People Massaquoi, Hans J.

Hans Massaquoi

Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi (January 19, 1926 – January 19, 2013 ) was a German-American journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, to a German mother and a Liberian father of Vai ethnicity, the grandson of Momulu Massaquoi, the consul general of Liberia in Germany at the time. In his autobiography, Destined to Witness, Massaquoi describes his childhood and youth in Hamburg during the Nazis' rise to power. His autobiography provides a unique point of view: he was one of the very few German-born children of German and African descent. He was often shunned, but escaped Nazi persecution. This duality remained a key theme throughout his early life until he witnessed racism as practiced in colonial Africa and later in the Jim Crow American South. Read more at Wikipedia...

Born: 1926, Hamburg
Died: 2013, Jacksonville

Alternate Names: Hans J. Massaquoi, Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi
Occupation(s): writer, journalist, opinion journalist

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