Illustrations / Acknowledgments
In Editor’s Introduction
| Fig. 1: | Schematic overview over the history of the text (as remembered by Werner Zoberbier). – © S. Guth |
| Fig. 2: | Otto Zoberbier 1904 after conscription. – © W. Zoberbier and heirs |
| Fig. 3: | The Schwedter Dragoons, 1910. – © W. Zoberbier and heirs |
| Fig. 4: | Engagement (spring 1918?). – © W. Zoberbier and heirs |
| Fig. 5: | Wedding 1919. – © W. Zoberbier and heirs |
| Fig. 6: | Karl May, Durch Wüste und Harem (book cover). – © Wikimedia, Public Domain. |
| Fig. 7: | Three generations of Zoberbiers. – © W. Zoberbier and heirs (a), S. Guth (b,c) |
| Fig. 8a: | “War medal” (verso). – © W. Zoberbier and heirs |
| Fig. 8b: | Transliteration and translation of Fig. 8a. – © S. Guth |
| Fig. 8c: | “War medal” (recto) – Issuing authority’s stamp (seal). – © W. Zoberbier and heirs. |
| Fig. 8d: | “War medal” (recto): Holder’s identity. – © W. Zoberbier and heirs. |
| Fig. 8e: | Transliteration and translation of Fig. 8d. – © S. Guth |
| Fig. 9: | Otto Zoberbier’s handwritten second version (“Zweitschrift”, ²OZ) – Cover and page numbered “1” |
| Fig. 10: | Werner Zoberbier’s copy-edited typoscript (“WZ”) – Cover page and page 1 |
In Diary, Chapter 1
| Fig. 11: | Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz as Prussian Field Marshal, ca. 1917. – © Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division, Public domain. |
| Fig. 12: | Emperor Wilhelm II at the grave of “Goltz Pasha” in the garden of the German Embassy, Tarabya/Bosphorus, October 1917. – ©Bundesarchiv, via Wikimedia Commons. |
| Fig. 13: | SMS Goeben steaming at full speed, 1914. – © Bundesarchiv, public domain. |
| Fig. 14: | The SMS Goeben anchoring in the bay of Stenia (İstinye, Bosphorus), 1914. – © Bundesarchiv, Public domain. |
In Diary, Chapter 2
| Fig. 15: | Haydarpaşa railway station, ca. 1914. Contemporary postcard. – © Public domain. |
| Fig. 16: | Railway system around Aleppo, showing the Taurus and Amanus (now: Nur) mountains. In Liman von Sanders, Five Years in Turkey, 1927. |
| Fig. 17: | Railway net in the Ottoman Empire during WW I. – Map: “Das Osmanische Reich, 1914-1918”, in C. Mühlmann, Das deutsch-türkische Waffenbündnis im Weltkriege, Leipzig 1940. |
In Diary, Chapter 3
| Fig. 18: | Aleppo castle, during World War I. Unknown photographer. – © Australian War Memorial collection, Public domain. |
| Fig. 19: | Itinerary 26 Feb. – 13 Mar, 1916 (with large caravan): Aleppo > Euphrates > Dayr al-Zawr > ʿĀna > Hīt > (Khān) Baghdādī > al-Ramādī > al-Fallūjah > leave Euphrates > Baghdad. |
| Fig. 20: | Armenian Genocide (c. 1915). – © Picture taken from Henry Morgenthau, Sr., Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story (1918), Public domain. |
In Diary, Chapter 5
| Fig. 21: | Itinerary March 19, 1916, etc.: Baghdad > Banī Saʿd > Baʿqūba > “Sharaban” (al-Miqdādiyya) > Khānaqīn > Qaṣr-e Shirin > Pāyṭāq pass – Pāyṭāq (Peitack, close to Sarpol-e Zahāb) |
| Fig. 22: | The famous Paitak Pass (1944). – © Picture by Frank Hurley (1885-1962), available from the National Library of Australia, public domain. |
In Diary, Chapter 8
| Fig. 23: | Retreat itinerary (fall 1917): from Riḍwāniyya (Euphrates) upstream > al-Fallūjah > al-Ramādī > Hīt > ʿĀna > Dayr al-Zawr |
| Fig. 24: | Itinerary of excursion to Mosul: From Dayr al-Zawr via Sinjār to Mosul via desert and river Khābūr > Sinjār > Tell ʿAfar. |
| Fig. 25: | Bedouin tribes – summer and winter emcampment/pasturing areas. Otto Zoberbier was guest of the Shammar. – Map: © Historical Atlas of Islam. |
In Diary, Chapter 10
| Fig. 26: | Baalbek, Temple of Jupiter, ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. © Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| Fig. 27: | Damascus, Derwichieh Street, 1920s. Postcard. © Open access, <archives.saltresearch.org>. |
In Diary, Chapter 12
| Fig. 28: | British warships in the Bosphorus (1919?). Levantine Heritage Foundation. |
| Fig. 29: | Aerial view of İstanbul showing the Allied fleet in anchor (1920). Levantine Heritage Foundation. |
In Diary, Chapter 13
| Fig. 30: | “SS Patmos”, arriving at Hamburg harbour, March 1919. Posted by “Sebastian”, on Mar 1, 2012, at https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/. Not copy-righted. |
| Fig. 31: | “Unsere Orientkämpfer an Bord der ‘Kerkyra’”, Wilhelmshavener Reede, 23. III. [19]19. Source: Internet (not retrievable any longer) |
