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|fullname = Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha | |fullname = Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha | ||
|alias = | |alias = | ||
|origin = | |origin = Prussia | ||
|occupation = Governor of German Southwest Africa | |occupation = Governor of German Southwest Africa | ||
|type of villain = Genocidal Warlord | |type of villain = Genocidal Warlord | ||
|goals = Exterminate the Herero and the Nama (failed) | |goals = Exterminate the Herero and the Nama (failed) | ||
|crimes = [[Genocide]] | |crimes = [[Genocide]], [[war crimes]], mass murder, slavery | ||
|hobby = Killing Herero}}{{quote|The Herero nation must now leave the country. If it refuses, I shall compel it to do so using cannons. Any Herero found inside the German frontier, with or without a gun, with or without cattle, will be shot. I shall spare neither women nor children. I shall give the order to drive them away and fire on them. Such are my words to the Herero people.|Von Trotha's extermination order}}'''Lothar von Trotha''' (July 3rd, 1848 – March 31th, 1920) was an Imperial German general notorious for attempts to exterminate the Herero and the Nama, two ethnic groups in Namibia. He served as governor of German Southwest Africa and Commander in Chief of its colonial forces, in which role he suppressed a native rebellion during the Herero Wars. He was widely condemned for his brutality in the Herero Wars, particularly for his role in the [[genocide]] that led to the near-extermination of the Herero. | |hobby = Killing Herero}}{{quote|The Herero nation must now leave the country. If it refuses, I shall compel it to do so using cannons. Any Herero found inside the German frontier, with or without a gun, with or without cattle, will be shot. I shall spare neither women nor children. I shall give the order to drive them away and fire on them. Such are my words to the Herero people.|Von Trotha's extermination order}}'''Lothar von Trotha''' (July 3rd, 1848 – March 31th, 1920) was an Imperial German general notorious for attempts to exterminate the Herero and the Nama, two ethnic groups in Namibia. He served as governor of German Southwest Africa and Commander in Chief of its colonial forces, in which role he suppressed a native rebellion during the Herero Wars. He was widely condemned for his brutality in the Herero Wars, particularly for his role in the [[genocide]] that led to the near-extermination of the Herero. | ||
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In October 1904 General von Trotha devised a new battle plan to end the uprisings. At the Battle of Waterberg, he issued orders to encircle the Herero on three sides so that the only escape route was into the waterless Omaheke-Steppe, a western arm of the Kalahari Desert. The Herero fled into the desert and Trotha ordered his troops to poison water holes, erect guard posts along a 150-mile line and shoot on sight any Herero, be they man, woman or child, who attempted to escape. | In October 1904 General von Trotha devised a new battle plan to end the uprisings. At the Battle of Waterberg, he issued orders to encircle the Herero on three sides so that the only escape route was into the waterless Omaheke-Steppe, a western arm of the Kalahari Desert. The Herero fled into the desert and Trotha ordered his troops to poison water holes, erect guard posts along a 150-mile line and shoot on sight any Herero, be they man, woman or child, who attempted to escape. | ||
Trotha's methods caused a public outcry which led the Imperial Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow to ask | Trotha's methods caused a public outcry which led the Imperial Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow to ask William II, German Emperor, to relieve Trotha of his command. This, however, was too late to help the Herero, as the few survivors had been herded into camps and used as labour for German businesses, where many died of overwork, malnutrition or disease. Prior to the uprisings, there were estimated to be 80,000 Herero. The 1911 census records 15,000. | ||
Trotha's troops also routed the Nama. Approximately 10,000 Nama died during the fighting, the remaining 9,000 were confined to [[Concentration Camp|concentration camps]]. | |||
==After the Genocide== | ==After the Genocide== | ||
He served in [[World War I]] as an infantry general, and is suspected of perpetrating some serious atrocities. | He served in [[World War I]] as an infantry general, and is suspected of perpetrating some serious atrocities. | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
On August 16, 2004, the German government officially apologized for the genocide and its complicity in it. | On August 16, 2004, the German government officially apologized for the genocide and its complicity in it. | ||
[[Category:List]] | [[Category:List]] | ||
[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
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[[Category:European Villains]] | [[Category:European Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Torturer]] | [[Category:Torturer]] | ||