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Germany's Colonies in Africa
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Midway through the year of 1919, magazine articles like the one posted on the right began appearing in many magazines and newspapers in order to demonstrate to the readers of the world that the Germans were peacefully handing over their African colonies as they were obliged to do in article 119 of the Versailles Treaty:

“Germany renounces in favor of the principal Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her overseas possessions.”

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Germany's Colonies in AfricaGo to the French

• Leslie's Weekly, 1919 •

Germany's Colonies in Africa
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