Namibia: Government Condemns German Official’s Controversial Memorial Wreath

The government has strongly condemned the actions of Sven Tritschler, Deputy Leader of the German right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Parliamentary faction from North Rhine-Westphalia.

During a recent visit to Namibia, Tritschler and a colleague laid a memorial wreath at the grave site of an infamous officer of the notorious, “Schutztruppe”. Schutztruppe was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to…