Namibia to mark German colonial genocide for first time with memorial day

Ullstein Bild / Getty Images Ovaherero men arrested by German and put in chains circa 1904-1905 during the genocide.Ullstein Bild / Getty Images

The genocide in what is now Namibia lasted from 1904 to 1908

Dubbed “Germany’s forgotten genocide”, and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more than 70,000…

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