1. What was the importance of the Herero and Namaqua genocide?
The German empire sanctioned the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Herero ethnic group in the first genocide of the twentieth century. Approximately 65,000 out of 80,000 people perished. Men, women, and children died from direct execution by the German Schutztruppe (colonial army), dehydration after deportation to the Kalahari Desert, or forced labor and starvation in concentration camps.
2. Where did the genocide occur?
The genocide took place in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
3. Who committed the genocide and why?
Under German colonial rule, natives were routinely used as slave laborers, and their lands were frequently confiscated and given to colonists.
The German empire sanctioned the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Herero ethnic group in the first genocide of the twentieth century. Approximately 65,000 out of 80,000 people perished. Men, women, and children died from direct execution by the German Schutztruppe (colonial army), dehydration after deportation to the Kalahari Desert, or forced labor and starvation in concentration camps.
2. Where did the genocide occur?
The genocide took place in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
3. Who committed the genocide and why?
Under German colonial rule, natives were routinely used as slave laborers, and their lands were frequently confiscated and given to colonists.