How the Germans Became Brutal Colonizers
81K views · Jul 20, 2025 · People & Blogs
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@DWHistoryandCulture · 1 year ago · pinned
This video was edited after publication. A reference at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFZ2Zzb2ChQ&t=1426">23:46</a> to the Herero being threatened with the death penalty for refusing to hand over their weapons was deleted because of a lack of reliable sources for this for the year 1903. However, threats of violence on the part of the Germans are documented around this time.
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@AzarGoshnasp · 11 months ago
what ever they've done the British have done 1000 fold, however a German channel at least talks about this, but there's nothing coming out from the British side
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@sanjaychandran-1212 · 1 year ago
Superb Video and narration is excellent ❤❤❤❤
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@razor2k911 · 6 months ago
Late to the 'game' indeed, thanks for this very well realized documentary, talking about a less known story.
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@thelowlychicken · 7 months ago
Thank you so much for creating and sharing this moving, heartbreaking history...speechless. Utterly. Thank you again
@iancourts8435 · 1 year ago
Watch 'Lion of the Desert' then do a video of Italys attrocities in Libya.
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@abhishek_sikarwar · 1 year ago
BBC would never make something like this about Britain
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@cadencespyronic8199 · 1 year ago
Of 18 century British genocide on India is first not world war 2
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@ManuAntonyjoy · 1 year ago (edited)
Really appreciate about this content, It's a very clear Message to Al- Jazeera, They telecasted several months ago the story of Srebrenica genocide. I posted a message to the comment Box regarding the Armanian genocide, they deleted the message
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@saadahmadpersonal · 1 year ago
Great work by DW, make another video about french colonization .
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@theq4602 · 4 months ago
The fact that Erwin Rommels diary is available in English but Lothar von Trothas dairy is not tells you a lot about society.
@machinefannatic99 · 1 year ago
empires are expensive, europeans thought they are ruling the world but not knowing it was eating themselves.
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