South West Africa and East Africa were later taken over by the German state. On colonial maps, Lüderitzland appeared, and in August 1884, Germany declared Lüderitzland a protectorate.

Yet this narrative ignores the deep effects that the German empire had on the histories ... and the ‘Scramble for Africa’ in 1884, Germany took colonies in East Africa, South West Africa ...

Heinrich Goering, the father of Hitler's right-hand man, was colonial governor of German South-West Africa. The relationship between Germany's colonial history and its Nazi history is still a ...

Overdue examination of the German Empire’s colonial aspirations The German ... But it was not only in Africa that Germany’s aspirations to be a major power made themselves felt: colonies ...

Germany’s colonial empire, which lasted from 1884 to 1919 shaped global inequalities. German colonies saw forced ... high school students from Germany and African countries reflect on how ...

Though relatively short-lived, Germany's colonial presence has had ... Namibia becomes a protectorate of the German Empire called German South West Africa. No local people are part of these ...

When war broke out these colonial ... empire for resources, from steel to wool to horses. A British liner carrying 30,000 chests of tea was captured by a German cruiser off the east coast of ...

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, German ... colonial state in Southern Africa (present ...

The decision to give back the Namibian jewellery coincides with last year's recognition of the German Empire's genocide in the early 20th century. A German museum has agreed to return a collection ...