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Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006)

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006)

Drama
Release Date: 2006, October 1
Directors: Jörg Grünler
Countries: Germany
Production: Aspekt Telefilm
Cast: Frederick Lau, Veronica Ferres, Jürgen Tarrach, Charly Hübner, Petra Kelling, Falk Rockstroh, Götz Schubert, Dörte Lyssewski, Adrian Topol, Tim Wilde, Michael Schönborn, Arved Birnbaum

Overview:

This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...

Keywords:

xenophobia prosecution national socialism gestapo miniseries intermarriage