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View of the audience at the "Evening with Hans J. Massaquoi" program at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Photograph | Photograph Number: N06209.24
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.

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
2001 February 27
Locale
Washington, DC United States
Photo Designation
EVENTS -- Public Programs -- Interviews -- Evening With
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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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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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 
Record last modified: 2002-08-30 00:00:00
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