{"id":43385,"date":"2023-04-21T18:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/berlin-memorial-for-genocide-perpetrators-draws-criticism-on-namibias-genocide-remembrance-day"},"modified":"2023-04-21T18:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:59:35","slug":"berlin-memorial-for-genocide-perpetrators-draws-criticism-on-namibias-genocide-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/berlin-memorial-for-genocide-perpetrators-draws-criticism-on-namibias-genocide-remembrance-day","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Memorial for Genocide Perpetrators Draws Criticism on Namibia\u2019s Genocide Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Berlin\u2019s Columbiadamm garrison cemetery has a stone known as the \u201cAfrikastein\u201d (Africa stone), which commemorates German soldiers who committed genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama people in what is now Namibia between 1904 and 1908. On the occasion of the Genocide Remembrance Day in Namibia, a group called \u201cBeendet die Verehrung von Vo\u0308lkermo\u0308rder\u201d (Stop honouring perpetrators of genocide) redesigned the Afrikastein with a stencil and spray paint.<\/p>\n<p>They added the slogan \u201cStop racist commemoration for Nazis and perpetrators of genocide\u201d to the stone and used stickers to alter the \u201cNamibia Memorial Plaque\u201d at the foot of the stone, replacing the words \u201ccolonial war\u201d with \u201cgenocide\u201d. This action aimed to draw attention to the lack of an appropriate memorial for the Ovaherero and Nama in Berlin, while a genocide stone had been present for over a century. The activists also emptied their spray cans onto the palm tree that was engraved on the stone, which commemorated the Nazi murderers who died on the African continent during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion for the action was Genocide Remembrance Day in Namibia, which takes place on April 22. Historians estimate that at least 65,000 of the 80,000 Ovaherero living at the time and at least 10,000 of the 20,000 Nama were murdered during the course of these extermination orders. After World War II, the Genocide Stone was also engraved with a palm tree on a red background with the words \u201cAFRIKA 1941-1943\u201d. This commemorates the Nazi murderers who died on the African continent during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The only memorial in Berlin that supposedly commemorates the victims of the genocide, the Ovaherero and Nama, is at the foot of this genocide stone. It took five years to create this \u201cNamibia Memorial plaque,\u201d erected in 2009. The result was a \u201ctrivialization of genocide\u201d that is \u201cnot suitable for reconciliation with Namibia,\u201d as many organizations stated in a joint press release. Instead of using the term \u201cgenocide,\u201d the plaque describes it as a \u201ccolonial war\u201d to avoid the possibility of reparation claims. The German government has only recognized the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama since 2021. The Ovaherero and Nama were not allowed to sit at the negotiating table during the reconciliation agreement negotiated between the German and Namibian governments, and the German government has yet to offer reparations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Berlin\u2019s Columbiadamm garrison cemetery has a stone known as the \u201cAfrikastein\u201d (Africa stone), which commemorates German soldiers who committed genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama people in what is now Namibia between 1904 and 1908. 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