Pt #5 Enduring Effects

The Herero and Namaqua wasn’t a completely all out hatred of people so we want to kill them thing like the Holocaust. The Germans were protecting their settlers and took it way too far. There was no need for a mass killing or the camps. 

The genocide was the cause of the settlers. The settlers came and took the natives lives and loves. They destroyed what the Herero and Nama believed. Like I have said once before in this blog the Herero and Nama were being pushed and they shoved back. The Germans in reaction sent in a new leader and that leader knowing nothing of mercy went on a killing spree.

Shark Island location of one of few Concentration Camps

The genocide finally ended when the concentration camps were shutdown. Although the camps were shutdown the remaining were given to settlers for unemployed work. The genocide was over but the struggle for freedom was not (Mark Wells).

This genocide needs to be taught because it is a forgotten part of history. The genocide was hidden from the public for almost a century and it is a huge part of South African history. The two biggest and influential tribes of the area were almost completely eliminated. This genocide should especially be taught to the generations in the area because it is just as much there history as their fathers and grandfathers.

There is still evidence of tension between the two countries. In 1998 German president Roman Herzog visited Namibia and met with leaders of the Herero tribe, Chief Munjuku Ngvauva. The Chief demanded that the German president give a public apology and compensation (Mark Wells).

On August 16, 2004 the 100^th anniversary of the start of the genocide Germanys Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul gave an apology and expressed grief about the genocide.

Two skulls of the 40 that returned in 2011

In 2008 a formed Namibian ambassador to Germany demanded that Germany return skulls that Germany found during an investigation. The German investigators found 40 skulls, including one that is possibly a former Chiefs skull. Many of these skulls were the ones used to test for proof of racial superiority.