The Holocaust Wasn't Germany's First Genocide

About this episode

This episode discusses the German genocide in Namibia and its connection to the Holocaust.

What if I told you that the Holocaust wasn't Germany's first genocide? Now what if I also told you that Germany used the bodies of Africans to prepare for the Holocaust of WWII?? On todays' episode of the Redacted History podcast we are diving back into the scramble for Africa and discussing what may be the first genocide of the 20th century: The German destruction of Namibia. REDACTED HISTORY LIVE SHOW QUESTIONNAIRE: https://forms.gle/qhJFC3wsYTV3ixz6A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andre White

Topics covered

• Holocaust
• genocide
• Namibia
• scramble for Africa
• German history
• 20th century history

Keywords

• Holocaust
• genocide
• Namibia
• Germany
• 20th century
• scramble for Africa
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Germany

Places: Namibia

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