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Video of boat cruise around Luderitz bay and nearby islands in Namibia. #Luderitz #Namibia #AfricaSafari Lüderitz Bay is a windy town on Namibia's southern coast with a rich history including the beginning of the diamond trade as well as the early seeds of colonialism. Situated on Shark Peninsula is Shark Island, a site with an excellent view over the bay, town and harbour. Facilities and Accommodation at Shark Island Luderitz On a peninsula in Lüderitz Namibia, Shark Island offers visitors campsites at budget rates, beautiful scenery and a rich history. Shark Island History Luderitz itself is one of the earlier settlements in Namibia founded in 1883 as a trading base. The town is named after its founder Adolf Luderitz. During 1905 to 1907 Shark Island was the site of a concentration camp harbouring Nama and Herero prisoners. There are several monuments on shark island close to the main ablution building in memorial to this troubling time in the history of Namibia. Shark Island or “Death Island“ was one of five concentration camps in German South West Africa. It was located on Shark Island off Lüderitz, in the far south-west of the territory which today is Namibia. It was used by the German Empire during the Herero and Namaqua genocide of 1904–08. Between 1030 and 3000 Herero and Namaqua men, women, and children died in the camp between March 1905 and its closing in April 1907. Although there are records of Herero prisoners-of-war being held in Lüderitz Bay as early as 1904, the first references to a camp at Shark Island and the transfer of large numbers of Herero prisoners from Keetmanshoop are in March 1905. From early on, large numbers of Herero died in the camp, with 59 men, 59 women and 73 children reportedly dying by late May 1905. Despite this high initial rate of mortality on the island which, with its cold climate, was unsuitable for habitation, particularly for people used to the dry, arid climate of the veld, the German authorities continued to transfer people from the interior to the island, ostensibly because of a lack of food in the interior, but also because they wished to use the prisoners as labour in constructing a railway connecting Lüderitz with Aus. The decision to close the camp was made by Major Ludwig von Estorff, the new commander of the Schutztruppe of German South West Africa who had signed the agreement under which the Witbooi (a Nama tribe) had surrendered to the Germans, after a visit to the camp in early 1907. After the closing of the camp, prisoners were transferred to an open area near Radford Bay. Whilst mortality rates were still high initially in the new camp, they eventually declined. COOPERATION: 1. Send your video via WhatsApp/Telegram/e-mail/WeTransfer to namhren@ 2. Watch it in our compilation 3. Get links and views to your channel YouTube channel Exploring Namibia TV publishes four video a week: on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Themes range from travelling in Africa to exploring Europe and Russia. No annoying endless begging “hit/smash that bell“ and “don't forget to sub“ here. © Exploring Namibia TV Facebook: NAMIBIA: EQUIPMENT | ОБОРУДОВАНИЕ: AERIAL: DJI PHANTOM 3 PRO | DJI MAVIC PRO PHONES: IPHONE XR/12 PRO | XIAOMI REDMI NOTE VIDEO CAMERAS: SONY HDR-CX360E | PANASONIC HC-X1 ✩F A C E B O O K | ФБ ► ✩INSTAGRAM | ИНСТА ► ✩B L O G | БЛОГ ► ✩V K EN TV | ГРУППА ВК ► ✩TELEGRAM | ТЕЛЕГРАМ ► ✩PURCHASE VIDEO P5 | ПОРТФОЛИО P5 ► ✩W E B S I T E | САЙТ ► ✩C O N T A C T | КОНТАКТЫ ►info@ ✩W H A T S U P T E X T | ВОТСАП ТЕКСТ: 264 816 654893
