DFrom 1884 to 1915, Germany administered Namibia. After a German trader discovered a large diamond mine in the west of the country. Conflicts soon broke out between the local population (Heros) and the settlers who continued to commit various abuses: theft of land, livestock, women and the permanent lynching of male Heroes, abuses which quickly tired the scorned people. . At the time the fear of the German settlers was to suffer a general revolt of the local population. In 1904 the Heroes led an offensive against settlers in the town of Okahandjo and killed over 200 civilians. The pretext for extermination of the population seemed accommodating.
Shortly after the Herero offensive, General Von Trotha, an officer whose reputation for cruelty was made in China and East Africa was transferred to Namibia and sent a registered letter to the German settlers living on the territory “The Heroes are no longer German subjects. If they do not agree to leave by their own will, they will leave constrained by arms. They must leave the country otherwise, I will dislodge them with my “groot Rohr” (big cannon)… Any Herero seen inside the Namibian borders with or without weapon, will be executed. Women and children will be taken back to work camps. No male prisoner will be taken. They will be shot. Decision taken for the Herero people. I wiped out the insurgent tribes in floods of blood and money. It is the only seed to grow something new that is stable. ”
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A century of genocides - From Heroes in Darfur (1904-2004): From Heroes in Darfur (1904-2004)
Release Date | 2016-09-14T00:00:01Z |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 352 |
Publication Date | 2016-09-14T00:00:01Z |