From 1904 to 1907, the Herero and the Namaqua took up arms against the Germans and in calculated punitive action by the German occupiers, the 'first genocide of the Twentieth Century' was committed. In the Herero and Namaqua genocide, 10,000 Nama (half the population) and approximately 65,000 Hereros (about 80% of the population) were systematically murdered. The survivors, when finally released from detention, were subjected to a policy of dispossession, deportation, forced labour, racial segregation and discrimination in a system that in many ways anticipated apartheid. COUNT 5
QSN1 Herero and what other group took action against German occupiers? ANS1 Namaqua QSN2 When did two clans take up action against the German occupiers? ANS2 1904 to 1907 QSN3 What was the war against the German occupiers considered? ANS3 first genocide of the Twentieth Century QSN4 How many Herero's were killed in the war against German occupiers? ANS4 65,000 QSN5 How many Nama's were killed in the war against German occupiers? ANS5 10,000