Shark Island Concentration Camp Exhibition – Opening
Shark Island Concentration Camp Exhibition – Opening
• Shark Island Concentration Camp Exhibition – Opening •
Exhibition about the concentration camp on Shark Island at Lüderitz 1905 – 1908 during the German colonial era.
Description by the organiser, the Scientific Society Swakopmund (see their Facebook page):
The Landesmuseum Hannover in collaboration with the Scientific Society Swakopmund – Swakopmund Museum invites you to the Opening of the “Shark Island Concentration Camp Exhibition” at the Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall.
Prof Dr Katja Lembke from the Landesmuseum Hannover will be take you through the exhibition, sharing interesting facts and details.
Date: 26 November 2024
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Venue: Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall
Editor’s note:
During the wars of the OvaHerero and the Nama against German colonial rule from 1904 to 1908, the German colonial power erected concentration camps. In May 1908 the concentration camps were officially dissolved.