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24.03.2025 , 15:17 Uhr
Your argument conveniently ignores a fundamental principle of historical justice: accountability does not dissolve with time. The genocide against the Herero and Nama was not an abstract crime committed by some vanished empire—it was a deliberate act of extermination by the German state, the legal and historical predecessor of modern Germany. Successor states inherit not only the assets and privileges of their predecessors but also their responsibilities. This is why Germany continues to pay reparations for Nazi crimes and why corporations like Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Bahn still acknowledge their roles in past atrocities.
Comparing our demand for justice to Hesse seeking reparations from France for Napoleonic wars is both ahistorical and misleading. The Herero and Nama Genocide was a systematic, state-sponsored attempt to exterminate entire peoples, with direct consequences that persist today, including land theft and economic marginalization. Moreover, Germany has directly benefited from the colonial wealth extracted from Namibia, while the descendants of the victims continue to suffer.
If Germany is willing to acknowledge its role in other historical atrocities, why should o
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