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From Windhoek to Auschwitz: On the Relationship Between Colonialism and the Holocaust

From Windhoek to Auschwitz: On the Relationship Between Colonialism and the Holocaust

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

German HistoryHolocaustImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 1138831808
ISBN13: 9781138831803
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 31 2024
Pages: 210
Language: English

Forty years prior to the Holocaust, German colonial troops in German Southwest Africa (known today as Namibia) murdered up to 80000 Herero and 20000 Nama, and caused many more thousands to perish in the desert and as slave laborers in concentration camps. During the last decade, a fierce debate has emerged regarding the Herero and Nama genocide and its meaning within German 20th-century history, particularly the extent to which it can be seen as a precursor to Nazi crimes. This book examines the relationship between colonialism and the Holocaust, and situates Nazi crimes firmly within the global history of mass violence. Zimmerer documents the development of an argument that has changed the way we view the Holocaust by pointing to continuities and parallels, thereby offering a fresh, postcolonial perspective on the Third Reich.

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