Ludwig Cramer, pictured with his wife and cousin Adelheid ‘Ada’ Cramer, was the culprit.
He was sentenced to 20 months, later reduced to 4 months and 2,800 Marks, for his violent treatment of farm workers.
4 years later, he died from a blasting incident on his farm.
The back of a Namibian laborer covered in scar tissue from years of whipping by a German farmer named Ludwig Cramer, (1912–1913).
Taken by the Rhenish missionary Johann Jakob Irle.