Concentration camp to campsite
Shark Island is a small peninsula adjacent to the coastal city of Lüderitz in Namibia. Formerly an island, it became a peninsula from 1906 on by the creation of a land connection. Now a campsite for tourists, from 1904 to 1907 it was the site of the Shark Island Concentration Camp. It was used by the German Empire during the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904 to 1908. The Herero and Namaqua genocide was a campaign of racial extermination and collective punishment that the German Empire undertook in German South-West Africa (modern-day Namibia) against the Herero and Nama people. It is considered as one of the first genocides of the 20th century. It took place between 1904 and 1907 during the Herero Wars. In January 1904, the Herero people, led by Samuel Maharero and Nama captain Hendrik Witbooi, 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 dehydration. In October, the Nama people also rebelled against the Germans, only to suffer a similar fate.
In total, between 24,000 and 100,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama died. The first phase of the genocide was characterized by widespread death from starvation and dehydration due to the prevention of the retreating Herero from leaving the desert by German forces. Once defeated, thousands of Herero and Nama were imprisoned in concentration camps, where the majority died of disease, abuse, and exhaustion. Between 1,032 and 3000 Herero and Namaqua men, women, and children died in the Shark Island Concentration Camp between its opening in 1905 and its closing in April 1907. Africa.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Island_Concentration_Camp
Concentration camp to campsite
Shark Island is a small peninsula adjacent to the coastal city of Lüderitz in Namibia. Formerly an island, it became a peninsula from 1906 on by the creation of a land connection. Now a campsite for tourists, from 1904 to 1907 it was the site of the Shark Island Concentration Camp. It was used by the German Empire during the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904 to 1908. The Herero and Namaqua genocide was a campaign of racial extermination and collective punishment that the German Empire undertook in German South-West Africa (modern-day Namibia) against the Herero and Nama people. It is considered as one of the first genocides of the 20th century. It took place between 1904 and 1907 during the Herero Wars. In January 1904, the Herero people, led by Samuel Maharero and Nama captain Hendrik Witbooi, 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 dehydration. In October, the Nama people also rebelled against the Germans, only to suffer a similar fate.
In total, between 24,000 and 100,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama died. The first phase of the genocide was characterized by widespread death from starvation and dehydration due to the prevention of the retreating Herero from leaving the desert by German forces. Once defeated, thousands of Herero and Nama were imprisoned in concentration camps, where the majority died of disease, abuse, and exhaustion. Between 1,032 and 3000 Herero and Namaqua men, women, and children died in the Shark Island Concentration Camp between its opening in 1905 and its closing in April 1907. Africa.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Island_Concentration_Camp