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Effects of the war of national Resistance
The following are the effects of the war of National Resistance on the Namibian people.
- Many people died of thirsty and hunger.
- Many Herero were driven into the Omaheke desert.
- Many were captured and executed.
The extract below was an order from the Germa's governor Lotha Von Trotha.
Source A
| Within the German boundaries, every Herero, whether found armed or unarmed, with or without cattle, will be shot. I shall not accept any more women and children. |
An order from Von Trotha in 1904
Question 1: What can you learn from the Souce about the attitudes of the Germans towards the Namibian people?
Source B
| I was present when the Herero were defeated in a battle in the vicinity of Waterberg. After the battle all men, women, and children who fell into German hands, wounded or otherwise, were mercilessly put to death. Then the Germans set off in pursuit of the rest, and all those found by the wayside and in the sandveld were shot down and bayoneted to death. The mass of the Herero men were unarmed and thus unable to offer resistance. They were just trying to get away with their cattle. |
A report from Jan Cloete witnessed the atrocities committed by the German troops in 1904
Question 2: How reliable is source B as an evidence to Genocide? Explain your answer.
Effects of the war of national Resistance
The following are the effects of the war of National Resistance on the Namibian people.
- Many people died of thirsty and hunger.
- Many Herero were driven into the Omaheke desert.
- Many were captured and executed.
- Many survivors were send to prison eg Shark Island.
The extract below was an order from the Germa's governor Lotha Von Trotha.
Source A
| Within the German boundaries, every Herero, whether found armed or unarmed, with or without cattle, will be shot. I shall not accept any more women and children. |
An order from Von Trotha in 1904
Question 1: What can you learn from the Souce about the attitudes of the Germans towards the Namibian people?
Source B
| I was present when the Herero were defeated in a battle in the vicinity of Waterberg. After the battle all men, women, and children who fell into German hands, wounded or otherwise, were mercilessly put to death. Then the Germans set off in pursuit of the rest, and all those found by the wayside and in the sandveld were shot down and bayoneted to death. The mass of the Herero men were unarmed and thus unable to offer resistance. They were just trying to get away with their cattle. |
A report from Jan Cloete witnessed the atrocities committed by the German troops in 1904
Question 2: How reliable is source B as an evidence to Genocide? Explain your answer.