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Book/Printed Material Genocidal empires : German colonialism in Africa and the Third Reich

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Title

  • Genocidal empires : German colonialism in Africa and the Third Reich

Names

  • Bachmann, Klaus, 1963- author

Created / Published

  • Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang, [2018]

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?

Headings

  • -  Genocide--German East Africa
  • -  Genocide--Namibia
  • -  German East Africa--History
  • -  Germany--Colonies--Africa--Race relations
  • -  Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945
  • -  Namibia--History--1884-1915

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (382 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DT34.5

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021758733

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Chicago citation style:

Bachmann, Klaus, Author. Genocidal empires: German colonialism in Africa and the Third Reich. [Berlin ; New York: Peter Lang, 2018] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021758733/.

APA citation style:

Bachmann, K. (2018) Genocidal empires: German colonialism in Africa and the Third Reich. [Berlin ; New York: Peter Lang] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021758733/.

MLA citation style:

Bachmann, Klaus, Author. Genocidal empires: German colonialism in Africa and the Third Reich. [Berlin ; New York: Peter Lang, 2018] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021758733/>.