and joined the German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei). However, with its dissolution in 1933, he planned with others to form a new moderate party. With the Nazi reality of that time, it was unsuccessful, if not impossible. In 1932, he supported the re-election of retired Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg as German President. Solf wrote Weltpolitik und Kolonialpolitik (Foreign policy and colonial policy, 1918) and Kolonialpolitik, Mein politisches Vermächtniss (Colonial policy, my political legacy, 1919). Personal life In 1908 Wilhelm Solf married Johanna Dotti; their children were: daughter So'oa'emalelagi Solf (known as Lagi), born in Samoa in 1909 (d. 14 Dec 1955). Her Samoan name translates as "she who has come from heaven". son Hans Heinrich Solf (21 Dec 1910 - 18 Feb 1987) son Wilhelm Herman Solf (11 Jan 1915 - August 1983) son Otto Isao Solf (25 Dec 1921 - 12 Aug 1989) Solf's widow Johanna (Hanna) and his daughter Lagi hosted the anti-Nazi Frau Solf Tea Party get-togethers. References Bibliography Davidson, J. W. Samoa mo Samoa [Samoa for the Samoans], The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1967. Gray, J.A.C. Amerika Samoa, A History of American Samoa and Its United States Naval Administration. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. 1960. McKay, C.G.R. Samoana, A Personal Story of the Samoan Islands. Wellington and Auckland: A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1968. Ryden, George Herbert. The Foreign Policy of the United States in Relation to Samoa. New York: Octagon Books, 1975. (Reprint by special arrangement with Yale University Press. Originally published at New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928) External links Jurists from Berlin German people of World War I 1862 births 1936 deaths Foreign Secretaries of Germany Ambassadors of Germany to Japan Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun People of former German colonies German Samoa 1900s in Samoa 1910s in Samoa German Democratic Party politicians Politicians from Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni University of Göttingen alumni University of Jena alumni University of Kiel alumni Academic staff of the University of Kiel People from the Province of Brandenburg German Protestants Burials at the Invalids' Cemetery 19th-century German politicians