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German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
- German South West African Mark
- Colony of Germany
German South West Africa, a former German colony (1884–1919) that is now the nation of Namibia, in southwestern Africa. In 1883 Franz Adolf Lüderitz, a merchant from Bremen, Germany, established a trading post in southwest Africa at Angra Pequena, which he renamed Lüderitzbucht. He also acquired.
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Sep 19, 2023 · Over a century ago, this bleak landscape and the people who lived there were part of German colonial Africa and were victims of colonial exploits at the hands of their overlords. This is the story of German South West Africa, the wealth it created, and the horror of the genocide that happened there.
- Greg Beyer
May 28, 2021 · Germany was a minor colonial power in Africa, especially compared to Britain and France. But among its few possessions, Namibia — then called South-West Africa — was its most prized African...
Sep 22, 2021 · 1884/85: Following the Berlin Conference, the territory of present-day Namibia becomes a protectorate of the German Empire called German South West Africa. No local people are part of these...
The country, located on the southwestern coast of Africa, was originally inhabited by the San peoples and was home to other groups as well before being subjected to German rule beginning in the 19th century, followed by South African rule for much of the 20th century.
Apr 5, 2024 · German-Herero conflict of 1904–07, the conflict between the Herero people and German colonial troops in German South West Africa in 1904 and the ensuing events of the next few years that resulted in the deaths of about 75 percent of the Herero population, considered by most scholars to be genocide. Background.
