Swakopmund Genocide Museum
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"Did you hear of the genocide in Namibia? Many people didn't. Did you also know it was prototype of what happened to Jews during world war II?
I'd highly recommend reading more about Namibian history, especially the book Kaiser's Holocaust is very informative. And so is the swakop genocide museum. It's nothing more than little rooms in someone's house. You come over knock on the door and the owner opens up the museum, sets up a screen and explains you step by step the history. His own family was part of the holocaust so it's his life mission to educate people of the dark parts of history. Museum is completely free however donations are welcomed. As you might imagine the museum doesn't get much of local funding and there been attempts to shut it down multiple times."
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