The Kaiser's holocaust : Germany's forgotten genocide and the colonial roots of Nazism / David Olusoga and Casper W. Erichsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olusoga, David.

Contributor:

Erichsen, Casper W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide.

History.

Colonies.

Germany--Colonies--Africa--History.

Germany.

Genocide--Namibia--History--20th century.

Racism--Germany--History--20th century.

Racism.

Namibia.

Africa.

Physical Description:

394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, 2010.

Summary:

On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire. As colonial forces moved in, their ruthless punitive raids became an open war of extermination. By 1905, the survivors were interned in concentration camps & systematically starved & worked to death.

Contents:

The world behind the fog

The Iron Chancellor and the Guano King

'This is my land'

Soldier of darkness

'European Nations do not make war in that way'

'A piece of natural savagery'

King of the Huns

'Rivers of blood and money'

'Death through exhaustion

'Peace will spell death for me and my nation'

'You yourselves carry the blame for your misery'

The island of death

'Our New Germany on African soil'

Things fall apart

'To fight the world for ever'

A passing corporal

A people without space

Germany's California.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-379) and index.

ISBN:

9780571231416

0571231411

OCLC:

678023366