The Forgotten Genocide: How the Congo Free State Became a Hell on Earth Under King Leopold II. Content Warning.
Introduction
In the pantheon of history's darkest chapters, few atrocities are as devastating yet underreported as the genocide in the Congo Free State. Between 1885 and 1908, under the personal rule of Belgium's King Leopold II, an estimated 10 million Congolese people were killed or died as a result of forced labor, famine, and disease. This was not a war. It was a business enterprise. A landmass 76 times the size of Belgium was privately owned by one man and run like a corporation, where human lives were expendable, and profit was king.
