Africans and German interaction between 1884 and 1945 of Afro-Germans Top 26 Facts

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Facts : 1 Germany controlled colonies in the African Great Lakes region and West Africa, from which numerous Africans migrated to Germany for the first time Facts : 2 Germany appointed indigenous specialists for the colonial administration and economy, and many young Africans went to Germany to be educated Facts : 3 Some received higher education at German schools and universities, but the majority were trained at mission training and colonial training centers as officers or domestic mission teachers Facts : 4 Africans frequently served as interpreters for African languages at German-Africa research centers, and with the colonial administration Facts : 5 Others migrated to Germany as former members of the German protection troops, the Askari Facts : 6 Interracial couples in the colonies were subjected to strong pressure in a campaign against miscegenation, which included invalidation of marriages, declaring the mixed-race children illegitimate, and stripping them of German citizenship Facts : 7 During extermination of the Nama people in 1907 by Germany, the German director for colonial affairs, Bernhard Dernburg, stated that some native tribes, just like some animals, must be destroyed Facts : 8 Weimar Republic Map of Africa in 1914 with regions colonized by Germany shown in yellow Facts : 9 In the course of World War I, the Belgians, British and French took control of Germany s colonies in Africa Facts : 10 For example, Africans who possessed a colonial German identification card had a status entitling them to treatment as members of the former protectorates Facts : 11 After the Treaty of Versailles (1919), the Africans were encouraged to become citizens of their respective mandate countries, but most preferred to stay where they were Facts : 12 Africans founded the bilingual periodical that was published in German and Duala: Elolombe ya Cameroon (Sun of Cameroon) Facts : 13 A political group of Africans established the German branch of a Paris-based human-rights organization: the German section of the League to the Defense of the Negro Race Facts : 14 Many of the Afro-Germans endured the Great Depression in Germany without being able to gain unemployment compensation, as this depended on German citizenship Facts : 15 Some Afro-Germans were supported through a small budget from the German Foreign Office Facts : 16 Nazi Germany Afro-German soldier of the Nazi Germany - Free Arabian Legion in September 1943 Facts : 17 The conditions for Afro-Germans in Germany