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| The journey to Afghanistan |  |
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The
following pictures were taken by my great-grandfather Wilhelm Rieck
(born 11. Januar 1881 in Köln-Mülheim). My grandmother Gretel Heppekausen (maiden name: Rieck, *7th february 1916, + 15th june 2005) told me following story: und hat sie z. T. auch aufgeschrieben. The photographs were taken with a glass top camera with a least two lenses and a tripod. There are no pictures of the journey from Berlin to Afghanistan, therefore it might be that the camera was purchased in Kabul. Unfortunately I neither know the brand of the camera nor where he has developed the glass tops. While editing the pictures I noticed that the pictures were sticked in the wrong chronological order. Therefore I suggest that the photo albums were finished later, probably in Germany. |
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My
great-grandfather worked as an engineer at the company Siemens -
Schuckertwerke plc. in Berlin. He read the appeal of king Amanullah
who needed a specialist for the modernisation of the country. Why
he finally decided to work in a country which was far away with a
foreign culture is not known to me. Möglicherweise
lag dies in der sehr schlechten Wirtschaftslage in Deutschland
die vor allem durch eine rasende Inflation und extrem hohe Arbeitslosigkeit
das Leben erschwerte. Probably it was thirst for adventure.
und Interesse an einer Arbeit in einem fremden Land. 1922 he travelled along with eleven other Germans, amongst them three women and also his friend Mr. Mass, who went there to work as an artist. Like the men, their daughters were also friends (Gretel Rieck and ? Maas). |
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Wilhelm
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Die
privat finanzierte Reise ging per Eisenbahn von Berlin über
Warschau nach Moskau. From Moscow it went on by the transsibirian
train via Kasan to Tashkent. It went on a horse over the mountains
straight to Kabul. The riding skills of the women were are little
weak but the problem was solved with a hammock between two horses. My great-grandfather was very annoyed by the fact that someone who cannot ride a horse goes on such a journey. |
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A
work of Mr. Maas "Eagle for king Amanullah" |
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His
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The
first journey with the transibirian train took five months. Later
you could make this journey via Genoa and Teheran by ship over the
Suez Canal in three months. That is what my grandmother told me. Dr. Alfred Gerber, who was on the way to Kabul at the same time by ship via India to Kabul. My great-grandfather travelled this route as he went for vacation to Berlin in 1926. He describes his journey in his book „Afghan mosaics“ as follows: |
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Diesen
Seeweg hat mein Urgroßvater später auch genutzt als er
1926 im Urlaub nach Berlin reiste.
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| Dieses Kapitel widme ich dem Freund meines Urgroßvaters dem Künstler Herrn Maass. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Die
Familien Maass und Rieck lebten in Berlin und waren miteinander befreundet.
Auch die Töchter der beiden Väter waren befreundet. Bestimmt
war es für die Familien eine große Erleichterung dass
die beiden Freunde zusammen dieses Abenteuer, also die Arbeit in
einem
weit entfernten Land, zusammen unternahmen. Beide Freunde tauchen abwechselnd immer wieder in den Fotos auf. Vermutlich hat Herr Maass auch die Fotos gemacht auf denen sein Freund Wilhelm Rieck zu sehen ist. |
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Mr.
Maass in Afghanistan |
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"Eagle
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Eine
Skulptur die Herr Maass für König Amanullah persönlich
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Links: Diese Skulptur könnte ein Entwurf für einen Brunnen sein, wie er an der rückwärtigen Ostseite des Darulaman-Palastes liegt. |
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"Arbeit
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Herr
Maas war für die künstlerische Ausschmückung der Paläste
verantwortlich. Hier seine Arbeitsmodelle. |
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Eine
Brücke die von Herrn Maass entworfen wurde. |
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"Modelle" |
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Links:
ein Modell der Ornamente über den Fenstern der Paläste. |
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beiden Modelle auf der rechten Seite zeigen die Entwürfe für
die Rundbögen der großen Fenster. |
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"Kunststeinfabrik
von Mr. Maass" |
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Kunststein
= Beton |
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In
dieser Kunststeinfabrik wurden die einzelnen Ornamente in Beton gegossen,
die die Fassaden der Paläste (und vielleicht auch andere staatlicher
Gebäude) schmücken, |
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Links: Details der südlichen Fassade des Tape-Taj-Beg-Palastes |
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Unten: Ornamente an der nord-westliche Fassade des Darulaman-Palastes |
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