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Lothar von Trotha. General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (3 July 1848 – 31 March 1920) was a German military commander during the European new colonial era.As a brigade commander of the East Asian Expedition Corps, he was involved in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China, commanding troops which made up the German contribution to the Eight-Nation Alliance.
The Trotha family travelled to Omaruru in October 2007 by invitation of the royal Herero chiefs and publicly apologised for the actions of their relative. Wolf-Thilo von Trotha said: We, the von Trotha family, are deeply ashamed of the terrible events that took place 100 years ago. Human rights were grossly abused that time. [124]
On 2 October, von Trotha issued the infamous extermination order: "Any Herero found within the German borders with or without a gun, with or without cattle, will be shot". [7] While most Herero escaped the battle, their retreat led to the near extinction of their people in an act of genocide. Many of the refugee Hereros died of thirst and ...
The Herero, surprising the Germans with their uprising, had initial success. Herero chained during the Herero and Namaqua genocide, perpetrated by the German Empire. German General Lothar von Trotha took over as leader in May 1904. [24] In August 1904, he devised a plan to annihilate the Herero nation. [25]
An additional 14,000 troops, hastened from Germany under Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, crushed the rebellion in the Battle of Waterberg. Earlier von Trotha issued an ultimatum to the Herero people, denying them the right of being German subjects and ordering them to leave the country or be killed.
German garrison of Windhoek, besieged by the Herero, 1904. In October 1904, General Lothar von Trotha issued orders to kill every male Herero and drive women and children into the desert. As soon as the news of this order reached Germany, it was repealed, [citation needed] but Trotha initially ignored Berlin.
When the Herero rebelled, they killed over 100 German settlers near the town of Okahandja. Over 15,000 German reinforcements under the command of Lothar Von Trotha defeated the Herero force at the Waterberg River in August 1904. Two months later, the Nama people broke out in a similar rebellion against German colonists.
Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920) Acting: 19 August 1905 November 1905 2 months 5 Friedrich von Lindequist (1862–1945) November 1905 20 May 1907 1 year, 6 months 6 Bruno von Schuckmann (1857–1919) 20 May 1907 20 June 1910 3 years, 31 days 7 Theodor Seitz (1863–1949) 28 August 1910 9 July 1915 4 years, 315 days