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)