Promenade 12 - The Ride to the Wells
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On February 11, 1915, Lieutenant Hermann Blumenau, Constable Clemens Kirchner, who had previously worked as an excavator operator and assembly foreman on the Baghdad Railway, Turkish war volunteer Fritz Früschle and two servants embarked on a long journey. Their goal was to find sources of valuable raw materials. These raw materials were to help solve the problem of coal for the Ottoman units in Iraq. Moreover, they were to be used later by Germany. During their trip, they wanted to visit places such as the oil wells of Kirkuk, the ore deposits of Diyabarkir and the copper mines near Angora (Ankara). The major's determination sometimes caused suspicion among the Turks.
Speaker: Petra Nachtmanova Image: Postcard from the front, from Pedro Blumenau to his son Werner, private property Family Blumenau
