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A Sad Fiasco : Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa, 1900–1908

A Sad Fiasco : Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa, 1900–1908

Authors :
Jonas Kreienbaum
Jonas Kreienbaum
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Only in recent years has the history of European colonial concentration camps in Africa—in which thousands of prisoners died in appalling conditions—become widely known beyond a handful of specialists. Although they preceded the Third Reich by many decades, the camps'newfound notoriety has led many to ask to what extent they anticipated the horrors of the Holocaust. Were they designed for mass killing, a misbegotten attempt at modernization, or something else entirely? A Sad Fiasco confronts this difficult question head-on, reconstructing the actions of colonial officials in both British South Africa and German South-West Africa as well as the experiences of internees to explore both the similarities and the divergences between the African camps and their Nazi-era successors.

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9781789203264 and 9781789203271
Volume :
00029
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
A Sad Fiasco : Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa, 1900–1908
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
2028800