Scholars Dominik Schaller and Jurgen Zimmerer have looked to address this quorum between the flow of history from colonial Germany to its relation with Nazi Germany. Both Zimmerer and Schaller present interesting and partially similar takes on the role of settler colonialism in Southwest Africa and the effects that it had on the outcome of the Holocaust. Dominik Schaller, a professor of History at the University of Heidelberg, has centered his research around the history of collective violence, history of European expansion, African history and theories and methods of global history. His work on colonialism and the relation to the Holocaust is seen widely published with, or alongside, Jurgen Zimmerer.
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(Quote) He concludes that the Herero and Nama wars, "echoing the genocides committed by local settler represented a “crucial link to the crimes of the National Socialists”. (quote) He recognizes that Hitler's plans drew upon past actions of genocidal work rooted strongly in colonialism seen not only by other European nations but that of Germany's past actions. "The genocide in German South-West Africa is also significant as a prelude to the Holocaust. One need only to consider notions such as concentration camps and genocide to relate these events to the mass crimes committed during the Third Reich. Although one must beware of making precipitate comparisons, it cannot be denied that there are actual structural similarities between the genocide committed on the Herero and Nama and the Holocaust which reward further reflection." (Quote) Schaller notes however that these lines of connection are not seamless (quote) while they parallel there is a uniqueness to each of these genocides but one can not rule out the similarities seen in the blueprints of Hitler's plan that follow similar extermination practices seen by the German
In discussing continuity seen between …show more content…
(Quote) He concludes that the Herero and Nama wars, "echoing the genocides committed by local settler represented a “crucial link to the crimes of the National Socialists”. (quote) He recognizes that Hitler's plans drew upon past actions of genocidal work rooted strongly in colonialism seen not only by other European nations but that of Germany's past actions. "The genocide in German South-West Africa is also significant as a prelude to the Holocaust. One need only to consider notions such as concentration camps and genocide to relate these events to the mass crimes committed during the Third Reich. Although one must beware of making precipitate comparisons, it cannot be denied that there are actual structural similarities between the genocide committed on the Herero and Nama and the Holocaust which reward further reflection." (Quote) Schaller notes however that these lines of connection are not seamless (quote) while they parallel there is a uniqueness to each of these genocides but one can not rule out the similarities seen in the blueprints of Hitler's plan that follow similar extermination practices seen by the German