View of the audience at the "Evening with Hans J. Massaquoi" program at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Overview
- Caption
- View of the audience at the "Evening with Hans J. Massaquoi" program at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The interview, conducted by Oral History Director Joan Ringelheim, is a public program of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. - Date
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2001 February 27
- Locale
- Washington, DC United States
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Hans J. Massaquoi is the author of "Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany."
The son of a well-to-do African and German nurse, Massaquoi lived a privileged life befitting the grandson of a diplomat. Following Hitler's rise to power, he became a target of Nazi racial policies, was denied admission to secondary education, and was automatically barred from any professional career. He developed skills necessary to survive a regime consumed by racial arrogance and hatred. Massaquoi immigrated to the United States in the early 1950s. He served in the U.S. Army and later became a journalist for Johnson Publishing, where he was managing editor of Ebony magazine.
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- 2002-08-30 00:00:00
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