Hans Massaquoi
Afro-German-American author noted for his experiences as Black in Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi (January 19, 1926 – January 19, 2013[1]) was a German-American journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, to a German mother and a Liberian father of Vai ethnicity, the grandson of Momulu Massaquoi, the consul general of Liberia in Germany at the time.
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Born | (1926-01-19)January 19, 1926 Hamburg, Weimar Republic |
Died | January 19, 2013(2013-01-19) (aged 87) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
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Language | German, English |
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Notable work | Destined to Witness |
Children | 2 |
His autobiography Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany was published in 1999 (in English). Its German translation was published the same year, as Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger: Meine Kindheit in Deutschland. The title references a racist rhyme with which schoolboys taunted him in 1932. The German version was adapted as a film Destined to Witness [de] (2006).[2] He later published a second autobiography, only in German: Hänschen klein, ging allein: Mein Weg in die Neue Welt (2004).