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On August 14, 2004, on th 100th anniversary of the battle that began the Herero genocide, Germany's Development Aid MinisterHeidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul offered her government's first formal apology for the colonial-era massacre of some 65,000 members of the Herero tribe by German troops in Namibia. "We Germans accept our historic and moral responsibility,"she said, "Germany has learnt the bitter lessons of the past." Ms Wieczorek-Zeul repeated that there would be no compensation, but she promised continued economic aid for Namibia which currently amounts to $14m a year. [BBC Aug. 14, 2004]

Books and Articles

Helmut Bley, Southwest Africa Under German Rule 1894-1914.

Jon M. Bridgman, The Revolt of the Hereros, Series: Perspectives on southern Africa ;(Berkeley : University of California Press, 1981) 184 pp. Bibliography: p.175-177.

Horst Drechsler, Let us die fighting : the struggle of the Herero and Nama against German imperialism (1884-1915) / Horst Drechsler ; [translated by Bernd Zöllner from Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft, (London : Zed Press, 1980), x, 277 pp. Includes index, Bibliography: p. 256-275.

Horst Drechsler, Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft : der Kampf der Herero und Nama gegen den deutschen Imperialismus 1884-1915, (Berlin : Akademie Verlag, 1985), 318 pp.

Casper W. Erichsen, "A Forgotten History - Concentration camps were used by the Germans in South West Africa," Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg), 17 Aug 2001

Peter L. Fraenk and Roger Murray, with additional material by Kaye Stearman, The Namibian of South West Africa. Series: Report no. 19 (London, Minority Rights Group, 1985), 31 pp. [Updated edition of: The Namibians of South West Africa. 1974]

Gustav Frenssen, Peter Moors Fahrt nach Südwest : ein Feldzugsbericht, (Windhoek, Namibia : Typoprint, 1998), 147 pp. [ Gustav Frenssen, 1863-1945. ]

Jan-Bart Gewald, Herero heroes : a socio-political history of the Herero of Namibia, 1890-1923, (Oxford [U.K.] : James Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1999), 310 pp. Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-304) and index.

J.B. Gewald 'The Herero and Nama Genocides, 1904 - 1908' In: Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, New York: Macmillan Reference, 2004.

Peter Haller, Das Marine-Denkmal in Swakopmund / zusammengestellt von Peter Haller. Swakopmund, S.W.A. : Peters Antiques, [198(?)] 44 pp. Contents: Die Tätigkeit des Landungskorps S.M.S. "Habicht" während des Herero-Aufstandes in Süd-West-Afrika -- Das Marine-Ehrenmal in Swakopmund -- Die Denkmalseinweihung -- Erinnerungsfeier am Marinedenkmal in Swakopmund. Subjects: Monuments and War memorials--Namibia--Swakopmund.

Gesine Krüger, Kriegsbewältigung und Geschichtsbewusstsein : Realität, Deutung und Verarbeitung des deutschen Kolonialkriegs in Namibia 1904 bis 1907, Series: Kritische Studien zur Geschichtswissenschaft ; Bd. 133 (Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1999), 344 pp.

Walter Nuhn (b. 1928), Sturm über Südwest : der Hereroaufstand von 1904 : ein düsteres Kapitel der deutschen kolonialen Vergangenheit Namibias, (Koblenz : Bernard & Graefe, 1989), 396 pp. [Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-368) and indexes. ]

Walter Nuhn (b. 1928), Feind überall : der grosse Nama-Aufstand (Hottentottenaufstand) 1904-1908 in Deutsch-Südwestafrika (Namibia) : der erste Partisanenkrieg in der Geschichte der deutschen Armee / Guerillakrieg in Südwest, (Bonn : Bernard & Graefe, 2000), 344 p. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-312) and index.

Woodruff D. Smith, The German Colonial Empire.

Primary Sources:

Oberleutnant Haak, Tagebuchblätter aus Südwest-Afrika / [Oberleutnant Haak] ; mitgeteilt von Wgm.
Swakopmund [Namibia] : Peter's Antiques, [1987?], 46 p. Originally published: Berlin : Boll u. Pickardt, 1906.

Max Schmidt, Aus unserem Kriegsleben in Südwestafrika : Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen, (Berlin : E. Runge, 1907), viii, 204 p. Personal narrative

Gerhardus Pool, (b. 1941) Die Herero-opstand, 1904-1907 (Kaapstad : HAUM, 1979), 311 p.Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 290-299.

Gerhardus Pool, (b. 1941), Samuel Maharero, (Windhoek, Namibia : Gamsberg Macmillian, 1991.
xiii, 359 pp. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-336) and index. Biography of SamuelMaharero, , ca. 1854-1923.

Walter Rahn, , 1920- Sanitätsdienst der Schutztruppe für Südwestafrika während der grossen Aufstände 1904-1907 und der Kalahari Expedition 1908 / von Walter Rahn ; [Herausgeber, Traditionsverband Ehemaliger Schutz- und Überseetruppen/Freunde der Früheren Deutschen Schutzgebiete e.V.]. [Berlin] : Der Traditionsverband, 1997), 128 pp. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-125). Subject: Medicine, Military--Germany--Colonies. Series: Beiträge zur deutschen Kolonialgeschichte, 1430-6352 ; Bd. 9

Other books:

Joris de Vries, Manasse Tjiseseta : chief of Omaruru 1884-1898, Namibia, ( Köln : R. Köppe Verlag, 1999), 146 pp.

Biography of Herero leader Manasse Tjiseseta (c. 1850-1898). Includes bibliographical references (p. [93]-96). English with some appendices in German.

National Society for Human Rights (Namibia) Dumped and abandoned : suffer the Herero returnees, (Windhoek, Namibia : NSHR, [March 19, 1998]), 20pp.

Relocation of the Herero in Namibia.

Ada Obi Udechukwu, Herero (New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1996.) 64 pp.

Children's book discussing the history, culture, religion, traditions, and contemporary life of the Herero people living mainly in Namibia and Botswana. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62), illustrations, maps and index.

Frank Robert Vivelo, The Herero of western Botswana : aspects of change in a group of Bantu-speaking cattle herders, (St. Paul : West Pub. Co., 1977), xviii, 232 pp.