council dealing with Namibia.
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Mutorwa, John (2001): Speech at the press conference to launch the AACRLS Project, 16 August 2001.
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The National Archives moved into the new building during April/May 2000.
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SWAPO, the main liberation movement, organized a civil administration in exile which included educational institutions and civic affairs.
14.
In line with international archival practice, the transfer of private accessions is accompanied by a legally binding contract which may stipulate individual access conditions.
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Fetzer, C. (1913): Rassenanatomische Untersuchungen an 17 Hottentottenköpfen , Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie, vol.16, pp.95-156.
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National Archives of Namibia, P/Bag 13250, Windhoek, Namibia.
