Herero and Namaqua Genocide

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Herero_and_Namaqua_Genocide
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Herero_genocide
gptkb:Namibian_genocide
gptkbp:apologyBy gptkb:Germany
2021
gptkbp:commemoratedBy 28 May (Namibia)
gptkbp:endDate 1908
gptkbp:historicalSignificance considered first genocide of the 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Herero and Namaqua Genocide
gptkbp:location gptkb:present-day_Namibia
gptkb:German_South_West_Africa
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Namibia
gptkbp:method gptkb:migration
forced labor
starvation
concentration camps
extermination order
gptkbp:order gptkb:Lothar_von_Trotha
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Waterberg
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:German_colonial_empire
genocide studies
colonialism in Africa
gptkbp:startDate 1904
gptkbp:target gptkb:Herero_people
gptkb:Namaqua_people
gptkbp:victim estimated 10,000 Namaqua
estimated 24,000 to 100,000 Herero
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herero_Wars
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6