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Curt von François
Curt von François was a German army officer and explorer in Africa. As commander of the protectorate troops in South West Africa, he founded Windhoek in 1890 as the colony's military and administrative centre. In 1893 he led an attack on Hendrik Witbooi's camp at Hornkranz, in which many women and children were killed, and he was replaced the following year.
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