![Monday’s Monument: Reichs[anti]kolonialehrendenkmal, Bremen, Germany](http://www.sanantoniopeace.center/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/humanityagainstapartheidbremengermany.jpg)
by Susan | Aug 15, 2016 | Monuments
This ten-meter high structure was completed in 1931 as a monument to the German colonies which then included Cameroon, Togo, Deutsch-Ostafrika [Tanzania], Deutsch-Südwestafrika [Namibia] and several islands. For decades the “Reichskolonialehrendenkmal” stood as a...
by Susan | Aug 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 15, 2007 In Kenya, hundreds of journalists wearing black gags marched silently through Nairobi to protest a proposed law that would allow courts to compel reporters to reveal their...
by Susan | Aug 14, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1959 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Philip Noel-Baker, of the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament and lifelong ardent worker for international peace, disarmament and co-operation. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish...
by Susan | Aug 14, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
August 15, 1917 Oscar Romero “Do you want to know if your Christianity is genuine? Here is the touchstone: Whom do you get along with? Who are those who criticize you? Who are those who do not accept you? Who are those who flatter you?” August 18 1900...
by Susan | Aug 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 14, 1904 The cattle-herding Hereros, a tribe of Southwest Africa (later Namibia), became the first genocide victims of the 20th century. Kaiser Wilhelm II had sent General Lothar von Trotha to put down a Herero uprising along with the groups of rebellious...
