German Empire

1871–1918 empire in Central Europe

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2019 Publication of an exhibition volume and an edited volume on German Colonial History by the Federal Agency for Civic Education.
2017 The 'Colonial links' research project exhibition was held in Düsseldorf and subsequently traveled to Dschang and various German cities.
March 2017 The Namibian government considered legal action against Germany in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, seeking approximately 30 billion dollars in damages.
January 2017 A class action lawsuit against the German government was submitted to a court in New York by representatives of the Herero and Nama peoples, regarding colonial-era atrocities in Southwest Africa.
2015 Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and the University of Dschang in Cameroon established a joint research project on 'Colonial links'.

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