Swakopmund, after the years of conquest and genocide, from 1904 to 1908, was defined as a seaside resort for German colonists, businessmen and soldiers. It is on the Atlantic coast, has a port, beaches, wind, and a much cooler climate than the rest of Namibia, the South-West Africa of the Germans until the defeat in the First World War, when it was administered by South Africa, which imposed the apartheid regime. Today it is a tourist city. In t…
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Swakopmund, after the years of conquest and genocide, from 1904 to 1908, was defined as a seaside resort for German colonists, businessmen and soldiers. It is on the Atlantic coast, has a port, beaches, wind, and a much cooler climate than the rest of Namibia, the South-West Africa of the Germans until the defeat in the First World War, when it was administered by South Africa, which imposed the apartheid regime. Today it is a tourist city. In t…