Germany's Genocide of the Herero: Kaiser Wilhelm II, His General, His Settlers, His Soldiers

by Jeremy Sarkin

This study recounts the reasons why the order for the Herero genocide was very likely issued by the Kaiser himself, and why proof of this has not emerged before now.

In 1904, the indigenous Herero people of German South West Africa (now Namibia) rebelled against their German occupiers. In the following four years, the German army retaliated, killing between 60,000 and 100,000 Herero people, one of the worst atrocities ever. The history of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847010326
• ISBN13: 9781847010322
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"