ABSTRACT
In 1919, Article 119 of the Treaty of Versailles deprived Germany of its overseas possessions. Compared with other European imperial powers of the time, Germany’s overseas land holdings were relatively small, yet the fact that they had been confi scated magnifi ed their importance for many Germans.1 Most political parties apart from the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) supported colonial revisionism, which called for a return of the colonies and public revocation of what was known as the “colonial guilt lie.” German women’s actions in regard to the debate on colonial revisionism were vital to the project as a whole, but have often been overlooked, despite the fact that they traveled in increasing numbers to and around Africa as migrants, tourists, missionaries and professionals in the 1920s and 1930s.
