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Szablon:Scramble for Africa The Herero and Namaqua Genocide is considered the first genocide of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4][5] It occurred from 1904 until 1907 in German South-West Africa (modern day Namibia), during the scramble for Africa.
On January 12, 1904, the Herero people, led by Samuel Maharero, rebelled against German colonial rule. In August, German general Lothar von Trotha defeated the Herero in the Battle of Waterberg and drove them into the desert of Omaheke, where most of them died of thirst. In October, the Nama people also rebelled against the Germans only to suffer a similar fate.
In total, between 24,000 up to 100,000 Herero perished along with 10,000 Nama.[6][7][8] [9][10].The exact death toll is difficult to establish, as incriminating documents were burned by the Germans[11]. The genocide was characterized by widespread death by starvation and from consumption of well water which had been poisoned by the German colonial army in the Namib Desert.[12][13]
In 1985, the United Nations' Whitaker Report classified the aftermath as an attempt to exterminate the Herero and Nama peoples of South-West Africa, and therefore one of the earliest attempts of genocide in the 20th century. After repeated calls for apologies, the German government finaly recognized and apologized for the events in 2004, while refusing to pay reperations.[14]