"King Leoplold's Ghost"

Merrill College Core “Politics of Forgetting” Some nations have made immense political mistakes in the past that they feel would be best kept hidden from the rest of the world. Unfortunately, time and time again political systems have succeeded in hiding flagrant misdoing. Murderous crimes that were committed against citizens of the Soviet Union, Berlin’s slaughtering of Hereros, and the rubber terrors in French and Portuguese African territories are just a few atrocities that …

…the reputation for Belgium! So they showed nothing.” (Jules Marchal, p.498) People need to know about horrible periods like Leopold’s tyrannical rein in the African Congo. If people never hear or learn about these things, how can we guarantee they will not happen again? The more people that get educated about atrocities such as this one, the less chance something like it will happen again. Knowledge is the key to world peace. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**