Black and German: news anchor Jana Pareigis has spent her entire life being asked about her skin color and afro hair. What is it like to be Black in Germany? What needs to change?
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May 3, 2021
GROWING UP BLACK IN NAZI GERMANY
Esther Fordham was a Black woman who, born October 9, 1925 in Hamburg, Germany, came of age during the Nazi era. In this December, 1995 conversation with artist Frank Fitzgerald, Esther discusses her youth, schooling and the reaction of classmates and adult Germans to her specialness. As world conditions darken and war grows to become the norm, she finds discrimination, fear, sorrow and horror, but also generosity and hope.
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February 27, 2021
RUBEN UM NYOBÈ
“La politique touche à tout et tout touche à la politique. Dire que l’on ne fait pas de politique, c’est avouer que l’on a pas le désir de vivre.”
“Politics touches everything and everything touches politics. To say that you don’t play politics is to admit that you don’t want to live. ”
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February 6, 2021
HANS MASSAQUOI
“I associated Black skin with superiority, since our servants were white,” said Mr. Massaquoi.
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December 12, 2020
GERMANY’S COLONIAL HISTORY
Imperial Germany and its genocidal greed.
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December 12, 2020
KILLED BY NAZIS: MAHJUB BIN ADAM MOHAMED
Black people were among the victims of the Nazis. The documented case of Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed also offers insight into Germany’s colonial past.
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September 19, 2020
HERERO AND NAMAQUA GENOCIDE
“In 15 years little will be left for the natives, but we must keep this secret, for otherwise a revolution will be unpreventable.”
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September 3, 2020
CARL HAGENBACK : PIONEER OF THE GERMAN HUMAN ZOO
Their tight schedule included several performances a day — from morning to evening they were gawked at.
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September 3, 2020
THEODOR MICHAEL WONJA
Michael survived the Nazi era, but even after 1945 he continued to live in hiding to avoid racists. His friends and colleagues wanted to leave Germany for the US as soon as possible.