and pledging to match that this year, zelinski is expected to continue his please to european leaders. some in person for air support he believes will bring the war to a quick end. all right, when you're watching either of you use ofac start documentary, black and german, the afro. deutsche story. if you need more, there's our website d, t o u dot com. and you can also watch us on youtube. and don't forget to follow us on our social media. cancer handle is d w's for me. the team here. berlin, thanks watching. take care. i'll see again at the top. the next hour. leonardo da vinci's, mysterious masterpiece. that is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection. of the louvre, it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful

painting that perhaps we just don't understand today? the search for answers starts february 10th on d, w ah, ah, museum launch. soon as we see being german as something defined by skin color baseline as being german means being white. and those who aren't white are essentially new commerce and don't have the same right to be part of society as white people advisor mention, ah, my daughter, i was born in germany. i'm a german native speaker. i'm. i've been to africa once in my life as part of a package to her. it doesn't get more german than that. my income. mm ah 20 people will of course ask me where i come from,

fish and i say from campus and your mother. all sate also from comp us. does that answer your question or do you still need that little piece of the puzzle that explains why look the way i do in this, in a catfish onasia? ah, in england breton, they say we are here because you were there. i think you were here because you were there. yeah, i think that's a very important part of the answer. i'm. society here must take responsibility for what happened in its history with name was the death in vegas if the pursuit emphasis can now a devilish take a man. this is exactly the right moment to look at black german history or easy and how it's always been a part of german history and tyler houghton part. vicki got tied or chug retreated . ah

hm. mm. ah. lou abena demarco's family is in its 5th generation in germany. oh, these lovely arthritis but the fact that you see here a typical old german household, i do it with wood paneling and fabric wallpaper stuffed up puter. as of if you can't get a snapshot of jam and my son that i am in 1896,

her great grandfather mondanca deek became the 1st african to acquire german citizenship and humbug. this is one's an amazing kaiser that was ride on nato cuz he was known to be very loyal to the emperor and very german who it is. hava iona, my family for meal has a long history and the longest on its back as it were in to pick. so to saddle, m d c, unless we do, it means having experiences all having survived a lot is so and the survival pot is especially important. oh, as is the fact that even back then they fought for the humanity to be recognized. tequila, poseidon ah, the alpha stay at hob ah, at what became known as the berlin west africa conference in 1884. the european powers carved up the continent among themselves without african participation.

germany then also became a colonial power ruling over togo, cameroon, german, east, africa, and german south west africa. even before the 19th century germans had been profiting from the slave trade. now, colonists seized entire territories, culminating in a genocide in namibia in 19 o 4. meanwhile, growing numbers of africans were arriving in germany. oh, probably akin is a british historian who researches the history of black europeans. o . d. clooney outside is mystic for the standing colonial period is important for the emergence of a black community. asked him because it was the 1st time that hundreds, if not thousands of black people were able to come to germany afterwards. on con, con, one isn't us feeling a sheena, they came for many different reasons. this is an island. several 100 people, for instance,

were brought over for the human zoos that turn germany or across europe and thought on one small canon from ohio. from their 1st appearance in the 18 seventy's, these ethnic logical expositions proved extremely popular with the european public . at the hanover's, who in 1913 ethiopians were hired as contract workers, they were put on display, often with their families. visitors paid an entrance fee to see them. as colonists were committing genocide and africa back home in germany, the middle class were being one over to the so called colonial adventure dd and dessert exhausted size ation. romanticize ation. this idea of ha, let's take the family to the soon, like we know to day nought father. instead of looking at animals, say, we get to see exotic people as a king out meet mother home, except that these people went representing their own culture,

all communities. so called open dog started hobbin zone, none, and it was a staged spectacle in and had nothing to do with who they actually went and fast the dog stead. vasa and he got, he threw in and vicky carton. mm. the 1st state organized colonial exhibition in germany took place in 1896 in berlin, 106 men, women and children were brought in from german colonies. photographs show how people were racially degraded and forced to be exhibited thus builds dusty dodge antonia colonial authorities. wanted to portray africans as less civilized, as primitive civil as the of those hey my t onto zigler. one of them wanted to use this image to legitimize germany's colonial project as well. yeah, they're civilizing mission ya, kazi, does a civilizing mission, dodson playing the germans,

bringing kosher and civilization to african student. awfully khana berlin was the capital of an overseas empire. the colonial administration needed craftsman, translators, and other specialized personnel. young africans were brought over to germany for training, most of the men and drawn from the african elite. some were still just school children and their parents paid considerable sums for their education. the new arrivals called one another compatriots, but they were not foreseen as a permanent part of german society with an 1891 monday, that deep traveled to humble up from de walla cameroon. he came from a wealthy family and could already speak german. he then completed an apprenticeship as a shoemaker blue alloy to her

sensual. she was expected to demonstrate his shoemaking skills in the big shop window portrait to yolanda anna albert sidon. and that made him feel like he too was on display name is a which made him feel very uncomfortable. approval madam . so in the end he changed his profession and became a merchant ascend low into vics. huh. while traveling on business deacon met a woman called immediate. interracial marriages were banned in the colonies for reasons rooted in racist ideology. but in get danced, then danzig and prussia. the couple married and had 2 daughters, africa and toys. a highly respected afro german family. they ran a store selling tobacco and other colonial goods. ah, the lives of black people in germany would have little interest to most historians until katerina ogen toys work appeared. she was the 1st to research the stories of

afro germans, including that of mondanca deek. ah, is this astounding? i was astonished to discover that he was granted citizenship. i'm hoping to come up with elbows. it was so early on that there weren't yet objections from the colonial administration of the colon. yeah, i have, i from house of i most, i have people who applied later where rejected it, would it, us them for, via got after the 1st world war, german imperialist expansion was brought to an end, at least for the time being the treaty of versailles resulted in germany seating its colonies. mm. at the same time french troops occupied the rhineland. among their ranks were african soldiers, which german nationalists saw as a humiliation. they launched a racist smear campaign,

calling it the black shame that propaganda in turn fueled racism against all black people across germany into a far more dangerous form. but from the very start, there was resistance. in 1919, germany's 1st black train driver, martine de bova and other people of african descent, listed their demands in a historic petition. when air vos, san tyre davis pas of the anti colonial resistance, which had always been there, not as this is scott, i was never a time when black people didn't fight back or stand up for their right was the few years esther angus, it's tom with natasha. a kelly is a scholar and activist who has documented the lives of people who brought about change in blue german history law. though martine dba had sworn allegiance to the

weimar republic, he wanted to achieve something new with the petition. equal rights for black people . 18 africans living in germany signed the petition to the german parliament. oh, divorce. eula, africa wanted jo africans to have the opportunity to attend university or college at a whole sure. they wanted devote probably for personal reasons to read the recognition and legitimize ation marriages between black men and white women. ah, and i, kent's warden, on legal team von or devoted. i also want a determinant representative in the parliament. i thought martin to bober to be precise to martin, to move as iron. the petition failed, but it marked the dawn of the 1st black movement in germany. mondanca deek was one

of the men who signed his name to day those events. i remembered on a commemorative pillar in downtown berlin thus, man, that's my great grandad. it's in the us. i think it's fantastic historical. yeah, historic as much as good man. it's such a good feeling to know that my great grandfather was also part of the fight. conf tucked. ah, as the roaring twenties had germany black american dancer josephine baker became a celebrated figure on the stages of berlin. ah, extended us in the bus, i always call it the grass skirt to ears and short black man had to walk around wearing a grass skirt. not a suit, licked with a man's hook. ah, though for young, had borne in berlin in 1925 t a door,

vanya mikhail was one of the few surviving black witnesses of the nazi era until his death in 2019 as a child, he was put to work in the circus, and in the so called human zoos. he hated being docked at, or when complete strangers would run their fingers through his hair. things got even worse with the introduction of the notorious norman bag race laws. in 1935 colonial migrants were stripped of their citizenship. theodore vanya mikhail was issued in aliens passport, and was rendered stateless. he lost his job at a hotel. ah, finding work became nearly impossible. one of the few exceptions was a niche market. the movies

the most expensive film of the nazi era. munchausen required many black extras to play servants in a turkish palace. oh, the rules conforms to the grading stereotypes that further the nazis racist ideology. oh that young theodore vanya me sheil played the sultan's fanning. boy, only later did he realize he'd been exploited that lived in dames in a sneak, exploited in the sense that i never played a positive role, though, shows pussy t for a. the was only ever decoration for the caught say needed exotic people. i'm bow d x or they needed us. and today we know we were exploited. chrisman misquote brought the notion of white supremacy was

celebrated in many nazi colonial films. the regime had plans to reconquer former overseas colonies. clocks in africa was one of many films to degrade black people and use overtly racist dialogue with the blue yodi. kenny, i don't have anybody not o, as in any event in this clip. the protagonist gestures to the people approaching and says he seen them before. quote, at the berlin zoo, afro german actors were routinely cast and such roles. the medicine man was played by louis brody, the grandfather of a bene, odo mako, plaintiff amune, and my family and a large number of african people here only survived the nazi era because they were needed for these german colonial films from ah, from 1939 onwards daily life became increasingly dangerous for black people. the

dks were among many families who lost their home and had their passports revoked. mondanca the ex business went bankrupt. interracial couples faced persecution. around 400 children, fathered by black french occupying troops were for sibley sterilized. many black people were forced to go into hiding. at least 2000 were killed in concentration camps. the afro german community was being eradicated by the nazis or does zeal is vogue pushed us as kind of young was to ensure that there wouldn't be another generation of black people in germany on even soil. and more importantly, mia, that there would be no black europeans or here gaden saw it ah. in the wake of the 2nd world war, the allied occupation forces in germany included a number of black troops from the united states. oh.

after 1945, about 5000 children were born to black american soldiers and german women in west germany into the 1950s. the children were still the subject of anthropological research. lou, let's finish had o'con sweetie to 1st stand a fuse. it's very important to understand that this idea of so called races being unable to mix stems from earlier german colonial times. and this will go on vol. on the bid was an idea that prevailed well beyond the 2nd world war and even be kidnapped. suddenly it was the children of the allies that now pose this problems. again, da, state vida, i might, i know glean gosh, tighten. ah, i have a son in law group her birth, and either i told her i on 9 see missing in this archival sound from 1950 to a west. german parliamentarian uses a racist slower in reference to more than 3000 by racial children. she says they

quote, present a special type of human and racial problem. even our country's climactic conditions are unsuitable for them and quote, hundreds of children were given up for adoption, mostly to families in the united states. lou. this west's german television report from 1957 featured a single mother a group of, of, in between them i guess would be western before was going to from that invasion. the here you go, found that we can ship is feel the ground to this is an illusion. piece frenzy in this for my certificate with russia. yes. oh, absolutely. thank you. thank you. to see them are healthy and for losses. i was in macon now, a little me. what was it with us? we can, i can. ah,

in costa was one of these children born after the war he would go on to become the 1st black man to play for a german national team. his father was an american g i. if and he'd gone. i was born here to enjoy rid of it. my mother is german. i feel german, honestly to me for us, for me playing for the german national team was the greatest. i'm out of georgia muslims for national ab in costa dad was born in munster, in 1946. his 6 older siblings were all white. he never got to know his father. on his way to school, people would routinely give him the nazi salute that countless racist remarks still haunt him. today. it

was hell, absolute hell destruction which to hello fall known from even women. and when i go into a shawn woman and may be misbehave a little. hm. what they'd say come on, black kid, how do i go back to africa? awfully god. that was, it was day in day out, at least he saw genes. hymen, i was meant to be put in a home over, but my mother refused to send me away, which can honestly, she had got 6 white children, 6 and then a black one comes along, wanted on. yeah. and people pointed you, lot to trying a thing on of, on football offered a chance to escape the humiliation because ab in costa was good, extremely good. he played center forward and germany's top division. the bond is legal and scored the goal of the season in 1974 for kickers. often by

later that year he played for west germany's national team in a european championship qualifier in mancha. to put them up, posted a, but back home fans of rival teams continued their races to chance unabated. remarkable, there have always been nasty remarks. trust me. look, you need to be pretty tough in germany. sometimes. there was a section which always shouted oh, $110.00 gazed and one. i was hunger french little under the media, celebrated him, but always as an outsider, have own obama the brown bomber. they could have written the bomber gal, so i'm not the brown bomber. there always had to be something i've also, we all gentlemen in 1990 custody was wrongly accused of robbing an arcade. a football fan claimed to have recognized him

from his skin color. there was no actual evidence to support the case. custody was acquitted after spending 6 months in custody. bmw, i love it as i think i was a 1st black child to start school and caught bus. encompass had a population of probably $40000.00 at the time. lou jobs it off. i don't remember seeing a black person before i was 10, didn't any ann trotta ment causing? i said i didn't even know there was such a thing. so at a ski, ah, godaddy unavailable, was born in communist east germany in 1962. her father,

a student from gonna left the g d r. she was raised by determined women, her mother, and 2 grandmothers. she was a very good student and was selected to be a school crossing guard. this is amateur footage of the proud family. ah. yeah. i saw it was, there was something different about me if on. but i learned that from others by ago . it wasn't anything i felt myself, what i saw was they all play like me. i do math and gymnastics the same way they do yet something was different about me yoga. and as it was not something that was discussed at home yet, but just wasn't important. and you could see it. yeah. cuz im ah 1000000 auto isn't on. no, no, i'm the mia finish was it was i was the alabama. angela davis to this is angela davis became the face of black power in east germany. the american scholar,

civil rights activists and communist was wrongfully imprisoned in the us until her acquittal in 1972. all right. with angela, this is angela davis had a huge impact on my life. i've been hit when i look at the photos now with the afro luck was all the rage backed and, and of course i had an afro and i wore glasses. and austin and wherever i went in the east somehow i was always angela davis. there was a political struggle taken up by the g d r. that was good for me. rooted demi, who taught in the late 19 seventy's east, germany recruited a growing number of workers from vietnam, angola, mozambique, and other fellow com destinations. more than $200000.00 people total by the time of german reunification. but they were obliged to go back home after a few years. and the authorities did not envision their broader social integration

. gabrielle, available to world remained a largely white one as la information needed for augustine. i know they weren't supposed to assimilate into not until the ball, the foreign workers were housed separately from the rest of the population as well as money. so it wasn't like you were suddenly seeing a black person in the supermarket or the swimming pool, a lot, sawdust. this comes with what's in the 4. ah gabriella available studied medicine and was already a qualified doctor when this footage was taken in the early 1990 s. she always wanted to be a gynecologist, but the local authorities stipulated that she specialize in hi, janet care, despite the country shortage of gynecologists at the time. vailable protested, does if a move to this was of course i selected, it was because of my skin color parisians over at gwinnett, being a gynecologist means close physical contact with people. and while as

a hygiene specialist, i'd be sitting in an office and basically out of sight me, i said i could see absolutely no reason to not be working in my chosen field. so it her she took the issue to the next level, threatening to send a complaint to the east german head of state, and he sh hanukkah. busy yar fox, he brought us ish, the upshot was 2 or 3 weeks later i received a letter informing me that they were happy to comply with my request. because the city really did need more gynecologists all on. so i became one yon spinning hicks, that even of ah avena auto mako, grew up at the same time as gabrielle ivy bold. but in the other germany in west berlin. after jobs in paris and london,

she started working for an international and geo as a young woman in the 1980s. she wanted to become an optician and asked a friend for help and finding an apprenticeship and then come to 06 nurse. she was very embarrassed when i asked again whether she could find someone to take me on as an apprentice little name put on the doctor. she said no. unfortunately, they told me, yes, we know you, but people aren't ready for black hands to be poking around in a white person's face in an am vice and desist on full moon. on this one or 2, it was a big shock for me soc, who's easy and very awkward for her to about as wazell they asked it was the 1st time i've realised it wouldn't be easy to do the job i wanted them. but oh, super din ish. mahan merged her a bene under marco wanted to stop feeling like a stranger in her own country and went looking for people who felt the same way.

in 1985, she met a group of women connected to the american poet and queer civil rights activist. audrey lord, lord was a guest lecturer at the free university in west berlin, who encouraged black women to discover their communities history and celebrate their heritage. as as harvey, i am a lawyer. it was like an epiphany of relief. ah, we were all there without shyness, our needs our experiences, our desires, sadness owned a swag or it was great shows la m. it enabled us to break out of that isolation. what is the last one so comb or is that is a lot so on. so come on in that sense of community carried us amount of time on site guitar. yeah, i love it comes to us, and i,

i know it was like we've been existing in a room with no air con creators and only met argy lord, the african american poet. and she was simply interested in our lives here when her and her just at that we introduce ourselves to each other for which logged onto the world when to have it. it's washed in her as well as quite a big deal for my and me as we were still very young and it's seamless. yeah. of course off garber. ah. and that the 1st meeting there would be 30 person and they would be very excited her. because for every one it would be the 1st time being in a group of other africa, women's people who have the same experience the same. yeah. who could, without talking about it would understand you. i know it makes you smile in law. gone together with activist

my i am katerina ogen toya, wrote a book called showing our colors and the group, the project helped them to develop a positive self image. at the same time, audrey lord, urge them to self identify as afro germans or black germans as is it was important because until then star, we'd always been objectified and societal ph dello. and these are cafe shocked. people talked about hours completed the of what we were, the subject of various political and academic debate. now put me to show you this and softly kept the button on the and opening the, showing our colors project was the 1st time we were leading the narrative of using such a political voice to oh, i know put me to shem. mm. it was the stark of the 2nd black movement in germany with the founding of the initiative of black people in germany, and later it's sister organization, a defra for black women in germany. lou. 1989

saw the fall of the berlin wall. and the time when many hoped for a freer and better life just over a year later, not long after german reunification, eastern town of abba's wilder made headlines. a mom of more than 50 neo nazis attacked young african contract workers outside a local restaurant. i'm a dale antonio from angola was beaten into a coma, with one of the attackers stamping on his head. antonio died 2 weeks later, at the age of 28. for your sins, man, to bizarre. do the looking back vague? i just feel really heavy. male cornersville, camille is seeing a colleague and brother who lived with us, tie the mod,

saying up just because he was black, our air book it and it enabled oh like his friend, i'm a day on tonio. yona mancha, stayed in the country after the collapse of the communist regime. they both come to east germany from angola as contract workers in 1987. both had hoped to study antonio wanted to be an aircraft engineer. instead, he ended up working at a meat packing factory. antonio fell in love with a german woman and was looking forward to soon becoming a father and building a family. i'm a day on tonia was the 1st murder victim of right wing violence and re unified germany. more attacks would follow in both the east and the west. yona mancha, remembers the atmosphere back then. vicinity mia?

as you're finished, what about media as it is campus? if i went out on the street, yet the same thing could happen to me when dismal meant, wagner for it was, it was a really bad time for us to home is agatha and kid was like, war by owns of a and in war as of in him, you don't know when you're going to die on 2 steps or door when you lose a leg or an arm up with us or the sis 0 v mitchell or we were terrified by then and devout z as the gross. oh oh oh, it was a round this uncertain time that convent adam was born in the east german city of gena. to day he researches radicalization and is a social worker. and

he grew up with the feeling that something bad had happened to him at any time to cease feel miss d like the v that meant no detours foolish or not going to the playground or somewhere else after school. but going straight home. lemons. eastman, if you met with friends, cliff then at their homes, if possible, i didn't. and on from one to 10, when you met outside and then only very close to home or in groups. i would also does. you knew that every time you left your home for the i, it was potentially dangerous. is this pot in southfield? so as a young boy, he had no idea of the neo nazi. and as you group forming in his neighborhood where future members be at a cheaper and of a month, los attended the youth club on the corner. somehow adam sense that he was seldom truly safe. ready oh,

teen violence of the 19 ninety's may have subsided, but not the racism. in 2016 conrad adam was racially harassed by a group of drunk people while on his way to the supermarket. he called the police for assistance asking they be removed from the square footage systems as provided got when the officer refused to come and remove them. so clearly i tried to explain again why i thought that was necessary offers that they were racially abusive or might racially abuse other people that day and talked to play from collins to swing and plots for was models, least of then the police officer said something like when as often as seems, you're just making a big deal about the color of your skin, the screwdriver in your mouth, hopefully. unlike young black people of his generation and the

former west germany, adam lacked a community and felt his was a lone struggle in the former east. but he changed that in 2018. he found that a local branch of germany's oldest civil rights group for black people with only 4 people in the beginning. today he's a member of the executive. the i estie have had annual meetings for the last several decades to convert m 1st attended one in 2019 this will finish causes a insecure, it was unreal, just going there and seeing so many black people experiencing a completely different atmosphere. it was just incredible and unbelievably enriching behind on defaults mentioned he's a black people, i know now wellness cliff who had already been to these national meetings as children and play. it was crucial for their own development. am your agnes will tell you how to have this space more retreat and empowerment is,

was to know you have these awful experiences all year long leap was gone. see all of you. but then there's this one period in the year was grouped. these are where you can recharge your batteries on which coffee, tight, immerse yourself in another world. in the, in the under the vote and hong the human right to a life free of racism. that's a key political issue that's motivated the community with susanna can thailand of my childhood as being i, full of life. luckily, i never experienced the time in refugee housing as anything bad or did. i'm like that image people like to create that for me who was born there. it was completely normal house. when i was at home, there were lots of kids and ethan of it. it was only of a time that i realized it wasn't a normal upbringing, polish, no malice. oh, facts. in 20. 19 i me not at all. he became the 1st afro

german deputy speaker of a regional parliament. 3 years later, she became the 1st black state minister, or from the dominant come from an early age. you're reminded of the fact that you don't look like every one around you. there's often docile adults, especially make you feel that like there itching to know where you are on the yen distance doors from augusta to this. and boy will my, you're 6 or 7 years old and think i live here, and you don't ask yourself all these questions about identity or ancestry. my hair combed, amina tory, was born in refugee housing after her parents fled molly in 1992. at the age of 12, she became a german citizen. as a student leader, she showed an early commitment to combating discrimination. today as a politician in the chalet, mich holstein state parliament, she tackles structural racism in public institutions and society at seamless about your racist experiences. i'm often asked,

and usually i have absolutely no desire to do so. for 2 reasons. the house li, because many believe that these experiences are individual. they start to excuse that and tell me their coincidences, coincidences that have been piling up for 26 years. which up little part of go out what we're hated. so awesome. miss julie, you're always talking about racism that you yourself have made it a deputy speaker, double anchor, and i think, but what does that have to do with the fact that at this very moment to pull someone somewhere is probably having problems with immigration authorities are being racially abused on the street, my heart and order houses. dish collided with of the classroom. little toilet is, were tending that these issues are all fixed just because you have some individual figurehead is very problematic. so problematic to day one, 5th of all germans have migration background. i me, natalie, encourages minorities to become politically active. escape am cannot release the

heart of the issue is the question of who's allowed to be part of society? and what does it actually mean to be german dealer? from in the words of arrow german poet, my a young i who instead of asking questions simply states is about i will still be african, like even if you want me to be german. and i will be german, even if my blackness does not suit you, it's about i will go yet another step further to the very edge of my when my sisters and brothers stand, where i freedom begins it that i will go yet another step further and another and will return when i want, how i want borderless and brazen. thank you. ah, the 3rd and 4th generations of an afro german family athena, under marco's mother. beryl was born in good dance in what is now poland. the family's european chapter began even now at 82 years old. she's still sometimes

confronted with questions about her routes via whitcomb. where are you from dog? do you speak german? what are you doing here anyway? well, what do you then say? i'm german, that it's then dollar show is what i saw like them are black and german. the descendants of mundane did, did show that this was never a contradiction in terms of bene. odo marco's daughter currently in london, is now the 5th generation of the deep family. it's their history and it's german history ah, is hobbled, us go through the sub, the feeling that we'll be seeing more progress going forward than we did in the

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