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 …
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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, at any moment, he might hear the Gestapo banging on the door -- or Allied bombs falling on his home. Ironic,, moving, and deeply human, Massaquoi's account of this lonely struggle for survival brims with courage and intelligence.
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„Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!“
Hardcover, 413 pages
German language
Published Dec. 31, 1998 by Fretz und Wasmuth.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-502-11940-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1281214394
- Goodreads:
- 966999
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger. Meine Kindheit in Deutschland.
Paperback, 507 pages
German language
Published Sept. 1, 2002 by Droemer Knaur.
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- 978-3-426-62204-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 163449153
"Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!"
Paperback, 507 pages
German language
Published Aug. 12, 2001 by Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., GmbH & Co..
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- 978-3-426-61854-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 48727183
Destined to witness
Paperback, 443 pages
English language
Published Aug. 12, 2001 by Perrennial.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-095961-6Copied ISBN!
Destined to witness
443 pages
English language
Published Aug. 12, 1999 by W. Morrow.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-688-17155-1Copied ISBN!
Destined to Witness
electronic resource
English language
Published Aug. 12, 2007 by HarperCollins.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-136950-6Copied ISBN!
Destined to Witness
Paperback, 347 pages
Published July 5, 2001 by Fusion Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-901250-87-9Copied ISBN!
Destined to Witness
audio cassette
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2001 by Recorded Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7887-5119-6Copied ISBN!
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