Physical Description
1 online resource (386 pages).
Contents
Introduction: German South-West Africa 1904-1907-the exception to German colonial rule
The genocide that did not take place
The causes of war
The policy shift in 1904
The genocide that did take place
The war against the Nama
The camps
The deportations
The consequences of Germany's colonial policy in Namibia
Germany's colonial policy in the light of international criminal law
The evolution of the genocide concept in international criminal law
Genocide without genocidal intent?
Was quelling the Herero uprising genocide?
Destroying the Herero and Nama as ethnic groups
The responsibility of superiors and peers
How ICL sheds new light on other cases of extreme colonial violence in the German empire
Genocide in German East Africa?
The case of the Bushmen
From Africa to Auschwitz, from Windhuk to the Holocaust?
Institutional continuity between the Kaiserreich's colonial bureaucracy and the Third Reich
Continuity of informal knowledge
Elite continuity between German South-West Africa and the Third Reich
From Berlin to Cape Town and Windhoek
The Auslandsorganisation Der NSDAP
The failure of the Auslandsorganisation in South-West Africa
Higher stakes: South Africa
Operation weissdorn
Patterns of extreme violence in the German colonies and German-occupied central and eastern Europe
An early version of apartheid?
ISBN
9783631752784
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
