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Bring It On! – April 5, 2021: Blacks in Nazi Concentration Camps

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In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea tackle the little covered topic of Black people in Nazi concentration camps. During the Nazi era and the Second World War, many Black German citizens were persecuted, deported, and ultimately killed by the Nazis as they did not fit the ideology of the ‘Aryan master race’.

When the Nuremberg Laws were introduced in 1935, they originally only applied to Jewish people. However, they were soon extended to include Black people. Black people and those of mixed heritage were subjected to forced sterilization from 1937, after which they had to sign agreements that they would not marry or have sexual intercourse with those of German blood.

Unlike Jewish people, disabled people, and people identified as “gypsies”, Black people were not systematically targeted for mass killing. Nevertheless, all Black people were persecuted under the Nazis, but their individual experiences differed widely. Here to educate us on Blacks in Nazi Germany are Dr. Robbie Aitken, Professor of Imperial History at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom, and Liz Mitchell, our Bring It On! producer of Dark Past, Bright Future.

Credits:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and William Hosea.
Our show’s Executive Producer is Clarence Boone.
Our Assistant Producer is William Hosea.
Our Consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young.
Our Program Engineer is Chantalle LaFontant.
Our original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.

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