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1878 Paul Kruger
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In time, Kruger emerged as a leader. He started as a field cornet in the commandos, eventually becoming Commandant-General of the South African Republic. He was appointed member of a commission of the Volksraad, the republican parliament that was to draw up a constitution. People began to take notice of the young man and he played a prominent part in ending the quarrel between the Transvaal leader, Stephanus Schoeman, and M.W. Pretorius.
In 1873, Kruger resigned as Commandant-General, and for a time he held no office and retired to his farm, Boekenhoutfontein. However, in 1874 he was elected to the Executive Council and shortly after that became Vice-President of the Transvaal.
Following the annexation of the Transvaal by Britain in 1877, Kruger became the leader of the resistance movement. During the same year, he visited Britain for the first time as leader of a deputation. In 1878, he was part of a second deputation. A highlight of his visit to Europe was when he ascended in a hot air balloon and saw Paris from the air.
The First Boer War, also known as the "First War of Independence", started in 1880, and the British forces were defeated in the decisive battle at Majuba in 1881. Once again, Kruger played an important role in the negotiations with the British, which led to the restoration of the Transvaal's independence under British suzerainty.
On 30 December 1880, at the age of 55, Kruger was elected President of the Transvaal. One of his first aims was the revision of the Pretoria Convention of 1881, the agreement between the Boers and the British that ended the First Boer War. Therefore, he again left for Britain in 1883, empowered to negotiate with Lord Derby. Kruger and his companions also visited the Continent and this visit became a triumph in countries such as Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Spain. In Germany, he attended an imperial banquet at which he was presented to the Emperor, Wilhelm I, and spoke at length with Bismarck.
In the Transvaal, things changed rapidly after the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand. This momentous discovery was to have far-reaching political repercussions and to give rise to the uitlander, or foreigner, problem, which was eventually to cause the fall of the Republic. Kruger acknowledged in his memiors that General Joubert predicted the events that were to follow afterwards, declaring that instead of rejoicing for the discovery of gold, they should be weeping because it will "cause our land to be soaked in blood."
At the end of 1895, the failed Jameson raid took place; Jameson was forced to surrender, taken to Pretoria and handed over to his British countrymen for punishment.
Kruger believed that the Earth is flat; in 1897 he said to a sailor sailing round the world "You don't mean round the world, it is impossible! You mean in the world. Impossible!"[1].
In 1898, Kruger was elected President for the fourth and last time.
On 11 October 1899, the Second Boer War broke out. On 7 May the following year, Kruger attended the last session of the Volksraad, and left Pretoria on 29 May as Lord Roberts was advancing on the town. For weeks he either stayed in a house at Waterval Onder or in his railway carriage at Machadodorp in the then Eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. In October, he left South Africa on the Dutch warship De Gelderland, sent by the Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina, which had simply ignored the British naval blockade of South Africa. His wife was too ill to travel and remained in South Africa; she died on 20 July 1901.
Kruger went to Marseille and stayed for a while in The Netherlands, before moving to Clarens, Switzerland, where he died on 14 July 1904. He was buried on 16 December 1904 in the Church Street cemetery, Pretoria.
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Mike Krüger - Mein Gott Walter 1975
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(damals noch bei einem Neuling 'Ein Tip',
heute ein gestandener Comedian)
Walter war nicht groß, war eher klein,
trotzdem behauptet er von den kleinen einer der größten zu sein.
Seine Frau die Marie sah noch ganz gut aus für ihr Alter
Und wenn sie mal was sagte dann meist:
Mein Gott Walter.
Walter liebte sein Leben, war meist unbeschwert,
und wenn er mal was machte, machte er's meist verkehrt.
Beim Frühstück warf er die Kaffeekanne um,
zum Glück war's nur kalter, Marie sagte wieder ein Mal:
Mein Gott Walter.
Walter hatte es nicht eilig, arbeitete ja im selben Haus
Und wenn er keine Lust hatte fiel die Arbeit eben aus.
Das machte auch nichts, denn er war Hausverwalter.
Wenn die andern Mieter ihn sahen, meinten sie nur:
Mein Gott Walter.
Walter wollte und ließ das Haus in Ordnung versetzten
Und machte einer was kaputt, musste er den Schaden ersetzten.
Meist musste Walter dies tun, wie gestern den Feuerlöscherhalter.
Als er das beichtete sagte Marie:
Mein Gott Walter.
Denn da hatte Walter im Flur Rauch entdeckt,
und sofort enkannt, dass nur ein Feuer dahinter steckt.
Laut Feuer, Feuer rufend riss er den Löscher von der Wand,
natürlich mit Halter.
Alle die ihn sahen meinten nur:
Mein Gott Walter.
Doch solche Blödeleien ignorierte er nur
Und rannt mit dem Löscher hinaus auf den Flur.
Doch dort staubten nur die von ihm bestellten Gipser und Kalker
und als sie ihn sahen:
Mein Gott Walter.
Doch Walter macht sich nichts aus solch kleinen Pannen.
Aus kaputten Tassen, Tellern oder Kaffeekannen.
Er geht dann in die Kneipe und wenn er Heim kommt, dann lallt er.
Marie sagt dann nur:
Mein Gott Walter
Ja das Leben verlangte Walter schon ne' Menge ab
Und sein Pech verfolgte ihn sogar bis ins Grab.
Denn sein Sarg glitt den Trägern aus den Händen
Auf den Boden knallt er.
Der Pfarrer rief entsetzt:
Mein Gott Walter. |
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Mike Krüger - Ein Fußknall 1978
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Schiedsrichter Amok läuft auf das Feld
die Richterrobe idt ziemlich entstellt.
Die Leute jubeln, doch er ist gekränkt,
weshalb ihm Torwart Fangschuß ein paar Brennessel schenkt.
Doktor Kronenkorken, der Manager vom Club
formiert gerade einen Schlägertrupp.
Ja das nenn' ich Stimmung, das nenn' ich Spiel,
hier kämpft Rückwärts 68 gegen Brechstange Kiel.
Die Gegner haben ihre Nummern verhängt
damit der Schiedsrichter sie nicht gleich erkennt.
Das bringt diesen ohne viel Geschwafel
eine Anzeige - auf der Anzeigentafel.
Linienrichter Kosinus der liegt im Gras,
vermißt die Ecke nach Pythagoras.
Ja das nenn' ich Stimmung, das nenn' ich Spiel,
hier kämpft Rückwärts 68 gegen Brechstange Kiel.
Mittelstürmer Rammel kommt mit Stelzen ins Spiel,
weil er die Kieler höher schlagen will,
wofür ihm Richter Amok, weil es ihm jetzt reicht,
ohne viel zu zögern, die Deutschland-Karte zeigt.
Außenstürmer Wiesel an den Pfosten uriniert,
wofür Klowart Wattschuh 50 Pfennig kassiert.
Ja das nenn' ich Stimmung, das nenn' ich Spiel,
hier kämpft Rückwärts 68 gegen Brechstange Kiel. |
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Kruger
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On safari in South Africa's famous National Park... zebra, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, ostriches, buffalo, wildebeest, kudu, crocodiles, hyena... they're all here |
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*Andy&Diane (K.Bell&D.Kruger)*
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Fanfiction Friendship with two of my favourite actress Kristen Bell & Diane Kruger |
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Kruger National Park / Panorama Route
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Follow our journey from the hills of Dullstrom, the canyons on the Panorama Route, Blue Mountain Lodge, Kruger Park and Savanna Lodge at Kruger Park. See Giraffe, Elephants, Zebras, Lion, Leopard and Buffalo close up. |
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Diane Kruger - Cannes 2007, Opening Ceremony
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Kruger Brothers & Maynard Holbrook "Working on a Building"
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Kruger Brothers & Maynard Holbrook (elvis)
"Working on a Building"
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Diane Kruger - [Aug-2004] - interview
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[Aug-2004] Wicker Park |
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Kruger Park - Angry Hippo
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Angry hippo comes out of the water to defend the already dead one. As he discovers more lions than just thought, he stops the attack... |
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You Call It Love - Karoline Kruger
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Kruger Brothers and Tut Taylor
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Tut announces the song, but I can't hear what he's saying. I think it's something he wrote. Nice minor key tune. |
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