Colonial Magazines as a Source to Study Relocation to German Colonies

The author of the article analyzed the publications of colonial magazines of Kaiser Germany on the issues of resettlement policy in the German colonies. The author was guided primarily by the fact that in studies of the colonial past of Germany there is practically no mention of the role of colonial magazines in shaping views among German society on the problem of resettlement in the German colonies. The selection of colonial magazines was determined primarily by their significance in covering issues of the country’s resettlement policy in the German colonies. It should be noted that the publications of colonial magazines on the issue of resettlement in the German colonies have, first of all, a certain significance in understanding the attitude of imperial colonial circles to the problem of resettlement. When analyzing the publications of colonial magazines, the contents of articles and notes on the issues of resettlement in the German colonies, their dual nature is largely shown, which indicates that the publications of colonial magazines reflected not only the official point of view on the issues of resettlement in the German colonies, but also reflected the opposition the views of certain circles of the country on this problem...