Hans J. Massaquoi, author of "Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany," responds to questions at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum public program entitled, "An evening with Hans J. Massaquoi."

Photograph | Photograph Number: N06210.15

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.
Keyword: AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
EVENING WITH (PROGRAM)
INTERVIEWS
MASSAQUOI, HANS
MEYERHOFF THEATER
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
RINGELHEIM, JOAN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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