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The genocide of the Herero and Nama people in German South-West Africa is the focus of this collection of essays. The war and the suppression of the uprising are examined in detail, as is the role of racism in the genocide.
The 1904 war that broke out in present day Namibiaafter the Herero tribe rose against an oppressive colonial regime?and the German army's brutal suppression of that uprising?are the focus of this collection of essays. Exploring the annihilation of both the Herero and Nama people, this selection from prominent researchers of German imperialismconsiders many aspects of the war and shows how racism, concentration camps, and genocide in the German colony foreshadow Hitler's Third Reich war crimes.
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