Ok, Folks.
My fore-fathers moved to what is now Tanzania before the USA celebrated its
100th birthday.
Tanganyika was then ruled by the Germans.
When a German gentleman came to your business and requested you to 'support'
the German war effort, the answer you gave was, "Yes, Sir, in any way you want."
There is a message somewhere in my archives of the Goan Institute,
Dar-es-salaam sending birthday wishes to the Kaiser. There are, to say the
least, some very interesting signatories on that message.
Mervyn1650Lobo
Those of you with some knowledge of WWI in E. Africa might remember the
Konigsberg episode. British airplanes were assembled on Mafia Island and these
searched for the German ship hiding in the Rufiji. Even in the late 1970's,
there were Goan decendants living in Mafia and on the mainland opposite.
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--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Michael Ali <mikeal...@aol.com> wrote:
> A very good question.....I too am now wondering if any
> Goans did fight for the Axis powers. Would someone enlighten
> us.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike
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Hi Mike,
I'm not sure if any Goan served on the Axis side, this would depend I think on
Goan migration to Axis countries. I do know that during the course of the War,
the then British Counsel stationed in Goa, kept close watch on a one particular
Goan who kept close company with the Germany counsel also stationed in Goa. Now
those two might have just been friends and nothing more to it other than
friendship. There were a few German sailors or were they Italian, I can't
remember exactly, who took refuge in Goa after their ships had been torpedoed.
The majority of the Goans were very pro-Allied forces and infact one Goan had
lit up his house with lights and everytime there was a Allied victory he would
flash his lights all night long. All this is my own research, so you're not
likely to be able to google it I'm afraid. :-))
Take care,
selma
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