Germany's Forgotten Genocide: The Early Atrocity that Provided a Blueprint For the Nazis

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[@KyuNoom]

Will do!

[@OndaBoosters]

Correction : The first Death Camps were actually built by the British in South Africa.

[@OtherTheDave]

Geez… why haven’t I heard about this before now? I sent this to a teacher I know and asked her if it’s part of their world history curriculum. I may not have been the best student, but I’m pretty sure this would’ve at least rung a bell if we’d gone over it in class. Hopefully it can get added if it’s not already there… stuff like this shouldn’t be forgotten.

[@blairfleming5861]

honestly i highly doubt it will most people didn't even know about the Spanish flu before covid even events like the Rape of Nanjing, the roman Celtic genocide, the Cambodia Killing Fields, the amount of people murdered by the soviet union socialist party, the arduous march even now there is a genocide happening right now in china with the uighur muslims and the gulags in north korea where they punish children for the crimes of their parents yet you will never hear people talk about any of this because 99% of people have very little interest in history short of a surface value look or some fascination with their personal lineage nearly every civilization and race in the 50000 years of human history have committed some form of geocide or large scale war its impossible to teach every tragedy in history, history is just far to tragic to fit that amount of learning in a single lifetime its a sad truth but there are probably dozens of genocide's larger than this that already aren't in highschool curriculum its not something that should be forgotten for sure but unfortunately unless you are perusing a career in history or are looking it up out of personal interest there are simply larger events in human history to teach school children its best left to videos like this to keep the memory alive.

[@OtherTheDave]

@@blairfleming5861 I’d heard of all those things (maybe except the Celtic genocide... I don’t think I’ve heard it described like that, but I think I generally know what you mean), and I don’t even remember my history classes. Have our schools really gotten that bad in the past 20 years?

[@blairfleming5861]

@@OtherTheDave well its not that they have gotten bad ( I have also been out of school for 8 years and I'm Canadian so I can only speak for the Canadian educational system and not even as a whole just my particular province it varies from province to province, though from what i understand the American educational system has become increasingly politicized in recent years which is not good but information about the AES is also politicized so I cant speak for it you would have to talk to someone who has recently graduated from school to find out) its more of a time limit when I was in school math's and science took up about 50% to 70% of your time in school, though the subjects taken are up to the students to decide, based on what path they want to take in life you can decide to be more arts, historical and physical education oriented in level 1,2 and 3. Your first 9 years in school are decided by the school board. you are only required to get 1 credit per level for a history course ( you can take more if you wish or you don't have to take any history if you substitute it for geography) and history in level 1 is provincial history, in level 2 it is country history and in level 3 it is world history, so you only take 1 year of world history normally as most students don't have space in their schedule to take more and most of that time is focused on ww1 and ww2 ( rightfully so they were BIG events) not leaving much time for anything else. You learn basically nothing about before the collapse of the British empire, the roman empire isn't even mentioned and Napoleon barely gets a single paragraph. With the increasing need for more math's and science knowledge schools are focusing on that and because mandated limits on the length of a school day you just cant fit any more in its not like japan where some children spend upwards of 15 hours a day in school and cram school so if they were to add a event like this they would have to remove another from the curriculum.

[@Gecko0505]

I live in Swakopmund, Namibia. I know this part of history extremely well. And Simon hit it right on the nose. Good job in your research. My wife is a direct descendant of the schutztruppen and her family name has been in the country since. Her grand father and grand uncle Both were pilots in the luftwaffe in Germany during WW2. The german culture is very strong here and will be for generations to come.

[@horseblinderson4747]

Unit 731

[@TreiberSeptim]

Thank you for making this video! I’m German, and the topic of the African Genocide is pretty much entirely ignored here. It’s only changed recently and slowly.

[@thomas_jay]

You can't be very old. This topic was covered by german politics in the past (late 80s, early 90s) and has been on the burner for quite some time.

[@TreiberSeptim]

@@thomas_jay it occasionally comes up, but was never taught in history class or anything. The average German has no idea about what happened.

[@Xion1360]

I heard about it in history class (~2015, Germany), but it was only like one class

[@ColonelKlinck]

Don't worry we English are also in denial of our colonial past. Never taught at school the atrocities carried out by the Empire and if you bring it up people don't want to talk/acknowledge it. Yet talk about removing a statue of a slaver from a street and its "history shouldn't be erased or it will be repeated".

[@lemonsIguess]

@@TreiberSeptim It is, but only in year 12

[@amaccama3267]

You guys never fail to both horrify and fascinate me at the same time. I'd never heard of this event before now.

[@G_Flash84625]

My great grandfather served in this conflict, still have his war trophy. It's an axe, not sure if its Herero or of Nama origin

[@heathers8540]

This hasn't been forgotten in Africa, it's only been forgotten/allowed to be forgotten in Europe/America

[@Icu-812-me2]

Thats not very woke of US

[@jimtaylor294]

Hasn't been forgotten anywhere really (here in the UK it's been known of and covered by books & documentaries for decades). Clickbait'y video title does not a fact make.

[@tobiwan001]

I agree with most of your assessment of the Herero and Nama Genocide, but I was disturbed by your casual reference to the British concentration camps during the Boer War, as if they were that different. The British destroyed the harvest of the farmers to starve them and of the 120'000 farmers around 30'000 were actually starved after being interned, most of them were civilians and many children. Germany has done a lot to deal with its past, Britain has not. Many still believe that they mainly brought civilization to Africa and India and I am afraid you have fallen for this. The colonial history of no country has been free of genocide, not the Spanish, not the British. The US is entirely built on land taken from the Natives who have been killed and interned an issue never properly adressed to this day.

[@slavonac6]

Can't think of any country that has done as much as germany in that regard (dealing with the past). Unfortunately, the denial of dark pasts is seen in most countries. History is written by the winners, after all. In europe alone, the cruelty of communism is rarely taught at schools. This is just shocking to me, considering the obvious consequences we still see today. Us human beings are some weird animals.

[@corvusglaive4804]

The Boers were colonisers as well.

[@thecodemachine]

Wow, this is one of your best videos. I hope it goes viral.

[@SgtDefault]

You handled this important and serious topic very well.

[@rRecoveryProd]

No "Bonus Fact". Just an "Extra Fact". The atrocities do not deserve a "bonus" added to them.

[@justacatwhocantype]

"They were killed like animals with impunity." - Think about that sentence for a minute.

[@robinderoos1166]

Yes, which evil bastard kills animals without impunity? As humanity is rotten to the core, killing each other is less evil than killing animals just for fun

[@erebostd]

Like the american natives. Man is horrific..

[@andiward7068]

He said "with" impunity.

[@justacatwhocantype]

@@andiward7068 Haha, thanks for pointing that out to me, that's actually what I meant to write. I fixed it.

[@justacatwhocantype]

@@robinderoos1166 I agree. Humanity has, for many reasons, reached the point at which we have to ask ourselves how much humans killing other humans really matters anymore.

[@Cherb123456]

Oh... you mean British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902? The camps were formed by the British army to house the residents of the two Boer republics of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. They were established towards the end of 1900, after Britain had invaded the Boer republics.

[@Paladin1873]

In college I saw a documentary of German WWII propaganda movies. In one scene, whcic was set in a British run Boer concentration camp, the arrogant British camp commander is inspecting the terrible conditions the Boer women and children are suffering under before declaring there is nothing wrong. Since the majority of Boers were actually of Dutch origin, and Holland was struggling under the boot of Nazi oppression at the time this movie was made, the irony did not escape me. No doubt German audiences had a different view and probably nodded approvingly at the portrayal of the Brits as evil incarnate. It would seem comical today if the subject matter had not been so dark.

[@Cherb123456]

@@Paladin1873 Very interesting, thank you for sharing this

[@erebostd]

@@Paladin1873 it was propaganda, like everywhere else. It’s horrific what man does to man. I heard even today many Americans don’t acknowledge the genozide on American natives or denie the horror of the two atom bombs dropped over cities full of civilians. It’s normal, but we have to talk about these things, so they don’t get repeated. That’s why this video here is important.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@Paladin1873 Boers (and other Afrikaners) are descendants of Dutch people, but they’re usually considered their own thing rather than Dutch

[@Paladin1873]

@@EnigmaticLucas I agree. I've edited it.

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

When I saw "A Blueprint for The Nazis" in the title I thought the video was gonna be about the Armenians. Then I saw the first part and was like, "Oh, it's the Herero and Namaqua Genocide".

[@Paladin1873]

The Germans seem to run hot and cold on such matters. If memory serves me correctly, the German officers advising the Turks were appalled by the Armenian genocide. And during their WWII campaigns in Yugoslavia there were SS soldiers who complained about the murderous behavior of some Ustasha units. Even Hitler was appalled. Go figure.

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

@@Paladin1873 you've officially gone too far when Adolf fucking Hitler tells you to tone down your genocide.

[@Paladin1873]

@@sarpbakrsoy8125 I'm reminded of a line from Audie Murphy's bio-movie, "To Hell and Back", when his best friend sarcastically remarks to him in the middle of combat with the Germans that “they can kill us, but they can’t eat us - that’s against the law”. Apparently some Japanese soldiers broke this law. Perhaps some Ustasha did as well.

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

@@Paladin1873 so according to his friend, the only obstacle between Germans and cannibalism was international law. As if they hadn't already broken the shit out of it. Lmao.

[@Paladin1873]

@@sarpbakrsoy8125 It was meant as dark humor - a small consolation that the enemy won't eat you after they kill you.

[@badwords7963]

On every other channel that I watch, I always skip the sponsor parts. I enjoy listening to you talk so much that I don't skip yours.

[@raistlarn]

The Germans apology is as sincere as the CEO of BP in South Park. "We're sorry. Sorry. Sorry."

[@Diabolo0011]

At least they are acknowledging them in contrast to many, many other countries.

[@1pjodan]

Even Mark Felton would find this one fascinating.

[@geminiman7791]

His videos are fantastic

[@richardaubrecht2822]

His videos are texts from Reddit and similar forums which he claims as his own.

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

@@richardaubrecht2822 Source?

[@richardaubrecht2822]

@@norbitcleaverhook5040 www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/fnut9z/mark_felton_productions_plagiarizes_some_of_his/

[@petertrast]

While the actions of the German government are rightly condemned, reparations of the type of returning ancestral lands to any ethnic group that has been massacred by another is just not historically feasible. There are hundreds of such histories in the last 3000 years and just because the Herero and Nama "settled" the land before history started recording there does not make the original inhabitants of the land. Certainly financial reparations for those with known impacts by those who are known to have benefitted are reasonable, but going beyond that opens a can of worms that cannot be sorted.

[@demejiuk5660]

😂😂😂😂😂 You can’t make this shit up.

[@mikkareads]

I'm German (though my mother started her life as a Norwegian "Lebensborn" child, which is another result of Nazi ideology) and only learned about this chapter of German history when I read a novel about it as an adult. I was shocked, to say the least, that I had not heard anything about this in school! We of course studied the Holocaust at length, to make it very clear to us that it should never, ever be repeated, but this...? This is no less abhorrent and no less important as something that should never be forgotten.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Hadnt heard of this before, thankyou Simon. I had heard tho of ethnic cleansing during WWI in the Bosnia area by the Austrians?? But it was awhile ago since and I have forgotten most of that story. Perhaps you could do a video on it for us? Forgive me if I have this all wrong. I plead aging brain syndrome.

[@Josieemon]

The term forgotten genocide is horrific in and of itself

[@zetpeniakoff4125]

Always enjoy your content.thank you.x

[@carydorse705]

Horrifying. What worries me most is that we never learned about this at school. I'm German and the colonies were basically never talked about, except for one mention that we had to give them up after WW1. This is crazy

[@kaltaron1284]

According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history_(before_World_War_I) genocide is depressingly common. The Germans weren't the first to do it. Which makes sense if you consider that they were pretty late to the whole Colonialism party.

[@chaosreaver3597]

Unfortunately, genocide was pretty much standard practice for as long as humans have had any tribal allegiance. A short jaunt through ancient history and a pattern became exceptionally common in the aftermath of a conflict. Step 1) A battle or war would take place between two or more powers. Step 1.5) Afore mentioned battle or war would eliminate most if not all of the fighting age men of the losing side. Step 2) Sweep in with victorious force, loot and pillage defenseless villages, towns and cities. While silver, gold, spices and trade goods are all good money makers, food is just as good and would often be completely taken with nothing left for the locals. Step 2.5) Mass starvation and disease will break out amongst the surviving conquered people. Step 3) Those who don't die, it's slavery time. Transported to the winner's territory and sold as forced labour if they are lucky, not often the fate of any captured girls and women. Step 4) The victors move in and take over the now conveniently empty lands. It's indirect, but it genocide all the same. There are countless written records from ancient empires and nations that mention the name of a another country, tribe or people who were just a bunch of "barbarians" that stood in the way of some power and money hungry warlord of [insert great empire here], leaving behind nothing of what those "barbarians" were actually like. At best, DNA evidence from tomes and burial sites might give a clue if they were wiped out or not. Archaeological studies of said tomes and other digs might give some insight into the culture. But, they are long dead, replaced by a force that had pointer spears. Even if a village or two was missed and survived within a few generations they would die out, cut off from the trade with other locals or assimilating with the conquerors to survive.

[@thomas_jay]

Could you cover the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya (1950-1960) next, please, or the 1943 famines in India? Thanks in advance

[@Wintersmith12]

I believe he's done a video about the 1943 famines on Geographics

[@junotoofficial8883]

you got my like simply for saying, Blow the roof off of it! lol that was to funny.

[@charliepotter5785]

One interesting fact, Hitler's infamous brown shirts were actually wearing the old uniforms of the colonial troops. These shirts were designed to blend into the desert surrounding, which was light brown!

[@GoodVideos4]

I stay by Cape Town, South Africa, and been to Namibia quite a few times. I can know more details about that incident now. The desert parts of Namibia incidentally are the coast and in the south. The largest tribe in Namibia are the Owambos. They are mostly in the north, and are the largrst tribe. It is said that if it wasn't for that genocide then the Hereros would have been. After the South African conquest Apartheid came there. It had partial Nazi origins, and on my channel is a long movie about that. Yet, there is more racial harmony in Namibia, than in South Africa.

[@ag135i]

Not only German but they are many nations and communities who committed mass war crimes and atrocities.

[@jimtaylor294]

All countries have some sort of skeletons in their closets; and they always will. Most African nations in particular do. Rwanda after all as a word doesn't evoke thought of a nation to many; rather it's a byword for its most well known self-inflicted genocide.

[@loganv0410]

At 8:45 "one of the first" . Agreed. Ever looked into Lilburn Boggs' similar missive c1838?

[@usonumabeach300]

A government apologizing for the acts of another entirely different government, with 4 other wholly different governments separating them over a span of almost a century? Hilarious.

[@sertaki]

It's still a government that is profiting from the things that happened.

[@itarry4]

Honestly I knew nothing about this that's a sad thing as this needs telling so humanity can learn again how terrible we can be. Thank you Simon and Co this was a very informative, sad but needed video. Well done.

[@jesserothhammer7378]

"Don't start no shit, won't be no shit. Start shit and eat shit."-Kaiser

[@SAVAGE-oe3fg]

Make a video on the Boers and the Great Trek

[@TheCrusaderBin]

Damn. So this was the beginning...

[@schitflowsdwnhil]

We need a video about allied atrocities. Plenty of content there.

[@booknerdnova3151]

It's very odd how many people in these comments are defending genocide.

[@Yousemimight]

Today I found out many things as I binge watched these videos. I learned I dont actually do anything while I found out today.

[@inigomeniego4906]

Difficult to talk about this. Great job, I felt how hard was it for you in many parts

[@thomasmarkwylie5688]

Hi, I actually live in swakopmund. This massacre is still very much part of our history and I know that Namibia and Germany are still negotiating reparations due to this.

[@kenwaldron8548]

Man. Humans are just vicious at times. But at war, no matter the time or year the same excuse is heard throughout it all, ‘ I was just following orders.’

[@heartofdawn2341]

Various corporations, individuals, and governments around the world have made billions of the back of slaves over the centuries- even to this day. It's high time that they paid those people and their descendants what they are owed.

[@johnnygray8160]

Great video! But as far as I know, the pronunciation is more like "wind hook!"

[@haloreacondeltareach2738]

I’m usually proud of the German empire but I can’t even begin to fathom this ,but sadly this is what happened and I’m disgusted by these events

[@markborn5293]

Holy hell. That was truly horrendous. And that before breakfast. I’m gonna have to find some videos of cats and cucumbers to save the day. Very interesting though. Thanks!

[@Kevan808]

And yet history repeats itself in ignoring the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs and the suppression of human rights in Hong Kong.

[@paddy1337]

Behold the horrors of imperialism and right wing ideology!

[@danieldurchtechnik6804]

What ideology was the Ottoman empire? The Barbary pirates? The Moors enslavement, raping, pillaging and massacre of Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sicilia, Corsica and Sardinia? The Ottomans laid waste to the Balkans. I would like to know how you regard these?

[@juicysmalls3988]

I'm happy this is finally gaining more momentum. I am a Namibian herero and descendent affected by the massacre. We have yet to receive compensation from the German government...if the Jewish genocide could be acknowledged, surely this, the first genocide can also be acknowledged?

[@danieldurchtechnik6804]

Well before Europe pays any reparations, we need to claim reparations from Africa for the genocide and slavery inflicted upon Europeans for centuries and centuries by the Barbary pirates and the Moors. If I looked further in to it, I could find a few more but they are a good place to start. After all, you lot started it. Why is it only Europeans that need to reflect and revise their history? The absolute nerve of you.

[@jimtaylor294]

@@danieldurchtechnik6804 This :D . One would think the insane amounts of aid money many of the economically failed [by their own hand] post-colonial african nations get every year wasn't a thing, if listening to half of what these reperationists claim.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

This only goes to show that we have yet to know more about war history

[@joeyr7294]

Fact boi!!! Thanks for all the content that has some what kept me sane these days.

[@Phoenix_Atlas]

What country are you in?

[@joeyr7294]

@@Phoenix_Atlas I'm in America

[@finitewehosh6542]

Damn, youtube hit this one hard with the demonetization and suppression. Did anyone else only see this in their feed several hours after upload?

[@jbrowntdown4724]

Seems pretty relevant currently.

[@darksteelmenace595]

Why?

[@jbrowntdown4724]

@@darksteelmenace595 because every day America is subject to mass propaganda and indoctrination. We clearly see it overseas.

[@darksteelmenace595]

@@jbrowntdown4724 But what's the connection to the topic of the video?

[@jbrowntdown4724]

@@darksteelmenace595 to me, that’s how i think when the question of, “how could an entire population allow atrocities to happen” ... mass indoctrination

[@cseguin]

Humans - we're such a quaint fucking species - aren't we?

[@Kurus-pq7xw]

You know, good on them for not dwelling on horrible s*** that happened. Do you know what the Japanese did with the area where the first nuclear bomb was dropped? It's now a parking garage.

[@Paladin1873]

Well, yeah, after we did the initial landscaping.

[@sertaki]

That is ... not really correct? Please research the Hiroshima Bomb Memorial.

[@Paladin1873]

@@sertaki I think he was being facetious, as was I. To look at Hiroshima today and compare it with Detroit, one would conclude the latter had been nuked and never recovered.

[@Kurus-pq7xw]

@@sertaki yeah there's a little plaque. I literally saw it last week man.

[@sertaki]

@@Kurus-pq7xw It's a whole building that was sturdy enough to survive the explosion in at least some capacity, that was left standing as a memorial to the destruction.

[@jackreid2007]

Does anyone else feel that an official apology. As a counteroffer, to the Herero, from the Germans after declining to compensate them $4 Billion or any amount is the worst deal ever?... oh, maybe not the worst... Sorry to rant. But I can't help but think that, I'm sorry, in a situation like this is means very little considering it serves the companies involved in the lawsuit by putting grievances to bed for free, and can't be that taxing to say 100+ years on can it?

[@coldmoonlight6361]

I hope to one day be able to see the Squid Desert in person.

[@danielwolfgang8234]

I was tought this subject in the 10th Grade, so it´s not forgotten, but common knowledge.

[@kimsim4647]

You should do one on the Irish Easter rising

[@yalelingoz6346]

Well. That was grim.

[@silverbacknubian6366]

locusts class of the 1800

[@kylarstern7627]

Bloody Hell that was Depressing

[@tpl608]

More ads and discussion of ads than USA network TV

[@richardhart9204]

... hence Ramstein's latest song - Deutschland.

[@marie-helenemartel7147]

I did not know about this.

[@Engelhafen]

Did you do one on the Belgian genocide in Africa too?

[@samuelwoolwineiv7886]

He did on one of his other channels

[@TannenBaumFreak]

Damn, i just wrote a Paper on this! Made the god damn same Titel! Ahhh 😆 Love from Germany

[@matthewrichards8218]

The past is the worst.

[@crochetcocoking4275]

i mean, putting aside everything wrong about racism & rape, why would you rape an """animal""" ?? What does that say about your sexual interest? Seems weird for the """superior race""" to do that...

[@MissMagic]

Still laughing at Simon managing to butcher saying Tanzania.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you .

[@roguesorcerer1145]

Not many know of this or want to even acknowledge the concentration camps and genocide committed by the British during the Anglo-Boer war.

[@sertaki]

Basically, the age of colonialism saw some of the worst atrocities ever perpetuated.

[@gnomeomontague]

It's not a war crime if you win 😎👌

[@sertaki]

I assume that was an attempt at black humor and/or satire, but I regret to inform you that it was not effective.

[@gnomeomontague]

@@sertaki It's a statement of fact which also happens to be funny

[@rapchee]

the past was the worst

[@Willy_Tepes]

It does not stand up to investigation. That is why all debate on this topic is banned. If you dig into it, it will fall apart immediately..

[@riggs20]

Why are humans such s***s? I prefer the company of my pets and am unashamed of it.

[@gicandathomas606]

Finally. Thank you for the REAL TRUTH. But you will not be forgiven.

[@sabbyd1832]

Do the whites in Namibia still make lots of money from diamonds ?

[@GrievousReborn]

While not fully innocent by killing German settlers and cutting of lips and ears they were still victims

[@midlifeduck7040]

It helps in staying sane when you have a job to go to. If I was stuck at my house in " quarantine " I'd go crazy. But on that note. Not one of these quarantines aren't even real quarantines. If anyone doubts it look up the meaning of the word quarantine.

[@paulalancaster1]

Disliked and unwatched due to execrable background "music" that drones on with deadly repetitiveness until trying to keep attention on Simon's voice becomes futile and nausea overtakes the listener.

[@stephluva9588]

I loved the detail dedicated to the history, but I hated the subject. 💯😓😢

[@tiernanwearen8096]

Let me guess Armenia

[@charlotte-mg9wj]

nope, that was my first thought

[@tiernanwearen8096]

@@charlotte-mg9wj yeah that was carried out by the ottomans

[@johnblaze8774]

Think about it, Europeans achieved "lebensraum" pretty well. Americas, Australia, New Zealand etc. are majority white continents/nations and you can easily travel through them without knowing there was once a non-White population.

[@renewagain6956]

Not first.

[@jakeweberzwier8655]

Just remember it only played out this way because the Germans had far superior weapons to the natives. If it had been reversed there might still have been a genocide, but against the settlers.

[@jamesbenn692]

What about actual military skill like knowledge of flanking movements?

[@Luke..luke..luke..]

* '

[@Winston_Chu]

But do they get any reparations for holocaust no 🤦🏻‍♂️something with the concentration camps with Britain in Kenya

[@Bdady74]

Algorithm appeasement comment

[@reginleif6703]

Every time I hear ‘Africa’ I think “Oh God, what horrible thing did white people do this time that we’re going to pretend never happened?”

[@melangellatc1718]

Trump would opine that there were good people on both sides...

[@fuliyaa]

Man💪

[@schitflowsdwnhil]

Sounds like the German Empire back then was almost as bad as the British Empire

[@ADVtheMISSIONARY]

saw the title...thought it was the English in the Anglo-Boer War

[@joeamerican3947]

Z

[@EmperorShang]

Up next: Palestine 😉

[@seanmcmullen4274]

well, they shouldn't have killed the german settlers

[@sertaki]

Well, those German settlers shouldn't have violated them and their rights for years. It's easy to point towards acts of aggression born out of a struggle for freedom and survival and frame them as the "reason" for escalation by the hand of those in power. But ultimately, the conditions from which these uprisings get born are the real source of whatever was to follow. The real root to which one has to look here is colonialism. It has brought suffering, exploitation, ethnic unrest through relocation etc. This was the fire on which Africa and other continents burned.

[@linkyable]

Pure evil.

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

Now what a turn tables all the very top richest countries are tiny ones with no need for expansion.

[@jacobhuff3748]

thank you for publishing this. unfortunately I have a cursory understanding the Herero war from a show SCI channel called "Mystery of the Abandoned". Sad to think when most people talk about the Nazis, Imperial Japan and Italy, they tend to not look at the preceding history before the 1930s. Things like this remind me that historical events don't happen in a vacuum.

[@sertaki]

People usually tend to look at history as a series of isolated incidents. But in reality, there are always reasons for things and important events that pave the way for others. The nazis didn't pop up out of nowhere, there were a range of influences ... but this one tends to get forgotten sadly.

[@charliepotter5785]

There's an excellent book on this topic by Olusoga and Erichsen called 'The Kaiser's Holocaust'. Highly recommended!

[@jonrice9509]

Simon, I admire you and the team's dedication to informing people on important topics and historical events, no matter how ugly they are. I also admire the empathy in your delivery. You clearly took this video seriously. Thank you.