12 Facts About Heinrich Schnee

Heinrich Albert Schnee was a German lawyer, colonial civil servant, politician, writer, and association official.

Heinrich Schnee served as the last Governor of German East Africa.

From 1912 to 1918, Heinrich Schnee served as the last Governor of German East Africa.

Heinrich Schnee's tenure was marked by the outbreak of the First World War.

Heinrich Schnee represented the German People's Party, and was a deputy from electoral constituency 4 from 1924 until 1932.

Heinrich Schnee resigned from the DVP in 1932 and, from 1933 to 1945, he again held a Reichstag seat, now for the Nazi Party.

Heinrich Schnee was internationally known as a leading representative of German colonial interests and was repeatedly invited to lectures in the United States and other European countries.

Heinrich Schnee was appointed to the League of Nations' Manchuria Commission which negotiated with China and Japan regarding their military conflict over influence in Manchuria and reported to the League of Nations.

In 1926, Heinrich Schnee became the president of the Federation of Germans abroad, a position he held till 1933.

Heinrich Schnee died in 1949 in a car accident in Berlin and was buried in a cemetery near the highway.

Heinrich Schnee is one of the figures in German colonial revisionism.

Heinrich Schnee was not considered for a position in the RKB and he did not join the new association.