• Aus
• Bethanien
• Gobabis
• Karibib
• Keetmanshoop
• Khorixas
• Luderitz
• Maltahöhe
• Mariental
• Okahandia
• Okakarara
• Omaruru
• Oshakati
• Ondangwa
• Otjiwarongo
• Outjio
• Rundu
• Swakopmund
• Tsumeb
• Walvis Bay
• Windhoek

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000641
Baard, Kenneth Carl
* 29.12.1926 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1952
---
Kenneth Carl Baard was born on 29.12.1926 at Cape Town in South Africa. He entered Namibia in 1952. He was a Land Surveyor.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000451
Bachran, Horst
* .?.1911
+ 07.08.1989 at Okahandja
---
Horst Bachran was born in 1911. He worked as a prospector. He was an avid collector of archaeological, mineralogical and zoological items from Namibia, which after his death were acquired by the Swakopmund Museum. He died on 07.08.1989 at Okahandja.
---
Gender: m

Collections/Papers:
1). Museum Swakopmund (Archaeological and zoological collections)
RAW DATA: "What is to happen to this singular priceless treasure?", Windhoek Observer 17.02.1990;

001947
Backhouse, James
* .1794
+ .1869
First entry to Namibia: 29.01.1840
Last departure from Namibia: 18.02.1840
---
James Backhouse was born in 1794. During a tour of South African Wesleyan Missions with G.W. Walker between 1848-1840, James Backhouse visited Cook and Tindall at Warmbad and Blydeverwacht in January/February 1840. He left Namibia on 18.02.1840. He died in 1869.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:9; DSAB I:31-32;

000027
Badenhorst, Jan
*
First entry to Namibia: 1761
Last departure from Namibia: 1762
---
Jan Badenhorst was a participant in Hendrik Hop's expedition to Namibia in 1761/62.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000644
Badenhorst, Frans
* at Swellendam, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 01.1961
---
Frans Badenhorst was educated at Worcester Boys High School and Pretoria University. He practised law at the Pretoria Bar before coming to Namibia in January 1961. He was the Judge-President of the South West Africa Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa from ... to ... He was married to Renata Baroness von Nolde.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Judge
Functions: Judge-President - South West Africa Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Married to: Renata Badenhorst, née von Nolde

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000645
Bailey, Roy Robert Malcolm
* in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 195810
---
Roy Robert Malcolm Bailey was educated at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He came to Namibia in October 1958 as a Quantity Surveyor. He married Phyllis Bailey, née Farquhar, in 1949.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Phyllis Bailey, née Farquhar, married 1949
Father: Robert Harold Bailey

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000452
Bailie, J.A.
* .1816
First entry to Namibia: 1848
Last departure from Namibia: 1851
---
J.A. Bailie was born in 1816. He was a missionary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society at Warmbad, where he was stationed with his wife from early 1848 to July 1851. He left Warmbad with Tindall in 1851, and was later stationed at Lilyfontein, Cape Colony in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Collections/Papers:
1). Dutch Reformed Church Archives Cape Town (Diary )
2). National Archives of Namibia (copy of (1))
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:9;

000795
Baines, Thomas
* 27.11.1820 at King's Lynn, England
+ 08.05.1875 at Durban, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: March 1861
Last departure from Namibia: 12.04.1866
---
Thomas Baines was born on 27.11.1820 at King's Lynn in the United Kingdom. He was an artist, adventurer and explorer. He was in central Namibia twice, both times reaching the country via the eastern routes with Chapman's expeditions: from March to July 1861, and again from August 1863 to December 1864. Thomas Baines' art works have great historical significance today as he was the most important artist to depict Namibian settlements, landscapes and typical scenes of the lives of 19th century indigenous Namibians, settlers and explorers. His book "Explorations in South West Africa" (London 1864) is an important first-hand account. Besides Namibia, he travelled and painted extensively in southern Africa and in Australia. He died on 08.05.1875 at Durban in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist

RAW DATA: Lau: Andersson, 1989:294; Lilienthal: Art in Namibia, 1997:12-13; Tabler 1973:9-10;

000713
Bald
*
---
Bald was the Superintendent of Krantzplatz Reserve around 1955.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001948
Baldwin, William Charles
* .1826
+ .1903
---
William Charles  Baldwin was born in 1826. He was a traveller and hunter, mainly in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. He visited Lake Ngami in 1859, and the Caprivi in ??. His published account "African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi", published 1863, gives relevant contemporary information. He died in 1903.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:10;

000646
Ball, Gilbert Clarence
* 05.08.1909 at Springfontein, O.F.S., South Africa
---
Gilbert Clarence Ball was born on 05.08.1909 at Springfontein in south Africa. He was educated at the Rhodes University in Grahams Town (South Africa). He was the Surveyor-General of South West Africa from ... - ... .
---
Gender: m
Functions: Surveyor General

Married to: Bertha Muriel Balal, née Barrow, married 1935-
Father: Edward James Ball

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000647
Baltzer, Franz
* 29.05.1857 at Dresden, Germany
---
Franz Baltzer was born on 29.05.1857 at Dresden in Germany. He was an engineer in the service of the Prussian state. Since 1906 he was employed in the Reichskolonialamt, where he was much involved with the construction of railways in the German colonies, a subject on which he also published extensively. Apparently he never visited Namibia.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Deutsches Koloniallexikon;

000130
Bam, Albertus
*
+ ??.??.1898
---
Albertus Bam was a handyman, trader and transport rider. It is said that he was the son of a European man and a Baster woman. His special duty was to follow Witbooi after tribute-collecting tours of Otjimbingwe and reclaim the Europeans' cattle which often, accidentally, were among the Ovaherero or Damara herds. In November 1897, Bam was given a 10 000 hectare farm by Ovaherero leaders in Otjimbingwe. No connection to the missionary family of the same name was traced. Bam died in 1898.
---
Gender:
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: More details in Lau 1989:172; Lau 1995:227;

001949
Bam, Christiaan H.
*
---
Christiaan H. Bam was probably a son of missionary Johannes Bam. He was in charge of the store of the Rheinische Missions-Handels-Gesellschaft (MHG) in Otjimbingwe in January 1879, and was working for the MHG at Okahandja in December 1880, when he fetched the body of Wilhelm Maharero from the battlefield at Otjikango (Gross-Barmen) to Okahandja.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Father: Johannes Bam (-1855)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:10;

000430
Bam, Johannes Heinrich
* 01.03.1849 at Scheppmannsdorf
+ 26.09.1891 at Bethany
---
Johannes Heinrich Bam was born on 01.03.1849 in Scheppmannsdorf as son of missionary Johannes Bam. He served as a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft since 1874. He took part in the negotiation on the fraudulent land sale of Bethany to Adolf Lüderitz. He died on 26.09.1891 at Bethany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Lina Bam, née Baade, married 1876-
Father: Johannes Bam (-1855)

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966, pp.31-32+329; Rohlfs 1884, p.12;

001950
Bam, Johannes
* at Cape Town, South Africa
+ 12.1855 at Rooibank
First entry to Namibia: 1842
---
Johannes Bam was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Windhoek shortly before Hahn and Kleinschmidt arrived there in 1842. He was later in charge of the Rhenish mission station at Rooibank (Scheppmannsdorf) near Walvis Bay from 1847 until his death in December 1855. He had a wife and numerous children. For some time, he received all goods for the Rhenish missionaries in Central Namibia at Walvis Bay to forward them upcountry. He was buried by Latham and Chapman, and his wife and children were taken to Walvis Bay and cared for by Mrs. Latham.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:10;

000648
Banghart, M.D.
*
---
M.D. Banghart was a mining engineer with a B.Sc. from the University of Nebraska in the USA. He was an American citizen who came to southern Africa in 1940 in the employ of Newmont Mining Corporation. He was a Managing Director of the Tsumeb Corporation and the O'okiep Copper Company in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG

RAW DATA: SWA Annual 1954;

000649
Barbour, Edwin Alfred
* 17.06.1930 at Vryheid, Natal, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 01.1970
---
Edwin Alfred Barbour was born on 17.06.1930 at Vryheid, Natal in South Africa. He was a geologist. Came To Namibia in January 1970. He was married to married to Philomena Mary Barbour, née Normoyle in 1957.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: GEO
Profession: Geologist

Married to: Philomena Mary Barbour, née Normoyle, married 1957-
Father: Harley Wilson Barbour

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000684
Barella, Ludwig
*
---
---
Gender: m

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.429

000650
Barker, John F.
* in England
---
John F. Barker was trained as a zoologist. He was appointed in 1987 as Director of the Formal Education Unit of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: The Namibian 17.07.1987;

000651
Barnard, Alan John, Dr.
* 22.02.1949
---
Alan John Barnard was born on 22.02.1949 and is an Anthropologist. He was educated at the George Washington Univ. (BA 1971), McMaster Univ. (MA 1972), UCL (Ph.-D. 1976). He researched on the Khoisan, primarily in Botswana. He teaches at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom since 1978.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

001951
Barry, Edward
*
Last departure from Namibia: 09.1863
---
Edward Barry was a trader's assistant. As a young man from Cape Town he accompanied the Chapman-Baines expedition from the Cape Colony to Walvis Bay and through Hereroland to Lake Ngami and the Zambesi and back in 1860-1863. He copied Chapman's journal in August-September 1863 at Haigamkab. He returned to Cape Town from Walvis Bay in September 1863.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:11;

000652
Barth, C.J.C. Paul
[Barth, Paul]
* .1877 at Papenburg, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1909
---
Paul Barth was born in 1877 at Papenburg in Germany. He was a nautical officer, sailing from 1892-1904. Then he was serving at the hydrographic office "Deutsche Seewarte", 1904-1908. He came to Namibia in 1909, first as farm owner (farm Yakandonga, Otjiwarongo District, 1909-1920), then as the manager of the "Farm-Wirtschafts-Gesellschaft für Südwestafrika", and editor of "Mitteilungen der Farm-Wirtschafts-Gesellschaft" and "SWA Farmer". He was member of many commissions and boards (i.a. Debt Settlement Board, Anti-Depression Commission). He also served as an editor of the "Allgemeine Zeitung" and in management positions of various agricultural organisations, i.a. "DSWA Wollzüchterei", "SWA Karakulbreeders Association", "Agricultural Union for SWA", "SWA Show Association", "Verband der Reichsdeutschen in SWA".
---
Gender: m

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.239
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

001276
Bartie
*
---
---
Gender: m
Profession: Blacksmith

Namibia National Archives Database

000623
Barrell, Valdur Pettit
* 15.03.1915 at Barkly West, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1951
---
Valdur Pettit Barrell was born on 15.03.1915 at Barkley West in South Africa. He joined the Anglo American Corporation in Johannesburg, 1935. He came to Namibia as local secretary of the Consolidated Diamond Mines of SWA in 1951. Later he became Manager of the Windhoek Office of De Beers Consolidated Mines.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Diane Evelyn Barrell, née Winter
Father: G.M.H. Barrell

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000716
Bartholomäus
*
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Bartholomäus was an evangelist in Otjikukuruma/Osire near Waterberg. He was dismissed in 1902.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

000431
Bartlett
[Bardel - This is the name by which Bartlett appears in oral traditions of the Witboois]
*
---
Bartlett was a missionary from the London Missionary Society, stationed from 1816-1825 in Pella, later in Campbell. Apparently, he never visited Namibia, but was important in the christianisation of Orlam groups who later moved to Namibia. Bartlett is mentioned as "Bardel" in oral traditions of the Witboois.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Namibia National Archives Database

000432
Bartsch, Gustav
* 10.01.1879
+ 02.05.1893 in Namibia
First entry to Namibia: June 1889
---
Gustav Bartsch was born on 10.01.1879. He was a private ("Reiter") in Curt von François' Schutztruppe, died on 02.05.1893 at Windhoek from wounds sustained during the attack on Hoornkrans, 12.04.1893. He was the second person buried at the old Windhoek Cemetery.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Soldier

Namibia National Archives Database

001277
Bassingthwaighte, Francis James
* .1820 at Norfolk, England
+ .1888 near Keetmanshoop
First entry to Namibia: 1844
---
Francis James Bassingthwaighte was born in 1820 at Norfolk in the United Kingdom. He was a trader, blacksmith and farmer. He arrived at Walvis Bay in 1844, hired by Dixon and Morris. He lived at Sandfontein, then Rooibank, then Goanikontes, whilst trading with the various Namibian communities. He settled in Rehoboth as blacksmith in 1848 for ca. 10 years and married one of Dixon's daughters in 1852. He was supplying meat for his father-in-law, Dixon, to St. Helena and the many ships that were plying the islands off the coast loading guano. He later had a farm near the Matchless Mine in 1863. In later years he was in the diplomatic service of Jonker Afrikaner. In the 1870s and 1880s he lived in Aris and near Keetmanshoop. He died on the way to Cape Town, near Keetmanshoop, in 1888.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Married to: Rebecca Bassingthwaighte, née Dixon
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:11-12; SEASA 2, 189; Bell: South West; Lau: Hahn 355, 373 ff, 378, 480;

000654
Bassingthwaighte, Frank
* 22.01.1921 at Windhoek
---
Frank Bassingthwaighte was born on 22.01.1921 at Windhoek and educated at the Windhoek High School, Rhodes University and University of Cape Town in South Africa. He was a businessman, Director of Trip Travel, World Travel Services, Trip Insurance Consultants, Flats Ltd. He was married to: Yvonne Bassingthwaighte, née Nel, married 1958-.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Yvonne Bassingthwaighte, née Nel, married 1958-
Father: Frank Bassingthwaighte

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001954
Bassingthwaighte, James Benjamin
* in Namibia
---
James Benjamin Bassingthwaighte was a hunter, trader and farmer. He grew up in Great Namaqualand. His mother was Rebecca Bassingthwaighte, née Dixon (ca.1835-) and his father was James Frank Bassingthwaighte (1820-1888). In the 1870s he lived in Little Namaqualand. He went to live near Keetmanshoop in 1881, and moved to Gibeon with his wife and child in 1882. He farmed on the farm Hoffnungsfelde, south west of Windhoek,  as from 18.12.1896.
---
Gender: m

Mother: Rebecca Bassingthwaighte, née Dixon (ca.1835-)
Father: James Frank Bassingthwaighte (1820-1888)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:11;

000435
Bassingthwaighte, Rebecca
[Dixon, Rebecca - Maiden name]
* 31.08.1833 at Dublin, Ireland
+ 16.04.1923 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1843 (?)
---
Rebecca Bassingthwaighte was born on 31.08.1833 at Dublin in Ireland. She was one of the first "white" women who immigrated to Namibia, daughter of the trader Dixon. She died on 16.04.1923 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: f

RAW DATA: AHK 1982, p.37;

000655
Basson, Jacob Daniel du Plessis
[Basson, Japie]
* 25.07.1918 at Paarl, South Africa
---
Jacob Daniel du Plessis Basson was born on 25.07.1918 at Paarl in South Africa and was educated at the Paarl Boys High School and Stellenbosch University, B.A. (Law). He became a journalist, reporting from the Parliamentary Press Gallery and a Director of Sea Products (SWA) Ltd. and several fishing companies. He was the Organising Secretary of the National Party of SWA from March 1949-October 1953 and Member of Parliament for the Namib Constituency in the South African Parliament, first elected August 1950, re-elected April 1953. He was married to Caroline Clarence Strauss on 20.9.1947.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS POL

Married to: Caroline Clarence Basson, née Strauss, married 1949-
Father: Daniel Johannes Basson

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; SWA Annual 1954;

000363
Basson, Wouter
*
---
Wouter Basson, as South African national and medical doctor, held the rank of a brigadier in the South African Defence Force and was heading its biochemical warfare programme from 1982-1992. He was involved in diverse shadowy dealings of the Apartheid Regime's military, including chemical and biological weapons, experiments on humans, and manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs. He was linked to the killing of Namibian PLAN combatants (Swapo) by muscle relaxants and their subsequent dumping into the sea. He went on trial in 1999 on charges of murder and fraud.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Medical doctor

Namibia National Archives Database

001953
Bates, Harry
*
---
Harry Bates was an English trader and hunter whose sojourn in Namibia is documented between 1875-1878, with trading between Omaruru, Ovamboland and the Okavango.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:12;

001278
Bathie, Robert
*
---
Robert Bathie was an assistant carpenter for the Walvis Bay Mining Company in 1857.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Carpenter

Namibia National Archives Database

00003
Baumann, Christian
* 31.05.1842 at Lichtenthal in Germany
+ 14.05.1888. at Okombahe
First entry to Namibia: 1864
---
Christian Baumann was born on 31.05.1842 at Lichtenthal in Germany. He was one of Carl Hugo Hahn's mission colonists who came to Namibia in 1864. He stayed at Otjimbingwe from 1866 until 1874. After the failure of the Missions-Handels-Gesellschaft, he joined the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft as a mission helper and began work at the Waterberg mission station in 1874 until 1878. He was in charge there during Rhenish Missionary Beiderbecke's absence in 1875-1876. After 1878 he moved to Rooibank, and after he was ordained in 1883, he moved to Otjimbingwe, where he stayed until moving to Okombahe in 1886. He was married to Johanne Marie Kleinschmidt on 10.02.1868. They had eighth children. He died at Okombahe on 14.05.1888.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:12; Guedes;

002321
Baumann, Emilie
* 29.11.1868 at Otjimbingwe
---
Emilie Baumann was born on 29.11.1868 at Otjimbingwe. She was the eldest child of Christian Baumann and Johanne Marie Baumann, née Kleinschmidt.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Guedes; Vergißmeinnicht, 1893:47;

000791
Baumann, Heinrich
* 25.08.1870 at Otjimbingwe
---
Heinrich Baumann was born on 25.08.1870 at Otjimbingwe. He was the second child of Christian Baumann and Johanne Marie Baumann, née Kleinschmidt.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Guedes; Vergißmeinnicht, 1893:47;

000004
Baumann, Hugo
* 28.09.1872 at Otjimbingwe
---
Hugo Baumann was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, born in Otjimbingwe on 28.09.1872. He was sent out to Namibia again in 1900 and returned to Germany in 1911.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Anna Baumann, née Hartwig, married 1920-

Namibia National Archives Database

000005
Baumann, Johann Philipp
* at Lichtenthal, Bessarabia, Russia
+ .1885
First entry to Namibia: 1866
---
Johann Philipp Baumann was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Namibia in 1866. He lived from 1879 to 1881 in Scheppmannsdorf. He was married to Maria Baumann, née Kleinschmidt in 1868. He died in 1885.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Maria Baumann, née Kleinschmidt, married 1868-

Namibia National Archives Database

000006
Baumann, Johanne Marie
[Kleinschmidt, Johanne Marie - birth name]
* 26.02.1843 at Windhoek
+ 16.02.1926 at Gütersloh, Germany
---
Johanna Marie Baumann was born on 26.02.1843 at Windhoek. She was the eldest child of Franz Heinrich and Hanna Kleinschmidt. She married Rhenish Missionary Christian Baumann on 10.02.1868 at Otjimbingwe. They had eight children. She died on 16.02.1926 at Gütersloh in Germany.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Christian Baumann (1842-1888), married 1868-1888
Mother: Hanna Kleinschmidt, née Schmelen (1819-1884)
Father: Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt (1812-1864)

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1267; Vergissmeinnicht 1893:19; Faulenbach;

000007
Baumann, Joseph
* 16.07.1912 at Werther/Westfalen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1953
Last departure from Namibia: 1967
---
Joseph Baumann was born on 16.07.1912 in Werther/Westfalen, Germany. After secondary school and military service and study of theology in Münster/Germany, he was Pastor in Bielefeld, Germany. He came to Namibia in 1953 as Rhenish Missionary: first to Lüderitz, later to Okahandja. He headed the Rhenish Mission Literature Bureau in Karibib, 1964-1967. He wrote a doctoral thesis about the professional biography of Dr. Heinrich Vedder (19??). He returned to Germany in 1967 to work as a pastor in Halle.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL WRI
Profession: Lutheran pastor
Functions: Pastor - Rhenish Mission
Head - Rhenish Mission Literature Bureau Karibib - 1964-1967

Namibia National Archives Database

001279
Bauszus, Hans
* 15.08.1871
---
Hans Bauszus was born 0n 15.08.1871. He was a German Schutztruppe officer and later an active Nazi, SS-Brigadeführer, heading the "Verbindungsstelle Berlin" of the "Kolonialpolitisches Amt der NSDAP" (Nazi Party).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

Collections/Papers:
1). Berlin Document Center (Personal file)
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935; Kameradschaft... Mitgliederliste;

001280
Bayer, Maximilian
* in Germany
---
Maximilian Bayer was a German Schutztruppe officer. He took part in the Naukluft fights against Hendrik Witbooi, 1894, and in the German-Namibian War, 1903-1908. Later he was instrumental in establishing the German Boy Scout movement. He wrote several books, including youth literature, about Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL WRI
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:223,298,327,351,252,354,358-360;

000656
Beaulieu, Martin Charles de
* .1857
+ .1945
First entry to Namibia: 1904
---
Martin Charles de Beaulieu was born in 1857. He served as an adjutant to General von Schlieffen. Later he was Chief of Staff of the Schutztruppe (in the rank of Oberleutnant) and was subsequently promoted to commander of the VI., then of the XIV. Army Corps in Germany.  He retired as General of Infantry. He died in 1945.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Gann: Rulers; Nuhn 1988;

002110
Bebi, Boniface, Fwe (Mafwe) King
[Mamili, traditional title]
* at Linyanti
+ 
---
After the death of Fwe (Mafwe) King Richard Muhinda in 1987, he was succeeded by Mamili Boniface Bebi (1987-1999) who originated from Linyanti. He was the sixth in the recorded genealogy of the Mafwe kings. Bebi won an election against his opposition candidate, George Simasiku. Boniface Bebi was involved into the secessionist coup d'etat against the Republic of Namibia to create an independent state of Caprivi in 1998. In October 1998 he fled, together with other instigators of the coup d'etat, (Mishake Muyongo, for instance) to Botswana. Botswana granted Bebi political asylum in February 1999. In May 1999 Denmark granted political asylum to Boniface Bebi and other Caprivi secessionists. Bebi was followed by Mamili George Simasiku (1999-).

---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001282
Bechuana, Tom
*
---
Tom Bechuana was apparently a much depended-upon servant in the employ of both Green and Andersson as from 1856 onwards.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001263
Beck
* in Germany
---
Beck was a non-commissioned German Schutztruppe officer. In 1904 he was the second in command at Gibeon. He ordered to make the military station ready for defence after the departure of Von Burgsdorff in October 1904, and thus prevented an effective Witbooi attack on Gibeon.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Soldier

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:211,358;

001281
Beck, Richard
* 12.10.1871 in Germany
+ 04.08.1914
---
Richard Beck was born on 12.10.1871 in Germany. He was a German Schutztruppe officer. He attacked Jakob Marengo on 04.05.1906 on South African territory at Van Rooisvley. He died on 04.08.1914.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966: 224-226, 232; Fischer 1935:83;

000008
Becker, Friedrich Wilhelm
* 03.09.1913 at Port Elizabeth, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1941
---
Friedrich Wilhelm Becker was born on 03.09.1913 in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He visited the secondary school in Rheydt and Bad Kreuznach, Germany. He received his business training in Mainz until 1932, then returned to South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1941 to work in the karakul industry and established an own karakul export firm in 1946, which was integrated into Eastwood Holt (1947) and into Boere-Saamwerk Bpk. in 1955. He was the managing director of this firm until 1976. He was married to Hildegard Becker, née Halenke in 1947.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Hildegard Becker, née Halenke, married 1947-
Father: W.G. Becker

Namibia National Archives Database

001284
Becker, Gustav
* 17.09.1877 at Betzdorf, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1907
---
Gustav Becker was born on 17.09.1877 at Betzdorf in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rhenish Missionary Society. He came to Namibia in 1907 and was stationed at Windhoek. He was married to: Henriette Becker, née Fenchel in 1911.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Henriette Becker, née Fenchel, married 1911-

Namibia National Archives Database

000009
Becker, Klaus Jürgen
* 21.01.1944 at Birstein/Hessen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1949
---
Klaus Jürgen Becker was born on 21.01.1944 in Birstein/Hessen in Germany. He came to Namibia with his parents in 1949. He received his schooling in Lüderitz and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (languages) and Cape Town (economics). Since 1980 he is a businessman in Windhoek. He was active in the Interessengemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Südwester (IG) and the Lüderitzbucht Stiftung. He is married to Hildegard, nee Hofmeister.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Functions: Member of the Board - IG - 1981-1992
Member of the Board - Lüderitzbucht Stiftung

Married to: Hildegard, nee Hofmeister

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000658
Behnsen, Ernst August Heinrich Friedrich
* 21.05.1897 at Hannover, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1932
---
Ernst August Heinrich Friedrich Behnsen was born on 21.05.1897 at Hannover in Germany. He received his schooling in Hannover. He was director of numerous companies, i.a. Metje and Ziegler, Ohlthaver and List, South West Breweries, and fishing companies. He was married to Herta M.J. Behnsen, née Metje in 1929.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Herta M.J. Behnsen, née Metje, married 1929-

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; Mitteilungen SWAWG 13,2;

001286
Beiderbecke, Carl Heinrich
* 03.08.1845 at Deppendorf/Germany
+ 10.05.1936 at Paterson, New Jersey, USA
---
Carl Heinrich Beiderbecke was born on 03.08.1845 at Deppendorf in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. <FONT size=2>He came to Otjimbingwe in 1872 and moved to the Rhenish mission station of Otjimbingwe where he learned the Otjiherero language from Carl Hugo Hahn. On 15.11.1873 Beiderbecke established a mission station at Otjozondjupa (meaning "Waterberg"; in Otjiherero "Karumue katjomumbonde" or "Omuveroume Mountain"). He worked there (until May 1880) with Franz Tamm (01.11.1873.-14.11.1876) and Christian Baumann (1874-04.11.1878). During the 1870s the Boer farmer Willem Krüger lived in the Otjozondjupa area to protect the San and Dama there. He also assisted Carl Heinrich Beiderbecke. In 1880 Beiderbecke had to abandon the mission station at Otjozondjupa due to the outbreak of the Ovaherero-Nama war. He emigrated later to the USA, where he became minister of the German Lutheran Congregation in New York from 1881 until 1917. He died at Paterson in New Jersey in the USA on 10.05.1936. He was married to: Margaritha (Gita) Beiderbecke, née Hahn from 1850 to 1906.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Margaritha (Gita) Beiderbecke, née Hahn (1850-1906)

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002007
Beiderbecke, Margaritha (Gita)
[Hahn, Margaritha - birth name]
* 06.07.1850 at Rehoboth
+ 06.11.1906 in New York/USA
---
Margarith (Gita) Beiderbecke was born on 06.07.1850 at Rehoboth. She was the daughter of Carl Hugo Hahn and Emma Sarah Hahn, née Hone. She married Rhenish Missionary Carl Heinrich Beiderbecke on 24.11.1875. They had seven children. She later emigrated with her husband to the USA. She died on 06.11.1906 in New York in the United States of America.
---
Gender: f

Married to: H. Beiderbecke
Mother: Emma Sarah Hahn, née Hone (1814-1880)
Father: Carl Hugo Hahn (1818-1895)

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001287
Belck, Waldemar
* in Germany
---
Waldemar Belck was Lüderitz' agent in Walvis Bay in 1884.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse p,77;

001288
Bell, Johannes
* 23.09.1868 at Essen, Germany
+ 21.10.1949 at Würgasen, Germany
---
Johannes Bell was born on 23.09.1868 at Essen in Germany. He was Reichskolonialminister 19??-19??. He died on 21.10.1949 at Würgasen in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Namibia National Archives Database

001953
Bell, John
* in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1861
Last departure from Namibia: 1862
---
John Bell was a traveller. He was the eldest son of Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor General of the Cape Colony. He accompanied Henry Samuel Chapman from Cape Town to Walvis Bay, through Hereroland to Lake Ngami and back to the Cape Colony via Shoshong, Kuruman and Hope Town, 1861-1862. He apparently died before 1890. He was married to Margaret Bell, née Roome in 1865.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Margaret Bell, née Roome, married 1865-
Father: Charles Davidson Bell

Namibia National Archives Database

001289
Bender, Eugen
* 20.07.1866 in Germany
---
Eugen Bender was born on 20.07.1866 in Germany. He was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:83;

001291
Bens, Johann
*
---
Johann Bens was a teacher of the Baster community in Rehoboth.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: JBRMG 1906:34;

000555
Benseler, Annemarie
* 17.06.1912
---
Annemarie Benseler was born on 17.06.1912 and was a librarian of the Namibia Scientific Society.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: LIB

Namibia National Archives Database

000662
Benz, Alfred
* 08.09.1905 at Baden, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1929
---
Alfred Benz was born on 08.09.1905 at Baden in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1929. He was the Managing Director of the South West Creamery.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Hildegard Johanna Benz, née Zemke, married 1930-

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000453
Benson, Mary
*
---
Mary Benson was an anti-apartheid activist and writer, and worked with Reverend Michael Scott.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL

Collections/Papers:
1). School of Oriental and African Studies, London

001292
Berchem
*
---
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:333;

001293
Berger, Alfred, Dr.
* 25.10.1887
---
Alfred Berger was born on 25.10.1887. He was a veterinary officer of the Schutztruppe.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL VET
Profession: Veterinarian

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:223;

000424
Berger, Carl
[Berger, Karl - alternative spelling]
* 07.06.1871 at Wiesbaden, Germany
+ .1962 at Farm Haruchas
First entry to Namibia: 1898
---
Carl Berger was born on 07.06.1871 at Wiesbaden in Germany. He was a Rhenish Missionary in Gibeon. He left the mission in 1906 (?) but stayed on in Namibia as a farmer (Farm Haruchas). He was accused by other missionaries of making money out of his position. He died in 1962 on his farm Haruchas. He was married to Ida Berger, née Bergmann, widowed Albat, in 1902.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL AGR
Profession: Missionary Farmer

Married to: Ida Berger, née Bergmann, widowed Albat, married 1902-

Collections/Papers:
1). VEM: RMG 1.341a = A/w 8 c * Nachlass
2). NAN: A.108 (Photo collection)
3). NAN: A.146 (??)
RAW DATA: Zondagh 1991:76-77; Drechsler 1966:358;

000665
Berger, Christiane
* .1940 at Prague, Czechia
---
Christiane Berger was born at Prague in Czechia in 1940. She came 1945 as a refugee to Germany. She received her  schooling and training at the teacher college in Münster and Kiel. She came to Namibia in 1975 to work as a teacher in Karibib. She writes for German language newspapers and magazines in Namibia. She is the editor of "Afrikanischer Heimatkalender" since 19??.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: EDU
Profession: Teacher

Namibia National Archives Database

000664
Berger, Josef-Andreas, Dr.
* 24.02.1915 at Waging, Germany
---
Joseph-Andreas Berger was born on 24.02.1915 at Waging in Germany and obtained his schooling in Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin. He studied at the University of Rostock. From 1945 to 1946 he was a Lecturer at the University of Rostock and from 1948 to 1950 a Consultant for Geology at the Landesmuseum in Linz, Austria. He came to Namibia in ?. He was the owner of Karibib Marble Crush and Dr. Berger's Mines. He was a Member of the Karibib Town Council, from 1956 to 1959 and 1971- and Mayor of Karibib from 1959 to 1963 and 1972-. He was married to: Gerda Ottilie Elisabeth Sophie Berger, née Gaedecke in 1945.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Geologist
Functions: Mayor - Karibib - 1959-1963, 1972-

Married to: Gerda Ottilie Elisabeth Sophie Berger, née Gaedecke, married 1945-
Father: Josef Berger

Namibia National Archives Database

001294
Bergh, W.F.
*
---
W.F. Bergh was an employee of the magistrate of Springbok (Cape Colony). He visited the communities of southern Namaland in 1885.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse p.79;

000796
Bergmann-Maag, Ursula
* .1920 at Windhoek
---
Ursula Bergmann-Maag was born in 1920 in Windhoek. She took private art lessons with Adolph Jentsch on her parents' farm near Okahandja. From 1946 to 1950 she studied at Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town. She returned to Namibia in 1974.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist

RAW DATA: Lilienthal: Art in Namibia. pp.14-15;

000666
Berker, Hans Joachim
* 28.03.1924 at Hamburg, Germany
+ 05.07.1992 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1928
---
Hans Joachim Berker was born on 28.03.1924 at Hamburg in Germany. He came to Namibia at the age of four years in 1928. He had his education in Windhoek and studied law at Rhodes University in Grahamstown/South Africa and Oxford University/U.K. with a B.A. and LL.B. He became an Advocate. He practised as lawyer, judge, and also in business. He was also an active sportsman and winner of the Class II Cape to Rio Yacht Race 1973. He married Marianne Leis on 03.06.1968. On 01.03.1983 he <FONT size=2>became the new High Court President, succeeding Frans Badenhorst. He was appointed as Judge President of the Supreme Court at Namibia's independence on 21.03.1990. On 05.07.1992 <FONT size=2>the first Chief Justice at the Supreme Court died in Windhoek. His successor was the South African Judge, Ismael Mahomed, who was judge at the Namibian Supreme Court since 1991. He was married to Marianne Berker, née Leis in 1968.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer

Married to: Marianne Berker, née Leis, married 1968-
Father: Hans Joachim Berker

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000667
Bermann, Louis William
* 16.08.1904 at Siolio, ?
First entry to Namibia: 1910
---
Louis William Bermann was born on 16.08.1904 at Siolio (?). He came to Namibia in 1910. He was a businessman and director of various companies, including S.W.Agency, SWA Chemicals, SWACO Properties, Permanent Building Soc.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001295
Bernsmann, Friedrich
* 23.06.1845 at Barmen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1873
---
Friedrich Bernsmann was born on 23.06.1845 at Barmen in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft since 1873. He was stationed at Otjimbingwe (since 01.01.1874) and Omburo. He was married to: Emilie Bernsmann, née Wertholt (-1880), and Charlotte Bernsmann, née Neumann.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: <1>Emilie Bernsmann, née Wertholt (-1880),
<2>Charlotte Bernsmann, née Neumann
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:52; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000668
Berry, Hermanus Human
[Berry, Hu - colloquial]
*
---
Hermanus Human Berry is a biologist with a M.Sc. from Stellenbosch University and a Ph.- D. from Cape Town University. He did extensive studies on the wildlife ecology at the Etosha National Park.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Biologist

Namibia National Archives Database

000669
Bertelsmann, Werner, Prof. Dr.
* 17.02.1916 at Kassel, Germany
+ 05.07.1984
First entry to Namibia: 1937
Last departure from Namibia: 1964
---
Werner Bertelsmann was born on 17.02.1916 and educated at Kassel in Germany. He studied law in Tübingen, Kiel, Köln and Göttingen. He travelled to South Africa as an exchange student in 1937 and visited Namibia. He was a German soldier in World War II. From 1945 to 1951 he was a lawyer in Kassel. He went to South Africa as legal advisor to German firms. From 1952 to 1959 he was editor of the "Allgemeine Zeitung" in Windhoek. From 1959 to 1961 he was employed with the Administration of SWA as  a translator of the "Official Gazette". From 1962 to 1964 he worked at the South African Information Dept. in Pretoria and as from 1964 at the University of South Africa. He graduated as Dr.-Jur. at the University of Göttingen with a dissertation on the minority rights of the German-speaking population in Namibia. From 1971 to 1976 he was a Professor of public law at the University of the North, South Africa. He died on 05.07.1984. He was married to Brigitte Bertelsmann, née Schieferstein.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer

Married to: Brigitte Bertelsmann, née Schieferstein

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.422 (Newspaper cuttings and printed matter on Namibia collected by Bertelsmann)
RAW DATA: Namibiana 10;

000671
Besseling, Johan
* 25.09.1924 at Cape Town, South Africa
---
Johan Besseling was born on 25.09.1924 at Cape town in Germany. He served with the South African Air Force in World War II from 1942 until 1946. He was general manager, factory manager, and director in the Walvis Bay fishing industry. He was married to Catherine Joan Besseling, née Whall in 1954.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Catherine Joan Besseling, née Whall, married 1954
Father: Josephus Besseling

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

002316
Bessinger, Niko
* 12.06.1948 at Walvis Bay
---
Niko Bessinger was born on 12.06.1948 at Walvis Bay. He received his schooling at the St. Bonifacius Roman Catholic School Primary School Windhoek and the St. Augustine's Secondary School Parow/South Africa. He matriculated at the Athlone High School in Cape Town in 1966. He visited the Architectural Faculty of the University of Cape Town from 1969 until 1972. He obtained a Fullbright Scholarship in 1978 and received a B.Sc. (Architecture) in 1980 and a B.Arch. in 1981 from the University of Detroit (USA). He got the National Dean's List Award in 1979 and 1980. Bessinger is a registered Architect in Namibia since 1983 and became a Member of the Namibia Institute of Architects and the Namibia Council of Architects and Quantity Surveyors. Bessinger joined SWAPO in 1972 and is an active member since 1976. He was appointed as Treasurer of the SWAPO Windhoek office in 1977 and National Treasurer in 1978. He was the Joint Secretary for Foreign Affairs on the SWAPO National Executive within Namibia from 1981 until 1989. On 11.09.1987 <FONT size=2>Judge J Bethune ordered the release of a number of SWAPO activists (Hendrik Witbooi, Danny Tjongarero, Niko Bessinger, Anton Lubowski, John Pandeni and Ben Ulenga) who were detained by the South African Authorities in terms of the Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967. Bessinger was a Member of the SWAPO Central Committee. In 1989 he became the Deputy Head of the Department for Foreign Liaison in the SWAPO election Committee. He was a Member of the 1989 Constituent Assembly and a Member of the National Assembly (1990-1995). On 21.03.1990 he was appointed as Minister for <FONT size=2>Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism until 20.03.1995. Since he practices as a professional architect in private practice. He was married to Hermine Bessinger, née Bertolini. They had two children.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Architect

Married to: Hermine Bessinger, née Bertolini, two children

RAW DATA: Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan); Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000672
Bester, Andries Jacobus
* 06.04.1905 at Lindley, Orange Free State, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 24.12.1925
---
Andries Jacobus Bester was born on 06.04.1905 at Lindley in the Orange Free State in South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1925. He was a cattle and karakul farmer and member of numerous agricultural boards. He was the Representative of the Grootfontein Constituency for the UNSWA Party in the Legislative Assembly, 1945-1950. He was married to Mary Louisa Bester, née Shepperson in 1930.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR POL
Profession: Farmer, politician
Functions: Member for Grootfontein, UNSWA Party - Legislative Assembly - 1945-19550

Married to: Mary Louisa Bester, née Shepperson, married 1930
Father: Johannes Gerhardus Bester

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000510
Beukes, Adriaan
[Peukus, Adrijan - alternative spelling]
*
+ 25.08.1893 at Horebis
---
Adriaan Beukes was a Rehoboth Baster who was probably killed, together with his father Johannes Beukes, during a Hendrik Witbooi's raid on a train of 13 oxwagons with supplies en route from the coast to Rehoboth. The raid took place at Horebis on 25.08.1893. Beukes appears as a creditor in Witbooi's "Debt Book" in 1891 (here spelled "Adrijan Peukus").
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Father: Johannes Beukes (-1893)

RAW DATA: Quellen 22:20.9.1893;

002332
Beukes, Attie
*
---
<FONT size=2>The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) was founded in May 1989under the leadership of, inter alia, Werner Henry Mamugwe, Attie Beukes (grandson of Samuel Jacobus Beukes who fought the Germans in 1915 and the South Africans in 1925), Hewat Beukes (son of Hermanus Christoffel Beukes) and Erica Beukes, Hewat's wife. The WRP joined the UDF alliance and later the Socialist Alliance of Namibia (SAN).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000511
Beukes, Berend
[Beukes, Bernd]
*
---
Berend Beukes was an envoy in the peace negotiations between Hendrik Witbooi and Samuel Maharero in 1892. He was probably a member of the Baster community who acted as hosts and intermediaries.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

002333
Beukes, Erica
*
---
<FONT size=2>The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) was founded in May 1989under the leadership of, inter alia, Werner Henry Mamugwe, Attie Beukes (grandson of Samuel Beukes who fought the Germans in 1915 and the South Africans in 1925) and Hewat Beukes, her husband. The WRP joined the UDF alliance and later the Socialist Alliance of Namibia (SAN).
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002331
Beukes, Hans
*
---
Hans Beukes was a leader of the Baster community after the Second World War. He was one of the first petitioners to the United Nations. During 1956 the <FONT size=2>International Court of Justice at the Hague (ICJ) continued to deal with the SWA problem in an advisory capacity. It confirmed the United Nations General Assembly’s right to adopt resolutions on SWA, and to grant oral hearings to petitioners (Michael Scott, Mburumba Kerina (Getzen), Jariretundu Kozonguizi, Hans Beukes, Markus Kooper, Sam Nujoma, Ismael Fortune, Jacob Kuhangua and Hosea Kutako). This gave new impetus to the political socialisation and consciousness of "black" leaders in Namibia. In 1959 the Herero Chiefs’ Council sent Hans Beukes and Jariretundu Kozonguizi to the UN as representatives of a future independent Namibia. In 1963 some Ovaherero spokesmen in contact with Kerina and Beukes, discussed the formation of a new political party.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002335
Beukes, Hermanus Christoffel
[Nickname Oom Maans Beukes]
* 20.06.1913 at Rehoboth
+ 22.07.2004 at Rehoboth

Hermanus Christoffel Beukes was born on 20.06.1913 at Rehoboth. His father was the second cousin of Samuel Jacobus Beukes (Koos Petisie) who was the first petitioner to the forerunner of the United Nations, the League of Nations, just after World War One. Hermanus Beukes received only three years of formal schooling and was educated further by his mother. A formative political experience was when, with the Baster community besieged by South African forces in 1925 - who were imposing their authority on Rehoboth - he was called into service at the age of 11 years to ferry messages to and from on horseback on the unfolding crisis. By trade he was a shoemaker (he produced the famous "veldskoene") who refused during his life time to shut up. He was a resolute and outspoken opponent of South Africa's rule over Namibia. After the United Nations were established in 1945, Beukes was one of the first Namibians to petition the world body with arguments that South Africa was not adhering to its obligations in terms of the mandate of the League of Nations and therefore its rule over Namibia was illegal. During this process he kept the issue of South Africa's disputed control over South West Africa on the UN's agenda. One of Hermanus Beukes's sons, Hans Beukes, went to the UN in turn to make the case for Namibian independence. Hans Beukes addressed the United Nations General Assembly in 1959, after the <FONT size=2>Herero Chiefs’ Council sent him and Jariretundu Kozonguizi to the UN as representatives of a future independent Namibia. When in July 1963 the South African Police's Special branch arrived in Rehoboth to arrest the community leader and Rehoboth's medical doctor, Kenneth Abrahams, Hermanus Beukes was instrumental in getting the Rehoboth community to congregate in large numbers at Abraham's house to avoid his arrest. Abrahams was eventually smuggled out of the house with Be

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