German soldiers leaving Hamburg to fight the Hereros
German soldiers on board ship at Hamburg, leaving to fight the Hereros in German South West Africa (now Namibia). A rebellion by the Hereros against the German colonists took place between 1904 and 1907, leading to the genocide of thousands of Herero by means of starvation and thirst, when they were driven into the Namib Desert
Picture No
10528517
Media ID
48019486
Size
4996px x 3576px
(3.3MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
circa 1904
