A Sad Fiasco

Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa, 1900-1908
English-language Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-78920-326-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 289 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: War and Genocide

Only in recent years has the history of European colonial concentration camps in Africa—in which thousands of prisoners died in appalling conditions—become widely known beyond a handful of specialists. Although they preceded the Third Reich by many decades, the camps’ newfound notoriety has led many to ask to what extent they anticipated the horrors of the Holocaust. Were they designed for mass killing, a misbegotten attempt at modernization, or something else entirely? A Sad Fiasco confronts this difficult question head-on, reconstructing the actions of colonial officials in both British South Africa and German South-West Africa as well as the experiences of internees to explore both the similarities and the divergences between the African camps and their Nazi-era successors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kreienbaum, Jonas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

List of Tables and Maps

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Context: Colonial Wars in South Africa and South-West Africa

Chapter 2. The Purpose of the Camps

Chapter 3. How the Camps Functioned

Chapter 4. Deadly Learning? Observation and Knowledge Transfer

Chapter 5. Comparative Reflections on Colonial and National Socialist Camps

Final Observations: “A Sad Fiasco”

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kreienbaum, Jonas
Jonas Kreienbaum is a lecturer at the Historical Institute of the University of Rostock. He holds a doctorate in modern history from Humboldt University Berlin and has worked extensively on colonial history, decolonization, and mass violence.