Das Kolonialinstitut

Year: 2019

Actors: Stella Jürgensen

Duration: 89 min

When Hamburg University was founded in 1919, it was proud to be the first university of a new, democratic Germany. But the university didn't come from nothing. As early as 1909, professors and politicians had founded the Hamburg Colonial Institute. Responding to genocide and bloody wars in German colonies, they tried to give colonialism a "scientific" foundation. This...

Genre: Action   Documentary