It seems like the world decides to dismiss the horrific events that happen to the black community all over the world. In school, we spend weeks studying the Holocaust. One of the most unspeakable acts of evil against the human race. But did you know the Holocaust was not the only genocide that Germany caused and played a major role in?
Germany moved South West Africa in the 1880s and put in place a military government. The military government had very little knowledge on how to run a colony and knew nothing about Africa. During that time the Herero, Nama and San people South West Africa. Over time Major Theodor Leutwein began turning the Nama and Herero against each other. One major reason for the fighting was land rights.
The Germans murders the Herero and Nama because they attempted a rebellion between 1904 and 1908. The Germans tried to exterminate both groups of people. Those who they did kill, they placed them in concentration camps and experimented on them.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/14/us-museum-storing-remains-of-namibian-genocide-victims
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