Hans massaquoi german american biography
Hans massaquoi german american biography
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Hans Massaquoi
Afro-German-American author noted for his experiences as Black person in Nazi Germany
Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1926-01-19)January 19, 1926 Hamburg, Weimar Republic |
| Died | January 19, 2013(2013-01-19) (aged 87) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | |
| Language | German, English |
| Citizenship | |
| Notable work | Destined to Witness |
| Children | 2 |
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.
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