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Why don't Germans know about their part in the slave trade?

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March 25, 2023

Even though the German empire's Africa colonies were once third largest in the world and the country profited from the slave trade, many Germans tend to know little about their colonial past. On March 25, International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery, DW asks why that is, and what the consequences may be.

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