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Hans Jürgen Massaquoi
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Born to a German mother and the son of Liberia's ambassador to Germany, he was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany.
The movie
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006)
, in which he is portrayed by
Thando Walbaum
, is based on his autobiography "Destined to Witness".
After emigrating to the United States, he studied journalism at the University of Illinois and became managing editor of "Ebony" magazine.
Naturalized American citizen
He died on his 87th birthday.
After German's collapse in 1945, he saved his mother and himself from starvation by playing saxophone in clubs patronized by American merchant seamen.
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