logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2022
24m 19s

Reckoning with genocide in Namibia

Al Jazeera
About this episode

German abuses against the Herero and Nama in Namibia were the 20th century’s first genocide and a brutal harbinger of the Nazi's WWII Holocaust.

Written by Hamilton Wende.

Read by Kokui Selormey.

Up next
Apr 2023
How death and despair haunt Pakistan’s Christian minority
Pakistan's Christians have long been marginalised and pushed into sewer cleaning work. Now, some are fighting back. Written by Saad Zuberi. Read by Laura Lockwood. 
24m 12s
Apr 2023
‘Stand-up’ for Ukraine: Coping through comedy in the face of war
In Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war. Written by Verena Hoelzl. Read by Richard Martin. 
16m 30s
Mar 2023
'Dance like there is no tomorrow': Ukraine's wartime music scene
How a flourishing underground subculture is providing a welcome escape from the realities of war. Written by Nils Adler. Read by Xzavian Wrushen. 
13m 58s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2021
Can Germany atone for its colonial-era genocide?
<p>Gideon speaks to Esther Muinjangue, a former chair of the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation, and Franziska Boehme, a professor of political science, about the decades-long journey towards official recognition of Germany’s colonial-era atrocities in Namibia as genocide and why the ... Show More
21m 27s
Feb 2024
Genocide of the Germans in Yugoslavia
Following up from last time, On today's episode, we set the dive deeper into ethnic cleansing and subsequent genocide of the "Danube Swabian" Germans living in Yugoslavia after world war 2. Importantly, we paint a picture of the brutality of the third reich towards the Yugoslavia ... Show More
1h 35m
Oct 2016
Never Forget: The Holocaust and Nazi Persecution
In this talk - held as part of Holocaust Memorial Day - record specialists Ela Kaczmarska and Lauren Willmott shed light on the atrocities committed during this dark period of history and the millions of victims who were persecuted by the Nazis' fascist ideology. 
38m 12s