Pressesprecher BildBundesregierung erkennt Genozid an den OvaHerero, Nama, Damara und San an
 

"(...) erkennt die schwere Schuld an, die deutsche Kolonialtruppen mit den Verbrechen an den Herero, Nama, Damara und San auf sich geladen haben und betont, wie Historiker seit langem belegt haben, dass der Vernichtungskrieg in Namibia von 1904 – 1908 ein Kriegsverbrechen und Völkermord war."

Bitte lesen Sie hier weiter: Pressekonferenz, Freitag, den 10. Juli 2015

 

German Government Acknowledges Genocide carried out against the OvaHerero, Nama, Damara, and San

"(...) recognizes the heavy burden of guilt incurred by the German colonial troops against the Herero, Nama, Damara and San and emphasises, as proven by historians for many years, that the war of extermination in Namibia from 1904-1908 was a war crime and genocide."

Please, continue to read the unofficial translation of the German Government's Press Conference of Friday, 10 July 2015, here...

9th July 2015 - International DFB Coaching Course - Namibian football coach recieves his DFB B-License sports equipment

sportgerte20152On 7 July 2015, Ace Komeya, the Namibian Football Association (NFA) coach for women's and girls' football received a coaching certificate from the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the German Embassy Ullrich Kinne. He received the B-License of the German Football Association (DFB) after having successfully completed a three-week International Coaching Course organised by the DFB in Hennef, Germany, in September/October 2014.

Also present was Klaus Stärk, German long-term soccer expert seconded to the Namibian Football Association and at the same time Technical Director of the NFA.

The International Coaching Course in Hennef is part of a programme organised jointly by the DFB and the Federal Foreign Office. The training courses have proven to be effective in developing coaching skills. In the previous years, Jacky Shipanga, head coach of the National Women's team and Gerald Günther, "Eleven Arrows" coach from Swakopmund had taken part in the courses.

Ace Komeya was especially impressed by the excellent conditions under which football is played in Germany and the manifold football clubs. "In Namibia there are only a few clubs, and it would be nice if the successful club system could also be established in Namibia", said Tataati.

Die Zeit, 08. Juli 2015, Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte

lammert norbert grossBundestagspräsident Lammert nennt Massaker an Herero Völkermord

 

Speaker of the German Parliament, President Lammert, calls the massacre of the Herero genocide

(for an unofficial translation of the newspaper article, please click here....)

Aktivisten und Politiker fordern seit Langem die Anerkennung deutscher Kolonialverbrechen als Genozid. Lammert spricht in der ZEIT nun erstmals von einem Völkermord.

In der Debatte um die deutsche Kolonialpolitik in Afrika hat Bundestagspräsident Norbert Lammert (CDU) die Massaker an den Herero als Genozid bezeichnet. In einem Beitrag für die ZEIT nennt er den Vernichtungskrieg gegen die einheimische Bevölkerung in Deutsch-Südwestafrika, dem heutigen Namibia, einen "Völkermord". Klicken Sie hier, um  weiterzulesen....

Deutsche ohne Gnade, von Norbert Lammert, Die Zeit online, 23. Juli 2015

NGOs hand genocide petition to German president

July 7th, 2015 | by New Era Staff Reporter

Germany Petition 500x250Calls for Germany to recognise the genocide committed against the Ovaherero and Namas yesterday received a boost when a coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civic organisations handed a historic petition to German president Joachim Gauck in Berlin.

The Namibian genocide was a campaign of racial extermination and collective punishment that the imperial German army undertook against the Ovaherero and Nama. It is considered to have been the first genocide of the 20th century and took place between 1904 and 1907 in the then South West Africa – modern-day Namibia.

The NGOs were joined by a delegation including Ovaherero Paramount Chief Vekuii Rukoro, Chairperson of the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu Genocide Foundation,Utjiua Muinjangue, Chairperson of the Nama Technical Committee on Genocide and Swapo Party Member of Parliament, Ida Hoffmann, and Daniel Fredericks. They travelled to Germany on Saturday.

The petition was received by Alexander Skiba in the office of the German president Gauck. It was signed by over 2 000 German nationals across the political and socio-economic, cultural and academic spectrum and calls upon the German government to, inter alia, recognise the genocide committed against the Ovaherero and Nama.

During the genocide the chief German colonial regime army commander, General Lothar von Trotha, decreed the extermination of the Ovaherero and Nama. As a result, close to 100 000 Ovaherero and 10 000 Nama people died of thirst, starvation and in subsequent battles during the genocide. handing over petition

Yesterday's petition also urges the German government to officially offer an apology to the affected communities as well as the Namibian government. It further urges the German government to commit to and enter a dialogue with the representatives of the affected communities as well as the Namibian government. The petition further implores the German government to facilitate the immediate return of the remaining human skulls "currently in private possession in Germany" to Namibia.

Ovaherero Paramount Chief Rukoro commended the sympathisers saying theirs was a new and intensified phase of the struggle. "The whole of Africa will be united behind the Ovaherero and Nama of Namibia, and Germany will be the new international exile state guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity," he said. Tomorrow Rukoro is expected to meet, consult and brief a team of reputable international lawyers in London in preparation for possible legal action against Germany should Germany not meet the October 2 deadline for an answer on the demand for reparation.

logo03 Jul 2015

German MPs urge Merkel to recognize Namibia genocide

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German opposition parties have called on the government to recognize the massacre committed by imperial troops in Namibia as genocide.

This comes ahead of the 100th anniversary of the end of German rule there.

The opposition Greens and Left party have thrown their support behind a bid by human rights organizations to persuade Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to recognize the mass killings of people who belonged to Herero and Nama ethnic groups between in the early 1900s as genocide.

"Between 1904 and 1908 the German empire carried out the first genocide of the 20th century," Gysi told the DPA news agency. "The people of Namibia are still suffering from the after-effects up to this very day," he added.

"This chapter of Germany's colonial history must not be left untreated. As the legal successor, the Federal Republic holds the responsibility," Cem Özdemir co-chairperson of the Greens, told DPA.

Özdemir was speaking after the Greens on Wednesday brought a motion in the German parliament calling on the government to recognize the mass killings as an act of genocide. (...to continue reading click on Read More below)

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siehe auch: Deutsche Welle, Opposition pocht auf Anerkennung von Völkermord in Namibia, 03.07.2015 sowie die Anträge von

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