Lothar von trotha biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Lothar von Trotha
German general (–)
GeneralAdrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (3 July – 31 March ) was a German military commander during the European new colonial era.
Lothar von trotha biography for kids
As a brigade commander of the East Asian Expedition Corps, he was involved in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China, commanding troops which made up the German contribution to the Eight-Nation Alliance. He later served as governor of German South West Africa and Commander in Chief of its colonial forces, in which role he suppressed a native rebellion during the Herero Wars.
He was widely condemned for his brutality in the Herero Wars, particularly for his role in the genocide that led to the near-extermination of the Namaqua Khoikhoi and the Herero.
Family
Lothar von Trotha belonged to a prominent Saxon noble family.
He was married twice; on 15 October he married Bertha Neumann, who died in
On 19 May , following his retirement from the service, he married Lucy Goldstein-Brinckmann (–), a second