..SUN YAT SEN IN PENANG

..HELEN ONG'S GREAT DINING
..IN PENANG

..THE CHINESE IN PENANG:
..A PICTORIAL HISTORY

..DAYS GONE BYE:
..LIVING IN PENANG

..ROAD TO DAWN: FILMING
..IN PENANG

..TULILA: MUZIK BUJUKAN
..MANDAILING

..PENANG, THROUGH GUILDED
..DOORS

..MORE THAN MERCHANTS

..PENANG TRAMS,
..TROLLEYBUSES & RAILWAYS

..OUR MALAYSIA

..KINTA VALLEY

..PENANG POSTCARDS
..COLLECTION

..STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN,
..PENANG

..RAJA BILAH AND
..THE MANDAILINGS
..IN PERAK

..WATER WATCH



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More Than Merchants
A History of the German-speaking Community in Penang 1800s-1940s
by Khoo Salma Nasution

INTRODUCTION

One hundred years ago, the port of Penang attracted German and Swiss traders to make their fortunes here. This mercantile community had their own German club, beautiful suburban residences and prominent trading offices along the harbour front.

They made immense contributions to public life, engineering, architecture, photography and postcard publishing in this part of British Malaya, and unduly influenced Anglo-Siamese politics in Southern Thailand.

The S.M.S. Emden’s daring raid on the Penang harbour during the First World War is often recounted, but less well known is the fact that Penang served as a secret U-boat base during the Second World War.

More Than Merchants relates the social history of the German-speaking community in Penang through the stories of individuals, families and companies. Also featured are famous visitors to Penang such as Karl May, Count Friedrich M. von Hochberg, Hans Sturzenegger and Herman Hesse.

CONTENTS

Author's Preface
Introduction to Penang

German Writers on Penang
..... Karl May
..... Hermann Hesse

A Long Way from Home
..... Johann Georg Bausum, Independent Missionary
..... Felix Henri Gottlieb, Master Freemason
..... Charles Ernest Tardy, Patriarch of the Penang Eurasian
..... 'Karl' Family
..... Penang Burials
..... German Jews in Penang

Photographing Penang
..... August Ernst Kaulfuss, Pioneer of Penang Postcards

The Deutsche Vereinigung
..... The Pickenpacks in Penang

German Trade & Commerce
..... August Huttenbach, Legislative Councillor & Industrialist

The Rise of German Shipping
Anglo-German Commercial Rivalry in the Peninsula
..... Alfred De Witt Neubronner, Siamese Consul-General in Penang
..... Maria Antonetta Neubronner, Penang's First Lady
..... Henry Alfred Neubronner, Architect & Versatile Citizen

Repercussions of the Emden Raid

Between Two Wars
..... German & Austrian Products in Penang Homes

U-Boat Base, Penang

 

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