Germany because of several charges against him. In 1903 he returned to his post as commander of Jaunde station, a post he kept until his death. In this capacity, he was responsible for the station's development. However, his position was not uncontested, as he faced hostility from civil servants and merchants as well as from fellow officers. During his tenure at Jaunde, Dominik had to deal with unrest among the population. In 1909, the Maka of the upper Nyong River rebelled; Dominik crushed the unrest with the aid of Hauptmann Marschner from the Schutztruppe. He was criticised harshly for giving Maka women away as booty to loyal Cameroonian auxiliary troops. Weakened from the strains of the campaign, Hans Dominik departed for Europe. He died at sea, shortly after his promotion to Major. Legacy Dominik's importance for the colony's "pacification" and his status as the longest-serving officer in the Kamerun colony as well as his ability of image cultivation—he published two widely read books concerning his activities in Africa—led to the development of a kind of Dominik myth. A monument to Dominik was built in Kribi. It was later torn down by the French and transferred to Germany, after France took control of most of Germany's former colonial empire. Despite their apologetic character, Dominik's two publications are today a valuable source of information on the history of Cameroon and its people. Publications Kamerun. Sechs Kriegs- und Friedensjahre in deutschen Tropen (Cameroon: Six Years of War and Peace in the German Tropics). 1901. Vom Atlantik zum Tschadsee. Kriegs- und Forschungsfahrten in Kamerun (From the Atlantic to Lake Chad: Journeys of War and of Research in Cameroon). 1908. References Sources Obituary by Hans Ramsay (1910): Deutsche Kolonialzeitung 27. pp. 896–898. Hans v. Chamier-Glisczinski (1938): Leben und Sterben um Afrika. Leipzig. pp. 1–48. Erich R. Petersen (1941): Hans Dominik. Kameruns großer Soldat''. Berlin (novel) External links 1870 births 1910 deaths German colonial people in Kamerun Prussian Army personnel People from Chełmno People from the Province of Prussia Schutztruppe personnel