Die Ostafrikanische Frage und der Helgoland-Sansibar-Vertrag

This work was published in 1934, during the early years of the National Socialist regime in Germany. It examines the historical and geopolitical context surrounding the 1890 Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty, a landmark agreement between the German Empire and Great Britain that exchanged colonial interests in East Africa for the North Sea island of Heligoland. The text reflects the era's preoccupation with reassessing Bismarckian colonial policy through the lens of revisionist historical inquiry.

The publication originated from the publisher Triltsch & Huther, a firm known for academic and historical regional monographs during the interwar period. The work is framed as an analysis of the 'East African Question,' framing the diplomatic concessions of the late 19th century as a point of scholarly contention. While the author, Leopold von Caprivi, utilizes the historical record to critique earlier colonial administration, the book serves primarily as a representative specimen of German historical scholarship produced during the transition into the mid-1930s political climate.