Herero and Namaqua genocide

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The Herero and Namaqua genocide was a campaign of extermination and mass displacement carried out by German colonial forces in present-day Namibia between 1904 and 1908, widely regarded as one of the first genocides of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war
crime against humanity
genocide
war crime
alsoKnownAs Herero and Namaqua genocide
surface form: German genocide in Namibia

Herero and Namaqua genocide
surface form: Herero and Nama genocide

Herero genocide
cause Herero and Namaqua genocide self-linksurface differs
surface form: Herero uprising of January 1904

Nama uprising of 1904–1905
characterizedBy concentration camps
denial of access to water sources
forced labor
mass displacement
starvation policy
systematic extermination
commander Lothar von Trotha
Theodor Leutwein NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Germany
Namibia
describedAs one of the first genocides of the 20th century
endTime 1908
estimatedDeaths approximately 10,000 of 20,000 Nama population
approximately 65,000 of 80,000 Herero population
between 10,000 and 20,000 Nama
between 24,000 and 100,000 Herero
followedBy German colonial rule consolidation in South West Africa
hasPart Battle of Waterberg
confiscation of Herero and Nama land and cattle
establishment of concentration camps in German South West Africa
forced labor of Herero and Nama prisoners
mass executions of Herero and Nama
pursuit into the Omaheke Desert
legalBasisClaimedByPerpetrators extermination order (Vernichtungsbefehl) issued by Lothar von Trotha
location Namibia
surface form: German South West Africa

present-day Namibia
longTermConsequence destruction of Herero and Nama social structures
diaspora of Herero and Nama communities
lasting demands for reparations from Germany
massive land dispossession of Herero and Nama
memorializedBy Genocide memorials in Namibia
commemorative events by Herero and Nama communities
perpetratedBy German Empire
Herero and Namaqua genocide self-linksurface differs
surface form: German colonial administration in German South West Africa

Imperial German Army
precededBy German colonization of South West Africa in the 1880s
recognizedAsGenocideBy Federal Government of Germany
surface form: German government (2021 political declaration)

United Nations Whitaker Report
scholars of genocide studies
startTime 1904
subjectOf debates on colonial reparations
historical research on colonial violence
legal actions by Herero and Nama representatives in foreign courts
targetedGroup Herero
surface form: Herero people

Mbanderu people
Nama people
San peoples
surface form: San people
timeInHistory early 20th century

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Imperial German Army engagedIn Herero and Namaqua genocide
South-West Africa Campaign opponentForce Herero and Namaqua genocide
this entity surface form: Schutztruppe in German South West Africa
Imperial German Navy conflict Herero and Namaqua genocide
this entity surface form: Herero Wars
Nama people historicalEvent Herero and Namaqua genocide
Shark Island associatedWithEvent Herero and Namaqua genocide
this entity surface form: Herero and Nama genocide
Erich von Falkenhayn conflict Herero and Namaqua genocide
Herero and Namaqua genocide alsoKnownAs Herero and Namaqua genocide
this entity surface form: Herero and Nama genocide
Herero and Namaqua genocide alsoKnownAs Herero and Namaqua genocide
this entity surface form: German genocide in Namibia
Herero and Namaqua genocide perpetratedBy Herero and Namaqua genocide self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: German colonial administration in German South West Africa
Herero and Namaqua genocide cause Herero and Namaqua genocide self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Herero uprising of January 1904
Nama/Damara sufferedEvent Herero and Namaqua genocide
subject surface form: Nama people
Hendrik Witbooi conflict Herero and Namaqua genocide
Jakob Marengo conflict Herero and Namaqua genocide
this entity surface form: Herero and Nama War