Genocide
The war of extermination against the Ovaherero and Nama, 1904 to 1908. Lothar von Trotha issued the Vernichtungsbefehl on 2 October 1904; survivors were driven into the Omaheke and held in camps. Casualty estimates are commonly given as roughly eighty per cent of the Ovaherero and half the Nama, and are cited here to their sources rather than settled. Germany formally recognised the events as genocide in 2015 and again in the 2021 joint declaration, which offered 1.1 billion euros over thirty years as development aid and ex gratia payments while rejecting legal responsibility. Ovaherero and Nama representatives have disputed both the sum and whether they were consulted.
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- - Machineguns at the battle of Owimbwo, 1904. German machineguns at the battle of Owimbwo (battle of Oviumbu).
- - Die Kämpfe der deutschen Truppen in Südwestafrika, Band 1, Der Feldzug gegen die Hereros, S. 000a. Mit Gold-Prägedruck verzierter Buchdeckel des ersten Bandes von zwei bei Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn in Berlin erschienenen Bänden unter dem Titel „Die Kämpfe der deutschen Truppen in Südwestafrika “ herausgegeben vom Großen Generalstabe / Kriegeschichtliche Abteilung I, hier mit dem Untertitel für Band 1: „Der Feldzug gegen die Hereros “.
- - Die Kämpfe der deutschen Truppen in Südwestafrika, Gruppenfoto 01. Gruppenfoto aus dem zweibändigen Werk „Die Kämpfe der deutschen Truppen in Südwestafrika “...
- - Zimmerer+Zeller Genocide in GSWA p.186. “Pictures such as this are to be found in contemporary colonial books and show German women as victims of the war. However, although four white women lost their lives at the beginning of the war, it was well-known that Herero fighters spared women and children and even, on occasion, gave them protection. Thus horrific pictures such as this served above all for propaganda purposes in the context of a war which caused heavy losses, was expensive and was more and more subject to public criticism.”.
- - Windhoek (2006) 07. A Windhoek memorial to the German soldiers who died in the war against the Nama. It commemorates the colonial force, not the people it fought.
- - Genocide and the second Reich 4: Vernichtungsbefehl. An account of Genocide and the second Reich 4: Vernichtungsbefehl. Lothar von Trotha issued the extermination order of 2 October 1904.
- - Herero Gedenkstein. A memorial stone on the Waterberg plateau to the Ovaherero killed in the fighting there in August 1904.
- - Zimmerer+Zeller Genocide in GSWA p 75. P. 75 of "Genocide in German South-West Africa: The Colonial War of 1904-1908 and Its Aftermath", by Jurgen Zimmerer, Joachim Zeller and E. J. Neather, Merlin Press (December 1, 2007).
- - Zimmerer+Zeller Genocide in GSWA p.47. P. 47 of "Genocide in German South-West Africa: The Colonial War of 1904-1908 and Its Aftermath", by Jurgen Zimmerer, Joachim Zeller and E. J. Neather, Merlin Press (December 1, 2007).
- - NAMPA: WHK skulls repatriated to Namibia 07 March 2014. President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Friday paid tribute to all those communities which were subjected to the unprecedented cruelties of colonialism. The Head of State paid particular tribute to the OvaHerero, OvaMbanderu, Nama, San and Owambo communities when he and members of the public officially welcomed back skulls and other human remains from Germany at Parliament Gardens.
- - A film exploring the life of Samuel Maherero during and after the Herero genocide. Waterberg to Waterberg' is the latest offering by Namibian filmmaker Andrew Botelle. It is a story about the late OvaHerero Chief, Samuel Maherero who planned a successful revolt against the Germans in 1904.
- - Der erste Völkermord des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zwischen 1904 bis 1908 ermordeten deutsche Truppen im heutigen Namibia etwa 90 000 Angehörige der Herero und Nama Im August 1904 sammelten sich deutsche Truppen zur Entscheidungsschlacht gegen die aufständischen Herero.
- - Will Germany admit to genocide in Namibia?, News. 100 years after the end of colonial rule in modern-day Namibia, the German government has yet to acknowledge the killings of tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people as 'genocide.' Now it looks like there might be movement on the issue. Germany first formally recognised the events as genocide in 2015.
- - Völkermord an den Herero, Nachrichten. Die blutige Niederschlagung des Herero-Aufstandes nach 1904 im heutigen Namibia gehört zu den dunkelsten Kapiteln deutscher Kolonialgeschichte.
- - NAMPA: WHK Petition on reparation delivered ahead of deadline 02 OCT 2015. OvaHerero Genocide Committee (OGC) member, Utjiua Muinjangue and Matu Hoffmann of the Nama Technical Committee on Genocide on Thursday handed over a joint petition to the German Embassy in Namibia. OvaHerero Traditional Authority (OTA) Chief Vekuii Rukoro was supposed to hand over the petition.
- - NAMPA: WHK Germany want 'win win situation' on genocide reparation 16 DEC 2015. The German Special Envoy for the negotiations of the reparation to the victims of the genocide during German colonial rule said his Government wants to obtain a 'win-win-situation' with the Namibian Government.
- - Genozid-Denkmal vor der Alten Feste in Windhoek1. The genocide memorial standing before the Alte Feste in Windhoek, raised by independent Namibia to the Ovaherero and Nama killed between 1904 and 1908.
- - Germany to apologize for Namibian 'genocide'. Germany plans to formally apologise to Namibia for the extermination of its indigenous citizens a century ago, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Sawsan Chebli said the apology would not carry any obligation of reparations. Berlin ruled what was then called South-West Africa as a colony from 1884 to 1915.
- - Colonial genocide in Namibia, DW Interview. Germany and Namibia are discussing ways to remember the genocide of Nama and Herero.
- - Namibia/Germany Genocide talks-NBC. A record of Namibia/Germany Genocide talks.
- - Two Namibian communities sue Germany for genocide committed in 1900s. Germany has been sued in the United States by the descendants of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia, for what they called a genocide campaign by German colonial troops in the early 1900s that led to more than 100,000 deaths. A few months ago, Germany had promised to submit a formal apology.
- - Namibians want Germany to remove monuments, DW News. At the beginning of the 20th century, German colonial forces in Namibia killed tens of thousands of the Herero and Nama people.
- - Namibians want Germany to remove monuments, World Stories. For more World Stories go to At the beginning of the 20th century, German colonial forces in Namibia killed tens of thousands of the Herero and Nama people.
- - Lothar von Trothas Shooting Order uncensored. „Der germanische Geist ist der Geist der Freiheit", Hegel „Wie wir ohne Ketten geboren sind, so wünschen wir ohne Zwang zu leben." ―Friedrich II.
- - Pretrial conference starts over German genocide in Namibia. It's regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century - between 1904 and 1908, one hundred thousand Herero and Nama people were killed by German troops in what is now Namibia. Then it was the German colony of South West Africa - but despite acknowledging the genocide, Berlin says it won't pay compensation. So a group of Namibian people has sued Germany in the United States.
- - Preparations for the 27th Independence celebration in the Kavango East region on track -NBC. Preparations for the 27th Independence celebration in the Kavango East region on track.
- - Genocide documentary launched in Windhoek - NBC. Genocide documentary launched in Windhoek.
- - NAMPA: OKA Dr Zed on 1904 Genocide Namibia 22 June 2017. The Namibian government has not yet received a response from the German government after a substantive document setting out the basis of the case on the 1904-1908 Genocide and demand for apology and reparations was submitted in 2016.
- - Namibia's forgotten Herero people waiting for genocide apology. The Herero people in Namibia are breaking their silence. More than a century after the genocide that almost wiped out their community, they are demanding an apology, compensation and the return of their land, from both Germany and their own country, Namibia. Germany first formally recognised the events as genocide in 2015.
- - Namibian community demand for compensation over colonial genocide. *Nearly half a century after the genocide in Namibia, the Hereros community and NAMA are demanding for justice.For Long, the murderers have remained ignored, both in Europe and Africa but the facts not disputed.* According to historians, in 1904, about 80,000 Hereros children, women men out of a population of 100,000 were massacred, deported and exterminated on the order of General Lothar von Trotha.
- - More human remains to be returned to Namibia from Germany-NBC. More human remains to be returned to Namibia from Germany. Human remains taken to German institutions for racial research have been repatriated in stages since 2011.
- - Faith Matters - Luther's Legacy in Namibia - Evangelization and Genocide, DW English. As the Lutheran World Federation celebrates 500 years of Protestantism, Namibians remember a grim chapter of their history. Missionaries set sail for the future German colony of South West Africa in 1840 fired with the ideals of the Reformation. But their message of humble service prepared the way for economic exploitation - and a conflict that ended in genocide.
- - Faith Matters - Luther's Legacy in Namibia - Evangelization and Genocide, DW English. As the Lutheran World Federation celebrates 500 years of Protestantism, Namibians remember a grim chapter of their history. Missionaries set sail for the future German colony of South West Africa in 1840 fired with the ideals of the Reformation. But their message of humble service prepared the way for economic exploitation - and a conflict that ended in genocide.
- - Namibia's genocide: Descendants sue Germany for reparations. A record of Namibia's genocide: Descendants sue Germany for reparations.
- - Why These Wedding Dresses Matter More Than Most, Style Out There, Refinery29. On this episode of Style Out There, our host, Connie Wang ventures to Namibia to learn about the fashion of the Herero people. Still in recovery from a genocide, the clothes they still wear today represent a lot more than just an outfit. Watch this episode of Style Out There to see these traditions featured in a fashion week in Namibia! ABOUT SERIES In fashion, what's seen on the streets is just as important as what goes down the runway.
- - Battle of Namutoni model 1. Battle of Namutoni model on dispay at Namutoni Fort. Model was built by Chris Pearson in 1984/5.
- - German government hands over to Namibia the remains of genocide victims in Berlin-NBC. German government hands over to Namibia the remains of genocide victims in Berlin.
- - Tears, anger as Germany returns human remains seized from Namibia, Al Jazeera English. Germany has returned the remains of victims of the Namibian genocide more than 100 years ago. 75,000 members of the Herero and Nama peoples were killed by Colonial forces following an uprising in 1904. Germany has expressed remorse, but has not formally apologised, and is refusing to pay reparations.
- - Tears, anger as Germany returns human remains seized from Namibia, Al Jazeera English. Germany has returned the remains of victims of the Namibian genocide more than 100 years ago. 75,000 members of the Herero and Nama peoples were killed by Colonial forces following an uprising in 1904. Germany has expressed remorse, but has not formally apologised, and is refusing to pay reparations.
- - Germany to return human remains from Namibian genocide of Herero and Nama people, DW English. Germany is to hand over the remains of Namibians killed during the genocide that took place during colonial rule. Tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people were massacred between 1904 and 1908 after rebelling against colonial rule.
- - Germany returns remains of victims of Namibia genocide., AL Jazeera English. 75,000 of the Herero and Nama peoples were slaughtered between 1904 and 1908 by German colonial forces following an uprising against them. Their remains had been sent to Germany for scientific experiments attempting to prove the racial superiority of white Europeans and were only recently returned. Germany has refused to pay reparations, leading some people question why it paid reparations to victims of the Nazis but not to the Herero and Nama.
- - Nama/Herero Traditional Authority take issue with President Geingob's reparation remarks -NBC. Nama/Herero Traditional Authority take issue with President Geingob's reparation remarks.
- - NUDO dismayed by President Geingob's genocide reparations statement-NBC. NUDO dismayed by President Geingob's genocide reparations statement.
- - Bildschirmfoto 2019-04-14 um 09.45.16. Funkentelegraphenabteilung in Deutsch-Südwestafrika.
- - Consultations on the Herero / Nama Genocide between Namibia and Germany remain confidential-NBC. Consultations on the Herero / Nama Genocide between Namibia and Germany remain confidential.
- - Namibia, Germany to conclude last round of genocide talks - NBC. An account of Namibia, Germany to conclude last round of genocide talks.
- - Namibia, Germany to conclude last round of genocide talks - NBC. An account of Namibia, Germany to conclude last round of genocide talks.
- - The legacy of German colonialism and genocide in Namibia: Full-length interview (1h). In March and November 2019, ECCHR, the Akademie der Künste as well as representatives from the Ovaherero and Nama people organized an event series in Swakopmund and Windhoek, Namibia, and Berlin, Germany.
- - Herero and Nama Genocide in Namibia, African Biographics. The word genocide and its legal definition were coined after World War II after the mass atrocities committed by the Nazi regime. However the crimes associated with a genocide had existed for decades if not centuries before the word came to exist. The Herero and Nama genocide by German colonial settlers in present day Namibia is one such example.
- - German Colonial Genocide in Namibia - The Swakopmund Genocide Museum. UPDATES: We raised 600€ so far with this project and the museum has opened! More Info here: Donation and Contact: How does it feel to see the colonizer's monument in the colonized country? As a German myself, this is the bitter question I asked the Namibian activist Laidlaw Peringanda, who is engaged in the protests to remove the 'Marine Monument'. The monument was sent from Germany to Namibia in 1908.
- - Germany nears reparations deal on Namibia colonial- era killings - Eye on Africa. In tonight's edition: Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines, amid conflicting advice over what to do with the doses. Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda put some of the vials of the expired doses into an incinerator to start the destruction. And Namibia has accepted a deal from Germany to pay reparations over the first genocide of the 20th century.
- - Namibia and Germany alleged genocide deal questioned. The OvaHerero Traditional Authority is not happy about the rumoured deal between the Namibian and the German governments on reparations for the Herero and Nama genocide.
- - Germany officially recognizes colonial-era Namibia genocide, DW News. Germany on Friday formally recognized as genocide the crimes committed by its colonial troops at the beginning of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama people in what is now Namibia. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) said in a statement that as a "gesture of recognition of the immeasurable suffering" Germany caused, it would set up a fund amounting to €1.1 billion (US $ 1.34 billion).
- - Germany has acknowledged that it committed genocide during its colonial-era rule of Namibia. Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement."In the light of Germany's historical and moral responsibility, the country will ask Namibia and the descendants of the victims for forgiveness.
- - Anerkennung des deutschen Völkermords an den Herero: Zu wenig oder ein wichtiger Schritt?. Nach mehr als fünfjährigen Verhandlungen steht das Abkommen mit Namibia.
- - Germany has for the first time recognized it had committed genocide in Namibia. During its colonial occupation. The Germans are promising financial support - worth over one billion euros - to aid projects in the southern African state.
- - Germany officially recognises colonial-era Namibia genocide (BLM) - BBC News - 28th May 2021. Germany has officially acknowledged committing genocide during its colonial occupation of Namibia, and announced financial aid worth more than €1.1bn (£940m or $1.34bn). There is a Black Lives Matter (from George Floyd's death onwards) play list on this channel.
- - Namibia: Deutschland erkennt Verbrechen an Herero und Nama als Völkermord an. Die Zeit des Kolonialismus im heutigen Namibia ist ein grausames Kapitel deutscher Geschichte. Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts töteten Soldaten des deutschen Kaiserreichs im damaligen Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika Zehntausende von Herero und Nama. Jetzt erkennt Deutschland die Verbrechen als Völkermord an und will offiziell um Vergebung bitten.
- - Why did it take so long for Germany to apologise for colonial-era genocide in Namibia?. Germany has promised more than one billion dollars in financial support to Namibia, after officially recognising it committed genocide in the former colony last century. It has taken five years to reach a deal between the German and Namibian governments but ancestors of slain communities people are not satisfied with the agreement.
- - Germany recognises atrocities committed in Namibia as genocide. IN THE PRESS, Friday, May 28, 2021: We start with a Rwandan paper hailing Emmanuel Macron's decision to ask for forgiveness for France's role in the 1994 genocide, even though he stopped short of apologising. Meanwhile, Germany has gone a step further by recognising atrocities committed in Namibia as genocide and offering €1 billion to the affected communities.
- - Germany acknowledges colonial-era genocide in Namibia, AFP. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says that Germany for the first time recognises that it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation.
- - Maas hofft auf "Versöhnung" mit Namibia, AFP. Nach der Anerkennung der Verbrechen deutscher Kolonialtruppen an den Herero und Nama als Völkermord hofft Bundesaußenminister Heiko Maas (SPD) auf eine Versöhnung mit deren Nachkommen und dem Land Namibia.
- - Germany admits to genocide in Namibia during colonial rule. Germany announced on Friday that it would pay more than €1 billion ($1.22bn) to aid projects in Namibia after recognising for the first time that it committed genocide during its occupation of the African country. The announcement came after more than five years of negotiations between the two countries over events in the territory controlled by Germany from 1884 to 1915.
- - Kolonialverbrechen in Namibia: Noch ein weiter Weg zur Versöhnung. Deutschland erkennt die Kolonialverbrechen an den Volksgruppen der Herero und Nama im heutigen Namibia Anfang des 20.
- - Discussion on Germany's apologies for Herero genocide with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Germany has apologised to Namibia for a colonial-era slaughter of up to 80,000 people when its troops put down a community uprising. It offered 1.3 billion euro to aid in reconstruction and development. The killings came during the colonial era, when German troops stamped out an uprising in Namibia by almost wiping out the two communities.
- - Namibia Genocide I German government admits to mass killings of the Herero and Nama people. Historians sometimes describe it as Africa's "forgotten genocide" and today the German government admitted for the first time officially its troops carried out mass killings in what is today Namibia.
- - Kolonialverbrechen in Namibia: Noch ein weiter Weg zur Versöhnung. Deutschland erkennt die Kolonialverbrechen an den Volksgruppen der Herero und Nama im heutigen Namibia Anfang des 20.
- - Germany officially recognises colonial era Herero & Namaqua genocideide. An account of Germany officially recognises colonial era Herero & Namaqua genocideide.
- - Namibia rejects German aid offer. Ethnic leaders in Namibia who represent the Herero and Nama people have rejected financial aid by Germany. The German government has offered to provide Namibia with more than R1-billion, as a means to apologise for the massacres that took place during the German colonial rule. Thousands of Nama and Herero people were killed from 1904 to 1908. Namibian Chiefs have called the German aid insulting.
- - Herero & Nama disagree on Germany-Namibia genocide-compensation deal, DW News. Germany has officially acknowledged that it committed genocide during its colonial-era occupation of Namibia, and announced a financial settlement of some 1.1 billion euros. That money will be spent over the next thirty years on infrastructure, healthcare and training programs to benefit the Herero and Nama communities, who suffered under German exploitation. But many Herero and Nama representatives are unhappy with the deal and are protesting.
- - Namibia genocide: Descendants want German reparations, not aid. Community leaders from the Nama and Ovaherero communities in Namibia say its former colonial ruler Germany is not doing enough to make up for the genocide it committed there in the early 20th century. Last month the German government apologised and announced a development aid package. But descendants of the victims say it's an insult - and are calling for reparations.
- - "Namibian/German governments are taking the genocide victims for granted", says Ngaringombe. The decision by the Namibian and German governments to settle for 1.1 billion Euro over the initial 2.2 billion Euro is mind-boggling, says the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Secretary-General Manuel Ngaringombe. He feels the two governments are taking the genocide victims for granted.
- - Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich - Germany in Africa - German South West Africa (Namibia). Documentary. German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. With a total area of 835,100 km², it was one and a half times the size of the mainland German Empire in Europe at the time. The colony had a population of around 2.
- - Völkermord-Hinterbliebene in Namibia warten weiterhin auf Entschädigungszahlungen aus Deutschland. Vor mehr als 110 Jahren ermordeten deutsche Soldaten in der ehemaligen Kolonie Deutsch-Südwestafrika, dem heutigen Namibia, fast 100.000 einheimische Angehörige der Herero und Naama. Nach mehr als fünf Jahren Verhandlungen unterschrieben Namibias und Deutschlands Regierung dann endlich eine Vereinbarung.: Deutschland will die Tötungen als Völkermord anerkennen, sich entschuldigen.
- - Namibia parliament stormed ahead of genocide deal vote. Around 300 protesters stormed Namibia's parliament as the National Assembly was due to vote on a $1 billion compensation offer from Germany to atone for its 1904-1908 genocide against the Herero and Nama people.
- - Namibian lawmakers debate German genocide deal I Eye on Africa - France 24 English • FRANCE 24. On tonight's show: lawmakers in Namibia are debating over whether to accept a compensation deal from Germany. Berlin has offered to fund 1.1 billion euros worth of project to atone for a 4 year long genocide that began in 1904. In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has set the inoculation goal to 10 percent of the population by the end of the year. Finally, films have returned to the big screen in Somalia.
- - Namibian opposition criticises genocide compensation deal with Germany • FRANCE 24 English. During a heated parliamentary debate, opposition lawmakers on Wednesday criticised a 1.1 billion euro compensation offer from for its 1904-1908 in the southwest African country and called on the government to renegotiate terms.
- - Namibia und die koloniale Vergangenheit, Mit offenen Karten, ARTE. Der von Gebirgszügen und Wüste geprägte südwestafrikanische Staat Namibia hat zwei schmerzhafte Kolonialerfahrungen hinter sich.
- - Namibia's forgotten genocide. A brutal genocide of the Herero and Nama people was carried out by Germans during their occupation of modern day Namibia. An estimated 80 percent of the Herero population and 60 percent of the Nama were murdered.
- - Namibia: The Price of Ovaherero and Nama Genocide. Germany accepts responsibility for genocide in Namibia, but has it done enough to right the wrongs of the past? In May 2021, the German government formally acknowledged responsibility for the colonial-era genocide against Namibia's Herero and Nama peoples more than 100 years ago. It was the first such atrocity of the 20th century, committed between 1904 and 1908 in the name of Imperial Germany in the territory known then as German South West Africa.
- - Das Versöhnungsabkommen mit Namibia. Hintergrund: Von 1884 an stand das südafrikanische Namibia 31 Jahre lang unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft.
- - Das Versöhnungsabkommen mit Namibia. Hintergrund: Von 1884 an stand das südafrikanische Namibia 31 Jahre lang unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft.
- - Can money make up for a genocide? Germany rejects fresh negotiations over the Namibian genocide.. Over a century ago, German colonial troops committed a genocide against Namibia's ethnic Herero and Nama people. Germany pledged financial compensation towards Namibia over a 30-year period and insists it won't renegotiate a new deal. But not everyone agrees that money can remedy past wrongdoings. Edith Kimani speaks to young Namibians.,-,- 77 percent of Africans are younger than 35.
- - Can money make up for a genocide? Germany rejects fresh negotiations over the Namibian genocide.. Over a century ago, German colonial troops committed a genocide against Namibia's ethnic Herero and Nama people. Germany pledged financial compensation towards Namibia over a 30-year period and insists it won't renegotiate a new deal. But not everyone agrees that money can remedy past wrongdoings. Edith Kimani speaks to young Namibians.,-,- 77 percent of Africans are younger than 35.
- - German Massacre: Namibia's move towards reparations.. The wounds inflicted on 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Namas in the erstwhile colony of Southwest Africa have yet to heal. The scars from the exhibition of human remains in museums and the manipulation for racist scientific hypotheses are added to the scars from concentration camps and slave labor. After a century of denial, both countries' governments agreed to compensate each other for 1.1 billion euros over 30 years.
- - Descendants of genocide victims observe 99th anniversary of Samuel Maherero's reburial - nbc. A group of descendants of the Namibian genocide, mainly hailing from the OtjiMaherero/Tjamuaha dynasty - clad in traditional attire and men on horseback gathered at Okahandja over the weekend to pay homage and celebrate the heroes and heroines of the colonial struggle. They also observed the 99th anniversary of the reburial of the remains of struggle icon, Samuel Maherero, further paying respects to ancestors buried at the town's sacred gravesites.
- - Namibia asks to renegotiate genocide deal with Germany. Namibia's vice president broke the news during a meeting of traditional leaders in the capital Windhoek, on Thursday (Oct 27). After over 5 years of negotiations, Germany offered about 1 billion $ in development aid spread over 30 years to benefit descendants of Herero and Nama groups.
- - Germany's Genocide in Namibia (Read Description). The German empire unleashed a campaign of killing and torture after the Herero, Nama, Damara and San communities rejected colonial rule in 1904. An estimated 80% of all the Herero people and 50% of Nama were killed.
- - How Germany's colonial genocide shapes Namibia today, DW News. In Namibia, Germany's bloody colonial legacy is still very much alive. It has been more than a hundred years since the German empire committed genocide in southern Africa. Its effects are still being felt today.
- - How Germany's colonial genocide shapes Namibia today, DW News. In Namibia, Germany's bloody colonial legacy is still very much alive. It has been more than a hundred years since the German empire committed genocide in southern Africa. Its effects are still being felt today.
- - Nama and Ovaherero gather to commemorate 1904-1908 genocide victims - nbc. Descendants of the Nama and Ovaherero gathered at Lüderitz in the, Kharas Region to commemorate 118 years since tens of thousands of their ancestors were killed by the Germans.
- - Herero and Nama genocide in Namibia: German filmmaker brings colonial history to the screen. Director Lars Kraume hopes to educate Germans about 'brutal' colonial history of mass killings in early 20th century with his movie 'Measures of Men'.
- - Nama Herero Damara Genocide Namibia as narrated by Historian Laidlaw Peringanda.. Laidlaw Peringanda is a Historian and Founder of the Swakopmund Genocide Museum.
- - Unter Herrenmenschen' - Der deutsche Kolonialismus in Namibia (Arte - 2019). Als bei der Berliner Afrikakonferenz 1884 die europäischen Kolonialmächte über Grenzen verhandelten, erhielt auch Deutschland seinen „Platz an der Sonne".
- - Deutscher Völkermord an den Herero und Nama I Kolonialverbrechen in Namibia 1904 einfach erklärt. Im heutigen Study History Video beschäftigen wir uns mit dem deutschen Völkermord an den Herero und Nama in der Kolonie Deutsch-Südwestafrika im Jahr 1904.
- - The genocide that occurred in Namibia during colonial rule. Is a dark chapter in the country's history. It took place between 1904 and 1908, when Namibia was a German colony known as German South-West Africa.
- - Namibia's stance on Germany's support for Israel: Kingsley Makhubela. As countries decide who they'll be backing in the SA genocide suit against Israel - Namibia has rejected Germany's support for Israel in the genocidal intent case being adjudicated at the ICJ. Germany has offered support to Israel since the Hamas attack of 7th October last year. German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck spoke candidly about his country's relationship with Israel as being special and flowing from historical responsibility after the Holocaust.
- - Namibian communities demand return of land, REUTERS. Namibian communities whose ancestors were massacred by German colonial forces and had their property seized more than a century ago are calling for fresh talks with Berlin to negotiate the return of ancestral land.
- - Swakopmund Museum exhibits 1904 - 1908 Genocide - nbc. For the first time in 125 years, the Swakopmund Museum is displaying an exhibition on the 1904-08 Herero and Nama Genocide.
- - The Forgotten Genocide: The Nama and Herero Genocide. Within the German borders, every Herero, with or without gun, with or without cattle, will be shot." (Lothar von Trotha to the Schutztruppe in Namibia, October 2, 1904) The Herero and Nama Genocide took place between 1904 and 1908 in today's Namibia; it is also recognised as the first genocide in the 20th century.
- - Genocide Remembrance Day met with mixed feeling - nbc. The Ovaherero and Nama people held a march from UN Plaza in Soweto to the Independence Memorial Museum in Windhoek in memory of the genocide of the 1904.
- - Genocide Remembrance Day met with mixed feeling - nbc. The Ovaherero and Nama people held a march from UN Plaza in Soweto to the Independence Memorial Museum in Windhoek in memory of the genocide of the 1904.
- - The Forgotten Genocide: Namibia's Dark Past.. The Herero and Nama genocide, which took place between 1904 and 1908 in German South West Africa (now Namibia), was the first genocide of the 20th century.
- - Waterberg plateau in Okakarara. Namibia's History: Waterberg plateau Park The first human inhabitants were the San people, they left rock engravings believed to be several thousand years old.A small community of the San was still living their traditional lifestyle on the plateau until the late 1960s. In 1904, Waterberg was the scene of battle Herero warriors and German colonial forces. The graves of Germans soldiers who lost their lives at Waterberg.
- - NDF completes final preparations for Independence celebrations - nbc. The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has carried out its final preparations for Friday's Independence celebrations.
- - NDF completes final preparations for Independence celebrations - nbc. The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has carried out its final preparations for Friday's Independence celebrations.
- - Nama and Ovaherero descendants gather in Lüderitz for genocide memorial - nbc. Descendants of the Nama and Ovaherero communities in Namibia gathered in Lüderitz, located in the, Kharas Region, for the annual Genocide Memorial at Shark Island.
- - Namibia Genocide: The Untold Story of Germany's First Holocaust, Herero & Nama Massacre Documentary. In the early 1900s, Germany carried out one of the first genocides of the 20th century, wiping out over 80% of the Herero and Nama people in Namibia. This brutal campaign, fueled by colonial ambitions, involved mass killings, forced labor, and starvation. This documentary uncovers the horrors of this forgotten atrocity and its lasting impact on Namibia's history. This video is for documentary and educational purposes.
- - Namibia's Journey From Colonization. We explore how German imperial interests laid the groundwork for oppression, the impact of the League of Nations' mandate, and the pervasive effects of apartheid on Namibian society.
- - Namibia commemorates colonial genocide victims, calls for reparations. Namibia has honoured the victims of mass killings committed during German colonial rule, with an inaugural genocide memorial day. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial forces killed more than 70,000 people.
- - Reparations remains a major issue as Namibia commemorates of the German genocide. On 28 May, 2025 - Namibia marks first national commemoration of Herero and Nama genocide that occurred between 1904 and 1908 - events widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century. Historians also believe it to be German's forgotten genocide that saw the systematic murder of more than 70,000 Herero and Nama. In total, nearly 80% of the 80,000 Herero and over 40% of the approximately 20,000 Nama were killed.
- - Namibia honors victims of colonial genocide as reparation calls grow, REUTERS. Namibia honored the victims of mass killings during German colonial rule with an inaugural memorial day on May 28, as politicians and affected communities voiced fresh calls for reparations from Berlin.
- - The Genocide Germany Forgot, Herero & Nama Namibia, 1904.. The Genocide the World Forgot Until.
- - Before the Holocaust: Germany's genocide in Namibia, People & Power Documentary. On May 28, 2025, Namibia held its first Genocide Remembrance Day, honouring the tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by German colonial forces. In 2021, the German government had formally acknowledged responsibility for the colonial-era genocide against Namibia's Herero and Nama peoples more than 100 years ago.
- - Before the Holocaust: Germany's genocide in Namibia, People & Power Documentary. On May 28, 2025, Namibia held its first Genocide Remembrance Day, honouring the tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by German colonial forces. In 2021, the German government had formally acknowledged responsibility for the colonial-era genocide against Namibia's Herero and Nama peoples more than 100 years ago.
- - Namibia, Germany dialogue held - nbc. The aim of the dialogue was to exchange and share perspectives and outline their commitment to support reconciliation and reconstruction in the country. The dialogue centred on the progress made since the joint declaration was signed in May 2021. The Chairperson of the German-Speaking Namibians Forum, Herald Hecht, said this is the second series of the fireside conversation.
- - Namibia, Germany dialogue held - nbc. The aim of the dialogue was to exchange and share perspectives and outline their commitment to support reconciliation and reconstruction in the country. The dialogue centred on the progress made since the joint declaration was signed in May 2021. The Chairperson of the German-Speaking Namibians Forum, Herald Hecht, said this is the second series of the fireside conversation.
- - Namibia's Forgotten Genocide: Germany's Colonial Campaign & Herero and Nama Uprising (1904-1908). A colonial seizure of land and cattle turned into a systematic campaign of starvation, forced labour, and mass death. Between 1904 and 1908 in German South-West Africa (now Namibia), colonial forces enacted policies that left tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people dead,an atrocity now widely recognized as the first genocide of the twentieth century.
- - Swartbooi challenges Namibia-Germany genocide declaration in High Court - nbc. Leader of the Landless People's Movement (LPM) Bernardus Swartbooi is challenging a joint declaration between Namibia and Germany concerning the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama genocide. Swartbooi's legal team, led by South African advocate Tshidiso Ramogale, argues that foreign states should not enjoy immunity when they commit atrocities against civilians.
- - Swartbooi challenges Namibia-Germany genocide declaration in High Court - nbc. Leader of the Landless People's Movement (LPM) Bernardus Swartbooi is challenging a joint declaration between Namibia and Germany concerning the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama genocide. Swartbooi's legal team, led by South African advocate Tshidiso Ramogale, argues that foreign states should not enjoy immunity when they commit atrocities against civilians.
- - Namibian court rules against including Germany in genocide redress case, REUTERS. Namibia's High Court has ruled against including Germany in a lawsuit that centers on what historians and the UN describe as the first genocide of the 20th century.
- - Ein früher Völkermord Herero und Nama im Schatten des Kaiserreichs. In acht Sekunden pro Szene erzählen wir die verdrängte Geschichte von Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Vermessung und Landnahme, Aufstand, Waterberg, der Marsch in die Wüste, Lager wie die Haifischinsel, Zwangsarbeit und die langen Folgen von Enteignung bis in Archive und Museen. Ohne Sensationslust und ohne grafische Gewalt zeigen die Bilder, wie Verwaltung, Militär und Ideologie zusammenwirkten, und was Anerkennung.
- - Germany's Forgotten Genocide in Namibia. A record of Germany's Forgotten Genocide in Namibia.
- - Queen Sofia Farm Still Faces Challenges - nbc. The Queen Sofia Resettlement Farm, near Outjo in the Kunene Region, continues to face challenges affecting agricultural productivity and community life despite significant government support. The resettlement project, initiated in 2000 under the government's land reform programme, was designed to provide land and farming opportunities to previously disadvantaged Namibians.
- - Queen Sofia Farm Still Faces Challenges - nbc. The Queen Sofia Resettlement Farm, near Outjo in the Kunene Region, continues to face challenges affecting agricultural productivity and community life despite significant government support. The resettlement project, initiated in 2000 under the government's land reform programme, was designed to provide land and farming opportunities to previously disadvantaged Namibians.
- - How Germany Tried to Erase the Herero People (1904): Herero and Nama Genocide. Between 1904 and 1908, in what is now Namibia, tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people were systematically killed by the German Empire. Long before the Holocaust, Germany tested its ideology and machinery of genocide on African soil. In this first episode of our two-part series, we uncover the roots of the Herero genocide,from the theft of land, to forced labor, racial hierarchy, and finally.
- - Germany's Forgotten Genocide: The Herero Extermination Order. When Samuel Maharero led the Herero uprising against German colonial rule in German South West Africa, it sparked one of the most brutal campaigns of the 20th century. After the decisive battle at Waterberg, General Lothar von Trotha issued the infamous Vernichtungsbefehl.
- - NAMIBIA CONNECTS, OVAHERERO AND NAMA GENOCIDE DOCUMENTARY - nbc. A documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide has been produced. The documentary titled "Sorry for the Genocide", which was co-.
- - Germany's First Genocide: How They Exterminated 80% of Namibia's Herero & Nama in 4 Years.. The chilling story of Germany's first genocide in Namibia (1904,1908). How German troops under Lothar von Trotha issued an extermination order, drove the Herero into the desert to die, and murdered tens of thousands more in concentration camps like Shark Island. Starvation, poisoned wells, medical experiments, and skull shipments, the full evil exposed. Disclaimer: This video is for educational and historical purposes only.
- - The FORGOTTEN Genocide: Germany's Dark Secret in Africa. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Introduction 0:15 - Germany's African Colony 0:55 - Uprising and Extermination 1:55 - Death in Concentration Camps 2:50 - Acknowledgment, Not Atonement 3:35 - Conclusion & Call to Action Before the World Wars, an unimaginable horror unfolded in German South West Africa, now Namibia.
- - THE ECHO OF THE HANGING TREE: NAMIBIA UNHEALED. In the heart of Bethanie, a small settlement about 130 kilometres south of Keetmanshoop in Namibia's ǁKharas Region, stands a tree carrying painful memories of a dark past. For the community, the tree is more than just part of the landscape. It is a reminder of the suffering endured by the Nama people during the genocide committed under German colonial rule between 1904 and 1908.
- - CHRISTUSKIRCHE AND THE SHADOW OF GENOCIDE IN NAMIBIA. As Namibia observes the second Genocide Remembrance Day, the solemn occasion once again casts a spotlight on one of the darkest chapters in the country's history, the genocide committed against the Ovaherero and Nama communities during German colonial rule between 1904 and 1908.
- - Von Trotha's Extermination Order: The Herero Genocide. Between 1904 and 1908, Imperial Germany carried out the first genocide of the 20th century in South-West Africa, modern-day Namibia, against the Herero and Nama peoples. This episode of Suppressed Shadows uncovers a colonial crime that Germany refused to formally acknowledge for over a century. When the Herero rose up against land seizures and abuse by German settlers, General Lothar von Trotha was sent to crush them.
- - Namibia's Forgotten Genocide: The First Genocide of the 20th Century. Before the Holocaust, another genocide devastated an African people. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial forces carried out a brutal campaign against the Herero and Nama peoples in present-day Namibia. Tens of thousands were killed through massacres, starvation, forced displacement, and concentration camps. Many historians regard this tragedy as the first genocide of the 20th century, yet it remains one of the least discussed events in world history.
- - GENOCIDE JOINT DECLARATION EXPECTED BY YEAR-END - nbc. Germany's Ambassador to Namibia, Thorsten Hutter, has expressed hope that the Genocide Joint Declaration between Namibia and Germany will be finalised by the end of the year. Thorsten Hütter made the announcement during a farewell courtesy visit to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House.
- - THE HERERO AND NAMA: THE WAR THAT BECAME A GENOCIDE, The African Archive. Before Namibia was called Namibia, the Herero and Nama already had their own communities, leaders, cattle, land, and way of life. Then Germany arrived. What began with colonial expansion, land seizure, economic pressure, and growing conflict eventually became a devastating war. In 1904, Herero leader Samuel Maharero led an uprising against German rule.
- - Namibia's Genocide: History on Stolen Land. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial forces carried out a devastating campaign against the Herero and Nama people of Namibia, resulting in mass death, displacement, imprisonment, and the destruction of communities.