Germany debates how to address 120-year-old atrocities in Namibia | DW News

More than 120 years after German colonial forces killed tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people in what is now Namibia, Germany is still wrestling with how to make amends. While the government officially recognized the atrocities as genocide in 2021, lawmakers are divided over how to confront the past.

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Chapters:
00:00 German MPs rebuke AfD during genocide debate
00:19 Left Party MPs turn their backs on AfD speaker in protest
00:35 What happened in Namibia during Germany’s colonial campaign
01:29 Disagreements over official apology and reparations
02:59 DW’s Tina Gerhäusser reports
03:15 What the debate means for the descendants of the victims
04:34 Why is it taking Germany so long to formally apologize?
05:44 Different views of the 2021 joint declaration to advance reconciliation between Germany and Namibia

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