As a teenager I read the Sven Hassel books , knowing that they were fiction although the first three in particular seem to have a more plausible storyline. In one of the later books he introduced a character called George who he said was a black German tank driver. At that time I felt any semblance to plausibility was gone . However, fast forward a few decades and the idea of blacks serving in the German military came up again . There is certainly anecdotal evidence that there were some although pictorial evidence is sketchy . There are pictures of black former French colonial troops serving with the DAK as well as written evidence . What is in short supply is pictures of black people in the concentration camps . I have seen one for certain but he was evidently imprisoned for crimes other than having black skin although I can’t recall exactly what . Looking through numerous pictures there seems a distinct lack of black faces . There were estimated to be around 200,000 black people in Germany in the late 20’s early 30’s , some will have left and some went into cinema work but I’ve not read or seen evidence for a black holocaust for want of a better term ( holocaust being purely a word related to Jewish suffering) .dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:54 pm We watched the new series of A House Through Time on BBC. The presenter David Olusoga is an insufferable lefty prick, he started on his slavery thing while appearing in a seque on the the late Queen's funeral on BBC, he just cannot leave it alone. This HTT series examines a building in London and also one in Berlin from the 20s onwards. It is very interesting but David manages to find a black man from Togo who suffered under the Nazi regime as well as the Jewish residents. I suppose I should have expected it really. In the main it is very interesting but the black bit is unnecessary, it is the Jews who suffered.
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Incidentally mentioning Sven Hassel I feel remiss not to mention the film “Wheels of Terror” supposedly based on his book . It doesn’t deserve to be in this thread as it’s awful and is probably better off in the “ not worth a watch” thread although perhaps we should have a “ so bad it’s worth watching “ thread…