Genocidal Empires - German Colonialism in Africa and the Third Reich

Between 1904 and 1907, German soldiers, settlers and mercenaries committed mass murder in Africa. Can this be considered the first genocide of the 20th century? Was it a forecast of the Third Reich's extermination policy in Central and Eastern Europe? This book provides the answer. Based on extensive archival and library research in Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, Germany and Poland as well as on the most recent and up-to-date jurisprudence of international criminal tribunals, the renowned historian and political scientist Klaus Bachmann paints a new and surprising picture of the events and their legal significance, which many will find disturbing and provocative. It abolishes many well-established interpretations about German colonialism and its alleged links with the Third Reich and provides a new and intriguing contribution to the current post-colonial debate.

List of contents

Germany - History - Colonialism - Namibia - Tansania - South Africa - Genocide - International criminal justice - Reparations

About the author

Klaus Bachmann is a professor of social sciences at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. His academic research focuses on Transitional Justice, International Criminal Law and Modern European History. Previously, he worked in South Africa, France, Austria, the US, China and Belgium.

Product details

• Authors: Klaus Bachmann
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9783631745175
• ISBN: 978-3-631-74517-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 212 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Illustrations: 7 Abb.
• Series: Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik; Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics; Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik; Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics; Studies in History, Memory and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Internationales Recht, Politikwissenschaft, Völkermord, Öffentliches Recht, Deutschland, Imperialismus, Afrika, Europäische Geschichte, 1900 bis 1909 n. Chr., Unabhängigkeit, Afrikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Kolonialgeschichte, Kolonialismus, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, Genozide und ethnische Säuberung, Genozid, HISTORY / General, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, International (Recht), Politik / Politikwissenschaft, Politologie, Internationales Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Afrika / Geschichte, Politik, Recht, Mord / Völkermord, Anna; Edition; Foreign policy; Galecki; German Empire; International Law; Lukasz; Namibia; National Socialism; Poweska; Revised; Second; Tansania; Wolff