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Welcome to your Black People under the Nazi Regime

Step 1: Black People under the Nazi Regime
Welcome to the first step!
In this section, you will have the opportunity to test your knowledge on key historical moments affecting the lives of Black people under the Nazi regime and during the period of colonization.

1. What was the main reason why Black people were discriminated against and persecuted under the Nazi regime?

a) Economic reasons

b) The racial ideology of a “pure Aryan” race

c) Political opposition

d) Religious differences

2. Approximately how many Black people lived in Germany during the Nazi era?

a)More than 100000

b) 20000- 50000

c) 5000-10000

d) 500

3. What kind of work were most Black people forced to do under the Nazi regime in Germany?

a) They were forced to beg for money

b) They were forced to work in human zoos

c) They were sent into slavery in the United States

d) They were forced to work in public administration

4. True or false: Black people were systematically exterminated under the Nazi regime?

a) True

b) False

5. Which group of people was particularly affected by the so-called "Rhineland bastards" program?

a) African soldiers and their descendants

b) Jewish people

c) People from West Asia

d) Romani and Sinti people

6. True or false: One of the following photos shows the memorial site for Black victims of the Nazi regime?

a) b) c)

a) True

b )False

Step 2: Culture of Memory
Welcome to the second step!
In this section, we present to you a video on the topic: “A Black Person in Nazi Camps.”

Please watch the video carefully and answer the following questions.

7. What is the name of the speaker in the video who talks about his experiences under the Nazi regime?

a) Otto Rosenberg

b) Theodor Wonja

c) Hans Massaquoi

d) Fasia Jansen

8. What is one of the speaker's personal reflections at the beginning of the video?

a) He feels ashamed and considers himself lucky to be alive despite the losses

b) He regrets not having studied ethnology earlier

c) He wishes he had lived in another time and in another country

d) He has forgotten his youth experiences and focuses on his family

9. What does "vogelfrei" mean in the context mentioned by the speaker?

a) A protected status

b) Being exempt from any law

c) Being declared without protection and able to be killed without consequence

d) Having civic privileges

10. What obstacle prevented the speaker from completing their Abitur (Abitur means A-level)?

a) He didn't have enough money

b) He was not considered "Aryan" (pure race)

c) He was not intelligent enough

d) He moved abroad

Step 3: Voices of Resistance
Welcome to the third step!
Here, you will discover images, text excerpts, and quotes of Black individuals who fought against oppressive systems. This step highlights the often invisible but essential contributions of these communities to history.

11. Who am I?

(Photo credit : dw.com)

a) Hans Massaquoi

b) Wangari Maathai

c) Edwin Kostedde

d) Albert Mukong

12. Who am I?

(Photo credit :boell-bremen.de)

a) Josephine Baker

b) Fasia Jansen

c) Hedy Lamarr

d) May Ayim

13. Who said this phrase before being executed in 1914: "It is innoncent blood that you are shedding. You are killing me without cause… My God, I beg you; hear my last will, that this land may never again be trodden by the Germans"?

a) Emmanuel Douala Manga Bell

b) Rudolf Manga Bell

c) Albert Mukong

d) May Ayim

14. Which book, published by three Black female activists in Germany, marked a decisive turning point for the creation of the ISD (Initiative of Black People in Germany) association?

a) Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

b) Farbe bekennen

c) Afro-German History

d) Schwarze Frauen in Deutschland

15. When and by whom was the Black Academy founded?

a) In 2015, by african students in Germany

b) In 2020, by MeineWelt e.V, Place e.V and Place for Africa associations

c) In 2018, by the Goethe Institute, the city of Mannheim and the black students of Mannheim

d) In 2012, as a group of activists for black rights in Europe