Destined to Witness Growing up Black in Nazi Germany

Name: Destined to Witness Growing up Black in Nazi Germany
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ISBN: 9780060959616

ISBN-10: 0060959614

ISBN-13: 9780060959616

Edition: 1999

Authors: Hans Massaquoi, Hans J. Massaquoi

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This is a story of the unexpected. In Destined to Witness, Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans remained behind with his mother when Hitler came to power, due to concerns about his fragile health, after his father returned to Liberia. Like other German boys, Hans went to school; like other German boys, he swiftly fell under the Fuhrer's spell. So he was crushed to learn that, as a black child, he was ineligible for the Hitler Youth. His path to a secondary education and an eventual profession was blocked. He now lived in fear that,…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Hans J. Massaquoi emigrated to the United States in the early 1950s. He served in the U.S. Army and then became a journalist for Johnson Publishing, where he was managing editor of Ebony magazine. He was an active participant in the civil rights movement. The father of two sons, Hans lives with his wife, Katherine, in New Orleans, Louisiana.