The Man Who Never Saw His City – How Keetmanshoop Got Its Name Namibia · Karas Region · Background The Man Who Never Saw His CityHow Keetmanshoop Got Its Name A Hamburg merchant’s son, a banking house in Elberfeld, a mission on the other side of the world – and a city in the desert…
Between Camel Thorn Tree and Iron Ball – An Afternoon at the Keetmanshoop Museum Namibia · Karas Region Between Camel Thorn Tree and Iron BallAn Afternoon at the Keetmanshoop Museum About a church that became a cabinet of curiosities, a man who never set foot in his namesake town, and the things I saw there…
The true story of Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, who hid in the Kuiseb Canyon to avoid internment – and the book *Wenn es Krieg gibt, gehen wir in die Wüste* (*When War Comes, We’ll Go to the Desert*), which was inspired by their story.