09/11/2025
Germany’s colonial memory failure
The German Kaiserreich was at the beginning of the 20th century the fourth biggest colonial power and the first genocide of the 20th century was committed by Germany in today’s Namibia. Despite this, colonialism was widely degraded to a mere footnote of German history, writes Henning Melber.
The German Kaiserreich was at the beginning of the 20th century the fourth biggest colonial power and the first genocide of the 20th century was committed by Germany in today’s Namibia. Despite this, colonialism was widely degraded to a mere footnote of German history, writes Henning