Heinrich Schnee

Heinrich Albert Schnee was a German lawyer, colonial civil servant, politician, writer, and association official. He served as the last Governor of German East Africa.

Schnee was born in Neuhaldensleben, the son of district court Councillor Hermann Schnee and his wife Emily . He attended high school in Nordhausen, and studied law in Heidelberg , Kiel, and Berlin . In 1897 he got a job in the Foreign Office, and in 1898 he became a judge and the Deputy Governor of German New Guinea. In 1900, he became a District Officer and Deputy Governor of German Samoa. After 1904 he again served as a Legation Councilor in the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office in Germany.

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