Western Civilization II / Unit 13 WC2 1213 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Herero and Nama, 1904 to 1905
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The idea
In German Southwest Africa the Herero and Nama rose in nineteen oh-four. The German army drove them into the desert and built concentration camps. Over two-thirds died, the anchor says; the witness counts over a hundred thousand.
In practice
"The first, but not the last", the anchor says.
Where people slip
Historians widely term it the century's first genocide, as the anchor frames it.
Your place on the trail
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