German South West Africa
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German South West Africa officially known as the German South West Africa Protectorate, was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, when it was captured by the Western Allies during World
European settlers in German Southwest Africa, c. 1911
Four German soldiers in a Camel-Schutztruppe patrol, 1906
Nama POWs in 1900
Erichsen Abused San or Nama child prisoners p. 52 v 2
Herero and Nama genocide
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The Herero and Nama genocide, or the Namibian genocide, was the extermination of the Herero and the Nama people in German South West Africa perpetrated by the German Empire between 1904 and 1908. Arou
German South West Africa
…by numerous rebellions by its native African peoples. German colonial forces conducted a campaign of reprisals from 1904 to 1908, now known as the Herero and Nama genocide. The colony was captured by the Western Allies during World War I. Its administration was taken over by the Union of South Africa (a dominion within…
Chained Herero and Nama prisoners during the genocide
Theodor Leutwein toasting Hendrik Witbooi in 1896
Central figure Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, the Oberbefehlshaber (Supreme Commander) of the protection force in German South West Africa, in Keetmanshoop during the Herero uprising, 1904
The terrain near Waterberg mountain in Namibia where the decisive battle was fought