The Tintenpalast , which is located just north of Robert Mugabe Avenue , was designed by German architect Gottlieb Redecker with Neoclassical front façade and built by the company Sander & Kock between 1912 and 1913 out of regional materials as an administration building for the German government , which colonized Namibia at the time . The building project used forced labour by Herero and Nama people who , having survived the Herero and Namaqua genocide , had been placed in concentration camps
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Tintenpalast