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. 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. As such, many historians now see it as foreshadowing the Nazi Holocaust of World War II. But Herero and Nama people, who have long asked for reparations, say the compensation on offer does not truly reflect the suffering of the tens of thousands who died – through ethnic cleansing, disease, starvation, imprisonment and torture. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Namibia #Genocide #Documentary #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeranewslive
Before the Holocaust: Germany's genocide in Namibia | People & Power Documentary
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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. 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. As such, many historians now see it as foreshadowing the Nazi Holocaust of World War II. But Herero and Nama people, who have long asked for reparations, say the compensation on offer does not truly reflect the suffering of the tens of thousands who died – through ethnic cleansing, disease, starvation, imprisonment and torture. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Namibia #Genocide #Documentary #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeranewslive
