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Explanation: The major colonial holding of Belgium was in the Congo, where their behavior was... abhorrent, even by the already extremely low standards of 19th century European colonists. Mutilation and abuses of a scale and type that are... not pleasant even just to recount. And with little justification for their atrocities.
Not recommended for those who don't want to ruin their day with the depravity human beings are capable of.
I think there's a Behind the Bastards episode on this too.
There sure is!!
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-king-leopold-ii-the-29443475/
If you're more of a textual person, one of the main sources for that episode is King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa.
I remember finding that book in the school library in the 9th or 10th grade! My introduction to the immensely fucked issue.
That’s what I came here to post about lol. Listened to it like two weeks ago.
My. Fucking. God.