NOTHING affected the German national esteem so deeply as the loss of the German colonies, based as this loss was upon charges of brutality and maladministration on the part of those who were ...

For me, it was an opportunity to see firsthand how colonial violence is remembered in Namibia. This was not my first time learning about Germany’s colonial history. In 2022, I spent two weeks in ...

‘THE history of our Colonies in the world war has shown that the German Colonial Empire was no proper “empire” at all, but just a number of possessions without geographical and political connection or ...

Dr. Hjelmar Schacht, President of the Reichsbank, a leading German financial authority, has a plan for the return to Germany of the ex-German colonies.* He advocates an “international chartered ...

Germany's head of state asked for "forgiveness" on Wednesday for the abuses committed by his country's colonial forces in Tanzania, during a visit to Songea, the site of a massacre of indigenous ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologized Wednesday for colonial-era atrocities committed by German forces in Tanzania during a visit to the East African country. “As German President, I ...

More than 100 years after the crimes committed by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally recognized the atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups ...

The German colonial empire committed indescribable crimes in countries like Namibia, Tanzania and Burundi. A century on, former colonies are now demanding reparations, placing mounting pressure on the ...

In the early 20th century, artists like Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein searched for "primitive authenticity" in the German colonies. Here's what they found. https://p ...

Nestled alongside the River Spree south of Berlin’s city center, Treptower Park is home to green lawns, riverboat rides and runners pounding their way along the waterside path. Summer days usually see ...

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