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Afro-Germans (German: Afrodeutsche) or Black Germans (German: schwarze Deutsche) are Germans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Cities such as Hamburg and Frankfurt, which were formerly centres of occupation forces following World War II and more recent immigration , have substantial Afro-German communities.
Josephine Apraku, who is Black and German, writes that over the years, “Black Germans have faced the challenge of figuring out where we fit in the African diaspora.”
It’s not exactly clear how many Black people live in Germany nowadays, as different ethnicities are not documented in official statistics, but estimates put the number of people of African ...
Black people from the EU who have settled in the UK are also included such as the Black Anglo-Deutsch. Switzerland and Norway have 114,000 [ 19 ] and 115,000 people of Sub-Saharan African descent, respectively; primarily composed of refugees and their descendants, but this is only the numbers for first generation migrants and second generation ...
While black people in Nazi Germany were never subject to an organized mass extermination program, as in the cases of Jews, homosexuals, Romani, and Slavs, [1] they were still considered by the Nazis to be an inferior race and along with Romani people were subject to the Nuremberg Laws under a supplementary decree.
Corpses at the Buchenwald concentration camp. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, racism became a part of the official state ideology. [7]Shortly after the Nazis came to power, they passed the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service which expelled all civil servants who were of "non-Aryan" origin, with a few exceptions.
Black Deutschland is a made-for-television documentary film, directed by Oliver Hardt and produced by de-Arte. [1] The documentary is filmed in different cities in Germany and features people from all across the black diaspora who reside in Germany. Some have German parents, others are immigrants. The film was released in Germany on 27 January ...
Martina Big, born Martina Adam from Western Germany, says she considers herself a black woman, but she admits she has "a lot" to learn.