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The 1928 Ituri Forest Rubber Atrocities: Belgium's Hidden Holocaust
In the dense Ituri rainforest of northeastern Congo, the Belgian colonial administration's rubber extraction system reached its most brutal extremes. This episode follows the 1928 investigation by British consul John Henry Harris into the Force Publique's use of hostage-taking, mutilation, and mass murder to enforce rubber quotas among the Lese, Mbuti, and Bila peoples. Lucas and Luna discuss the role of the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company (ABIR), the infamous 'chicotte' whip, and the network of sentry posts that terrorized entire villages. They examine how…
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