""Citizens of Hamburg... after heroic struggle, after endless work and sacrifices for the German victory..." "HAMBURG the end of war 8 MAY 1945 ...our country has been defeated honorably by its enemies..."" "In the end, this was the only thing which counted:" "Me, Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi and my mother we had survived the horrors of Nazi Germany a few people, our friends, had helped us" "Destined To Witness:" "Growing Up Black In Nazi Germany" "Be careful son." "If the Gestapo catches you, you know you shouldn't be there!" " Mother, the war is over it's over!" "Hey black man." "What are you doing here?" "Are you a soldier?" "No!" "I live here." "I'm German!" "He is German." "That's unbelievable." "Black man, you're alive." "This is for you, some sweets." "Take care." "Thank you!" "The beginning of my life was awesome my mom was eagerly looking forward to having me." "When the sirens in Hamburg wanted to learn a bit" "They had the sailors on board on board!" "bottles broken husbands shocked" "They had the sailors on board on board!" "Capa-Capachero Ahoy, Capachero" "Girls from Hamburg can never be really full..." "So I was born on Tuesday the 19th January 1926." "Good morning!" "Bertha, where is it?" "Where's the little darling?" "Bertha... you gave birth to a negro baby!" " Yes!" "Look he's almost black!" " Yes." "And those little eyes..." "like little coals!" "Bertha, Bertha, where ever did you get him from?" "His name is Hans-Jürgen." "Isn't he a dearie?" "My grandfather was nobody less than an African king," "Momolu Massaquoi, King of the Wai and first General Consul of Liberia in Hamburg." "My mother had known his son Al-Haj during a visit in the hospital and she had fallen for him immediately a great romance, of which I was the result." "Congratulations!" " Thank you." "Since my father was studying in Dublin, he couldn't welcome me personally." "A beautiful child." "When will Al-Haj come?" " My son Al-Haj will be here in a few days, and he shall marry you miss Baetz." "My grandfather wanted me and my mother to live with him until the marriage and so we moved to the Consular Mansion in the Johannisallee." "(talking African) This is my wife Rachel." " Hello." "Our daughter Fatima." "Miss Baetz." "And this is our grandchild Hans-Jürgen." "My mother had given up her job in the hospital she dreamed of living in Africa one day with me and my dad." "Do you have news of Al-Haj?" "Does he want me to join him, with Hans-Jürgen?" "Bertha, are you lacking anything here?" "Oh no, not at all" "I don't wanna be ungrateful, Momolu." "I love being here in your house, with your family." "Tell me grandpa?" " Yes?" "Why are the clouds so white?" "I can't tell you child." "That's nature." "Look, how cute, like the negro from the Sarotti chocolates." "That brown skin." " Makes you want to bite into him." "I grew up with the belief that dark skin and curly hair was a symbol of superiority white people were our servants, white people admired me" "I was so sure to be the center of the universe and something really special." "Good morning." " Good morning." "I'm Elsa Duve, I've been invited." " Come inside." " Bertha!" " Elsa...!" "You're looking like a real negro princess!" "Nice that you came, Elsa." "Wow, those people here look so rich." " That's right Bertha." "That's the family" "Oh no Bertha I can't, I don't dare they're so fine..." "Come on they won't bite you." " But how do I address this man..." "However you want, either as" "Mr. General Consul or Mr.Massaquoi. - as you wish." " This is my friend Elsa." "Good morning, Excellency." "Extremely nice to meet you Miss Elsa." "My wife." " Hello, good morning." "My daughter." " Hans-Jürgen." "Hi good morning, Hans-Jürgen." " Hi good morning, auntie Elsa." "Look at the crown." "That's my grandpa the King." " Yes that's me with my crown." "One day I'll take him with me to Africa and show it to him." "Very soon, I promise you." "And that is my dad, he's a king as well." "No, he's not." "He's still studying." "Come on Hans-Jürgen, show me my place." "Bertha, please These are family affairs." "Momolu, a family begins with man and wife." "I have no man." "Welcome to the table." "But my father did not come." "His letters grew shorter and fewer." "Always he delayed his arrival and the promised marriage." "For my mother it was time to say good-bye to a dream." "There are problems in Liberia my president asked me to come back as soon as possible." "I shall become minister." "I congratulate you." "We will stamp letters all day long." "Bertha, I want you to come with me, you and Hans-Jürgen." " To Africa?" "Yes, to Liberia." "No,I... can't do that, Momolu." "You will live at my house and you won't miss a thing." "I will talk to Al-Haj." "He must do what I order him." "He will marry you." " I will not marry a man who only follows his father's order," "You white women make your lives difficult." " Your wife would feel like I do, Momolu." "I've been waiting for Al-Haj for years now" "I've waited much too long, because of Hans-Jürgen." "But enough is enough, I'll remain in Hamburg." "Then I will send you money." "Thank you, no." "I will raise my child on my own." "Hamburg can be cold." " I know it." "This is for Hans-Jürgen it belonged to Al-Haj." "Thank you, Momolu." "He still may make up his mind." "Goodbye little Hans." "My little prince." "And that's how we left the warm house of my grandfather and the rich quarter of Hamburg, my childhood's paradise and kingdom" "we moved to the worker's quarter of Barmbek into the Stückenstrasse." " !" "Hey, watch where you're going" " Sorry." "This is our street." "come on, Hans-Jürgen." "that's where we'll live now." "I think ours is the upper level, below the roof." "Oh my goodness..." "I want warm water and not cold water!" "I want cookies and a tea spoon!" "A telephone and I want to go back to my grandpa!" "Hans-Jürgen we have only cold water and no telephone and me too I would prefer to be with your father in Liberia!" "Hey, mom?" " Yes?" "Can't I go with you to the hospital?" " Oh what the heck... will you be a good child!" "Mrs. Möller, that's him." "That's my son Hans-Jürgen." " Hey... wow!" "He's really almost black." " Come." "Yes, I know." " Good morning." " Hans-Jürgen will you give Mrs. Möller your hand." "Oh come on, no need for that." " Well, come in, come in." " Thank you." " Yes, have a look around." " Thank you, Mrs. Möller." "I'll cook cauliflower today, do you like it?" "Please..." "sit down for a moment." " Thank you." "A coffee?" "Oh no, thank you." " Come on just a little bit." "It's great that you found a job." " I got back my former employment in the hospital." "Work is the most important for now." " Exactly." "I have a cocoa for you." "And then, do you have a dad for the little cutie?" " No, I haven't." "Well, than... it'll be OK without as well" "But... for such a beautiful lady... it would not be too bad to have a protector, right?" "Mrs. Möller, I don't wanna be late the first day..." " All right, you go to work, don't worry Mrs. Bertha." "I'll take care of the kid." " Thank you." "I've raised so many children already" "That neighbor girl Erika and my own daughter of course and those three boys from that Mr. Harms, whose wife had died" "My god that was too sad." "Hans-Jürgen, promise that you'll not..." "be a good child" "Thanks a lot Mrs. Möller." "I'll come for you in the evening." " We'll make it!" "Till then." "Do you want a cherry?" "But then... such a fine suite it'll not be useful to you here with us in Barmbek." " Are you my new housemaid?" "Oh yeah yes, I'm your new housemaid, auntie Möller!" "And you, you're my little chocolate cookie." " Bertha." "Elsa." "Oh you are back." "She wanted to go to Africa, but now she'll stay with us in Hamburg." "And she has such a lovely son" " He'll come to school already, doesn't he?" "Yes, after Easter." "He's clever, he'll make it." "And... and that guy... what was his name?" " Al-Haj." "Well we'll talk no longer of him, OK." "I think, this could have happened you as well with a German guy." " Oh Bertha, I'm happy to see you." "Oh, Elsa." "If it wasn't for love, the baby buggy would stay empty, and the stork would be unemployed..." "Yes, if it wasn't for love, the baby buggy would be empty" "The stork..." " Do you want potato pancakes today?" " Oh yes!" "Oh, Hans Albers!" " Good morning." "Good morning." "Come on." "Morning." "First we'll bring away the laundry and afterwards we'll go shopping." " Good morning you two." "Good morning Mrs. Möller." " That was my suit!" " You'll not need it anymore." "Hi Elsbeth." "Good morning." " Is that your grandchild?" " No." "I thought your daughter had been on a banana steamer." "Ah, she married that guy from the Harz mountains." "And in the mountains there are no steamers Willem.." "That is Hans-Jürgen, the son of Miss Baetz." "He's my chocolate cookie." "Hi Hans-Jürgen." "Here that's my son Klaus and this is Fiete, the tailor's son they both are your age, they could become your playmates." " Yes, maybe tomorrow, come on." "?" "Negro, Niggler, Chimney Sweeper ?" "Don't, that's nasty." "Hello Mrs.Möller." "Hello, Hans-Jürgen." " Please." " Thank you." "A real negro kid, here with us in the Stückenstrasse." "My husband wouldn't believe it." " What do you think, will he stain you when you touch him?" "And the hair he has, looks like wool." " Don't you touch the child, you..." " Sorry, I.." "And I don't grab your window blinds." "Just to clarify that he is a real citizen of Hamburg not a provincial duck like you." " Yes..." " Where were you from?" "From Bad Bramstedt." "Pah!" "Down there I wouldn't want to be thrown over the fence after I died." "Come, Hans-Jürgen." "Write it down, ok." ""Window blinds"." "What dumb people they are." "What dumb people they are." "Miserable silly ducks." "They have nothing to do, all the day." "Nothing to do but talking gossip, gossip all the day." "They should clean up their own backyard, there's enough shit." "Hans-Jürgen, but let's not tell that to your mom." "Poor Bertha she would just be upset." "She doesn't need to know." "It'll be our secret, deal?" "Good." "I can't have my own garden, but I can at least have some flowers in the windows." "Oh no, a mother doesn't need to know everything however much one loves her" " Are your neighbors nice to you?" "Yes." " Do you like auntie Möller?" "Yes." " Heaven, he doesn't want to talk at all today..." "Have you found some friends?" " Yes." "Friends, hardly" "But I was determined to go out and conquer my part of this world." "Hey mom?" " Yes." "Can I go play outside?" " Ok, but not too long, it'll be dark soon and don't get dirty." " Ok." "On the playground, the unemployed were playing cards and we kids were exchanging pictures to collect from the cigarette packs." "Fiete and Klaus laughed about my three pictures." "Fiete had already three complete collections." "His dad, the tailor smoked a lot and Klaus's father was in the party." " What's that, the party?" "I don't know." "Fiete, ship against soldier?" "No, ship and house against soldier." " Agree..." "Party or not, Klaus would never have as many as Fiete because Klaus had two big brothers who took away the best pictures before he could" "Fiete's mom had already figured out that we three would be in the same class and other news she had too" "Hans-Jürgen, my mom says that your mom is a negro whore." " What is that, a whore?" "She does something with men." " Oh I see And what is your dad?" "He's the son of a King in Africa, and when I'm big I'll be the son of a king too." "What kind of king?" "King of shoe polish?" "." "Be careful you ..." "Yes, show us if you can fight." "Let's go." "First, take six feet distance." "One, two, three!" "Friends are to be made only by risking one's life." "Hey boys, stay away from the laundry." "It was worth the fight." " Do you wanna be neighbors in class?" "My new friends Fiete and Klaus introduced me to the most important places on the street like the pub Zanoleti, until 1933 the meeting point of the communists" "Daddy..." "Daddy, the house key?" " Don't do any nonsense." "..." "Lenz and [someone] were farmers together." " Don't forget farmers." "Farmers?" "Here in Hamburg?" "They presented me to their friend, the locksmiths assistant Ernst Kröger." " Hey..." "you wanna some slaps?" "Ernst Kröger, he knows everything." "He knows everything about the world." " And to the friendly local policeman constable Reesen." " Hum... what have I seen?" "Sorry." " I've seen nothing... but you, I see for the first time." "This is Hans-Jürgen, he's the grandchild of the King of Africa, but he doesn't live in Liberia, but in the Stückenstrasse 3 with his mom." " Oh I see." "Ok Hans-Jürgen you don't have to be afraid" "I'll keep an eye on you." "And now, off!" "Happy first day in school." " He can talk." "You know what my brothers told about school?" "When someone gives a wrong reply the teachers whips him until blood splashes and if you break a chalk, he'll beat your hand until all the bones split" "Couldn't you be careful?" "Someone call the police!" " Another accident." " You drove too fast." " Nope!" "I was looking for you everywhere and I had told you, not to get dirty." "But you're so quiet today." "Did someone pick on you?" "That stupid chimney sweeper song?" " Who sings that gets a good beating from me." "Don't you, my dear." "Tell me mom, what is a negro whore?" "Tell your friends, that I don't want to hear that word ever again or they'll have big trouble with me." "And I don't want you to talk of Negroes." " All the others do that." "You father is African, and you are half African." "Grandpa Momolu would tell you something if he could hear you talking." "Look, so many children come to school today." " I didn't want at all make the school experience after all Klaus had told us about it." " Looks like someone is waiting for us." "Will there still be some room in that bag?" "Yes." " But first you'll eat the sandwich, then the sweets." " Hans-Jürgen." " Thank you Mr. Reesen." " Albert Heinz?" "Here." " Sit down." "Ansorge, Ludwig?" "Here." " Sit down." "Bade, Emil?" "Here." " Sit down." "Hans-Jürgen?" "Here." " How nice to have Hans-Jürgen in our class." "You may sit down Hans-Jürgen." "Bosselmann Heino?" " Here." " Doderer, Franz?" "Here." " Sit down." "Mother's job at the hospital was miserably paid and not only physically hard" " You see sir that little prick was not painful at all, right?" "No." "Nurse Bertha, are you still single?" "No." "And it's not your business either." "If you ever put your hands on my breast again, you'll be kicked out of here." "Have you understood me!" "That's unbelievable." "Such insolence." "Damn it." "Hey what happened?" "Oh I see" "The patients can really get on one's nerves." "they should all receive a patch on their mouth right at admittance." "But you could go out sometimes, hmm." "It doesn't need to be a patient, what about a nice man?" "Well Elsa, I don't need that." "I have my job, I have my son." "You're a burnt child, aren't you." "That's not good Bertha." "Every woman needs a man." "That's always so." "But you don't have one either?" "I've still not made a decision." "That one in room 17, that with the angina." "That one... that one is charming." " That one with the patch on his mouth?" "Look there, the negro." " What's on him?" "Beat it." "Tell me why do Negroes have wool on their head?" " Let him alone." "Negro, niggler, chimney sweeper 377 00:27:17,500 -- 00:27:19,600" " Stop that!" "Shut up!" "Coward, coward..." "Negro, negro, chimney sweeper" "We'll show him what's right." "We'll ship him back to Africa." "What's wrong here?" " The negro kicked me." "And why did he do that?" " I don't know." "He made fun of me and grabbled my hair." " And they taunted him." "Is that right?" "." "Is that right?" "." " He lies." "You have no right to mock others and their appearance." "Next time you harass this boy I'll report it to your class teacher." "Get off here." "Walter?" " Yes Miss Eilert." "Walter I think you're a serious schoolboy this boy needs someone to protect him." "Do you want to do that?" " Don't worry Miss Eilert, nobody will do him wrong." "I'll take care of him." "I was as little as you once too." " But not a chimney sweeper." "Hey my schoolboy." " Hey." "How was the first day?" " Good." "Miss Eilert is very nice." "Yes?" " Yes?" "I even have a real protector." "That one." "Walter." "A protector?" " Lehmann,Walter." " Baetz Bertha." "You can count on me, I'll take care of him." "Thank you, that you care for my boy..." "Tha..." " Has everybody here a protector?" "Only those with funny hair." " Has something happened at school?" "Someone grabbed my hair and mocked me." " And something else ...?" "." "And the song" "Negro, niggler, chimney sweeper ...of all professions and all cities such an organization, which causes an uprising" "1935" "Adolf Hitler had come to power two years ago and things were building:" "the Nazi flags everywhere, my mothers flowers and myself." "I was nine years old and wore a size 38 shoe." "Stückenstrasse 3 had become our home and auntie Möller our family." " Put your hands up." "Do you know your song?" "?" "Hamburg" "?" "at the Elbe river meadows" "?" "You are so beautiful to watch" "?" "with your towers so high" "?" "and your ships so broad" "Glory to you" "My mother loved Hamburg, her flowers and me." "Well the other way around." "But in her life, something had happened" "I wasn't yet aware what it was about." " Tell me Bertha..." "Yes?" "That new Human resources manager..." " how is his name..." "Walf" " Franz Wahl." "He's only the secretary of the Human resources manager." " But I tell you..." "he likes you." " Where did you get that idea?" "Elsa you're fantasizing." "Yes, yes, yes..." "He wanted only to talk to nurse Miss Bertha." "And he knows that your sign is Virgo." " Your zodiac sign, do they know it?" "." " But he is not interested in mine." "No, come on, Bertha." "That guy's from the class you are." "Does he know you have a son?" "After all, it's written in my file." "He asked me if my son is like me." "And what did you answer?" "Shouldn't my son resemble his mother?" "He's coming" " Good Morning, ladies." " Good morning, Mr Wahl" "Ach..." "Elsa weren't you going to take some blood pressures?" "Take blood pressure?" " Yes, I ought to." "Yes." " Yes." " Thank you." " I noticed that you like small greenery." "That's why I wanted to ask, if you would like to go sometime with me..." " ...into a green place - go on?" "On Sunday perhaps you could find some time." " We could go to the city park." " Very gladly, Mr. Wahl, but..." " My son..." " Franz, sister Bertha, please." "Your son, yes... we can go with him, of course." "But as to that I wanted to add, Herr Wahl, I mean Franz..." "My son Hans-Jürgen... oh..." "How can I just say?" "He probably does not want his pretty mom to meet with a secretary." "My son is not like the others." "How it he not like the others?" "His father is an African." "Yes, then... then I will hope, that he is still in Africa." "I mean the Father, of course." "Yes, and I agree." "Nevertheless it was a while before mom and I invited him home." "Franz had to wait a while." "Thanks to you, it becomes a more and more beautiful world so beautiful since every day that you forgive me is a Sunday..." ""For Bertha."" "You, Hans-Jürgen?" "I got to know someone in the hospital." "His name is Franz Wahl." "And I should..." "May I speak to him, Franz?" "He is very dear." "He's now coming to visit us." "Come." " Good evening, Franz." " Good evening." "Sorry..." "This is my son, Hans-Jürgen." "This is Mr. Wahl." " Good evening, Mr. Wahl." " Franz." "Your mom has also had to unlearn calling me Wahl." "But, Do come in." "Please." "Thank you." "So, take a seat." "No ..." "You already know your numbers?" "Hans-Jürgen is the best in his class." " This is not to say had to be." " But I am so proud of you." "His teacher says he has a very "bright" head." "I don't at all have a "bright" head." "He goes to the academic school, studies to become an engineer." "I'll tell you right now that I have not a single cavity in my teeth." "He actually does not have a single cavity in his teeth." "What?" "I don't believe you." "Show me." "Ooh..." "Those are absolutely perfect teeth." "Do you want to see my soldiers?" "But of course." "I also have almost as many as Fiete and Klaus" " Who are Fiete and Klaus?" " My friends." "Come here, Franz?" "I'm coming." "Now, show me more." "Franz is cool." "I'm happy." "But he's going home." "I have night duty." "My sweetie calls himself Winnetou." "Shall we read now?" "But not Winnetou." "17 and 4 [card game]." "I'll ruin you, Aunt Möller." "Good." "Shuffle the cards now." "Please come." " A little drop for you?" " I'm nervous enough." " Here's a blanket." " Go now upstairs." " I think I must be mad." " No, you're just in love." " He calls me "a thousand beauties"!" " How lovely" " Will you come, Aunt Möller?" " I'm coming." "Good night, Mommy." " They've all bloomed." " Also the one from you." "And?" "What do you think about him?" "He is a splendid boy." "No surprise!" "Shall we..." "Germany re-arms." "Our favorite game is war." "Grenade!" "I'm dead." " No, my fighter guy is still fighting." " You're dead!" "Stretch back." "We need to have a Hitler here." "He could even move his right hand." "Goebbels and Göring too." " Adolf Hitler is a good man." " He even started the Hitler Youth." "Uwe, Ludwig, and Karl-Heinz are already in the Hitler Youth." " Do we want in, too?" " You can't get in the Hitler Youth." " Why not?" " Because you're not yet ten." "Real simple." "Fiete and I could." "We're 10" "Well ..." "I don't know for sure." "My father says that the Hitler Youth is better than roaming the streets." " Are your brothers are already there." " What do you think." "They are already Hitlerjugend." "My father says that I must join up without fail." "He asks me about it every night." "And what will you do?" "What my dad says is so much crap." "He could demand it a hundred times." "I believe that it's no good to be part of the Hitler Youth." "nice uniform..." "But then every afternoon marching?" "A bad deal..." "And what does your mom say about this?" "She is opposed." "But what she says, is also crap." " I'll do what you guys want." " Exactly - just like you." "All together, or not at all." "Because we're friends." "Bertha!" "Hold on." "I have something for you." " Good morning, Mr. Wahl." " Good morning." "Winter lettuce, carrots, beans." "How very nice." "But where can I plant it all?" "I have one more surprise for you." "Imagine - from today I'm the boss's personnel deputy." "Oh, Franz!" "I congratulate you." " It went pretty smoothly." " I worked on it." "My personnel boss ..." "Heil Hitler, my thousand beauties." "Have you heard" "Ms. Möller, Bertha, Franz is now head of personnel." " But does he need to work on Sundays." " The head of personnel?" "This is a very good match!" "You could perhaps get engaged." "Prussians don't move to the point this quickly." "Aunt Möller, where are the Indians?" "Hold your mouth." "I'll ask right now." "Excuse me, I read in the paper, that there will be a circus show of Indians." "Where's that?" "There are no Indians here." " We now have Africans." " Africans?" "Just like the young man." "Genuine live Africans." "The genuine Negro village of Tschaka-Tschaka." "The weekly show is just beginning." "This way." "Thank you." "Let's get going." "Come on now, Bertha." "There they are!" " They cook outside." " Without a kitchen." "Where did they get them from?" "Elsa, what do you think?" "They play the drums really well" "They are nearly naked." "They have it in their blood." "They have a lot of chains on their necks." "Feel it up here." "Blacks apparently are not too clean." "Where do they wash up?" "They might hear you." "His people were shining example." "But wasn't that just an exception?" "They had a couple of bathrooms with running water!" " Do you have that in you house?" " Enough already!" "Look at him, This young guy!" "He's one of them." "What do you think?" "This is my son." "He also shows the Lord's handiwork." "Come, Hans-Jürgen." "We're going." "I'm not one of them." "I live on Stückenstrasse." " I live on the Stückenstrasse." " Idiots!" "If Franz had only been with us!" "He could have told them something." "Putting people behind fences and We treat them like animals." "If anyone ever hurts you  tell me about it." "I will tell it to Franz." "Good morning, dear class 3a." "Good morning, Miss Eilert." "Sit." " What's up, Friedrich?" " My father says no more "good morning""" "Now I give the German greeting." "And it goes this way:" "Heil Hitler!" "As far as I have been informed, it is a requirement only for officials wearing a uniform." "I do not have a uniform." "In my conviction, the word Heil is only for our lord in heaven." "Now get to work." "There is a lot to be done" "In a week there'll be a school show." "And we're going to show together all that we can." "We'll sing "Thoughts are Free" and then dance." "After that, Hans-Jürgen will recite a poem." "Have you practiced it already?" " Only the first verse." " Please." "How you rest so still in your white cocoon you motherly land." "Where are the songs of spring?" "the bright coat of feathers?" "and your flower-showy dress?" "Outstanding!" "Sit down." "How you rest so still in your white cocoon" "What does this mean?" "Who knows?" "Kurt?" "Snow." "But how can Hans-Jürgen know?" "Snow doesn't fall on blacks" "Ow!" "Miss Eilert!" "He hit me." "Now, sing this all together, "Thoughts are free"." "OK?" "On three." "1, 2, 3." "Thoughts they are free" "Who can ever guess them?" "They fly on by" "Like nocturnal shadows" " Want to hear my poem?" " Sure." "Recite." "How you rest so still in your white cocoon." "you motherly land." "Where are the songs of Spring?" "the bright coat of feathers?" "And your flower-showy dress?" "You slumber now undressed no lamb or sheep a-grazing on thy meadows and hills." "the songs of bird silenced, no bee left behind buzzing yet beautiful you are in winter." "Bravo." "Very nicely well done." "I can do more, but that would take a while." "I think so." "Can I come too" " Would you?" "That would be great!" " Do you know ..." "What we need is a proper boat." "A proper boat ship which we both can float?" "Yes, the sea." "The two of us we would be a good team." " You're the captain." " And you're the helmsman." "Look, niggler." "Negro, niggler, chimney sweeper." "There, that's better." "So that with the cap they don't immediately spot you." "Come here." "Bring us up some ice cream." "He really likes you." "And you?" "My one thousand beauty?" "You like me, just a little bit?" "Tell me, Bertha." " Would you like to have a garden plot?" " And how." "But I'd spend 10 years on the very long waiting list." " I could think of something." " That would be ..." " Here you go." " Thank you." " Hans-Jürgen." " Thank you." " Please." " Thank you." "Have you already mentioned, I have a shift tonight?" "So I have to sleep at Aunt Möller's?" "You could play in 17 and 4 again." "She doesn't want to any more, because she always loses to me." "Could not I sleep at Franz's?" "Franz also has a night shift today." "There's cholera." "I learned not only poems, but also ever new jibes on my skin color." "I've been Sarotti-Negro, boy chimney sweep and ink." "I found that my cap did not help in the long run." "Holladiche, holladiho..." "Fiete and Klaus helped me." "They had long forgotten about my skin color." "I just focused more on the important things in life." "Can I also ride it around?" "Maybe next week, because it's too new now." "Look." "It has painted tubes." "Yes, I know." "And three gears." "It's going very well for my father." "But he has to spend days and nights sewing uniforms." "No, and you're an only child so you get more." "I have to ride this bike." "He was new, and my brother got it." "Being younger can be a real drag." "What's wrong with him?" "He's an only child, and he has no bike at all." "Hans-Jürgen, Want a ride?" "No, thank you ..." "Franz, another beer?" "." "No, thank you." "Children's room is ready." "Now what?" "Now we do the bedroom." "Wash your hands." "We eat soon." " Hey, great one." " Hey, Franz." "Heil Hitler!" " Ach, Bertha?" " Yes." "This trip on Sunday won't work out." "I have a party meeting." "But you can take Elsa along." "Since when are we in the party?" " I didn't tell you about it?" " Uh-uh." "And what do you think, a thousand beauty?" "As head of personnel I must be in the party." " Oh, yeah?" "You must?" " Yes, he must." "You see?" " How's it going in school, engineer?" " Good." " I have a top grade in the class." " What?" "Top grade!" "Already gone into the Nazi youth?" "He is not yet ten years old." "Next January, I will be 10" "I'll go in with Klaus and Fiete." "And January is already near." "Hitlerjugend that is friendship." "Friends, stick together." "736 00:51:00,900 -- 00:51:02,600 Hans-Jürgen." "I'll give this to you." " Wear it in good health." " For me?" "Look, Mommy." "Thank you." "Hans-Jürgen." "Wallpaper's nearly dry." "Tomorrow we will be able to sleep at home again." "Can you sew it on for me?" "No." "But I got it from Franz." "And in this case I can't sew it on." "Don't you like the party?" "I do not know." "I don't think they will do us any good." "Does Franz want to marry you?" "He hasn't asked me." "Why?" "Do you want that?" "I don't know." "Will my dad will ever come again?" "I don't believe so." "And besides, I have now Franz." "But if your father could see you, he would probably be bursting with pride!" "Such a boy." "Maybe one day I will be able to visit your father in Liberia." "They'll be surprised." "When I'm grown I'll go to Liberia and show them how to build bridges." "But when you become an adult   will you go so far from me?" " Watch me." " You..." " Ach." " Good morning." "Wait a minute." " Here." " That's impressive." "Thank you, Aunt Möller." "No, my little rogue." "I did not do this willingly." "Where did you get it from?" "From Franz." "He will be my stepdad." "Aunt Möller sewed it on." "Good morning, Mr. Director." "sit down!" "Well, well, well..." "Have we not learned the German greeting in this class?" "We know it." "Well then." "I'll exit through the door and come in again." "And then you salute me the right way." "Heil Hitler!" "Thanks indeed." "Entering the Hitler Youth." "That's not a tricky step." " Good morning." " Good morning, Mrs. Eilert." "Sit down." "Heil Hitler, Mrs. Eilert." "Good morning, Mr. Wriede." "I'll tell you something else:" "If all the boys will be join up in the Hitler Youth, then you get a day off from school." "We need to talk over this proposal." "This is a very beautiful bridge." "Skillful work." "Adolf Hitler loves bridges..." " Want to get a slap on the wrist?" " Look, Ernst, grenades." "Such childishness." "Does any of you want a smoke?" "Friends, we have a new task." "Mussolini's group lost in Abyssinia." "The League of Nations is opposed." "But what's it doing to help Abyssinia?" "Nothing." "Absolutely nothing at all." "Arms embargo." "One should go over to Africa." "To show Abyssinians how can they defend against Mussolini's tanks." "Blockage!" "Yes, blockage." "Between the wheels and the tank track." "Then grenades." "Peng ..." "No more tank." " Bum!" " We'll see." "I enlisted in the war to help the compatriots." " Can we come along?" " Why not?" "One day." "You boys will be passable soldiers." " Can you tell us for sure you're going?" " Sure, I say." "My mother would never allow it." " Yes." "First you need to graduate from high school ..." " School ... you learn nothing there." "Have your teachers, for example, explained where babies come from?" "I thought so." "Come over here." " Do you believe that?" " He made it up himself." "It's impossible." "But Ernst invented something like that." "He knows it." "He comes from Hammerbrook." "Perhaps in Hammerbrook the kids do that." " We certainly don't." " Here they do differently." " Yes, So how do kids do it here?" " Otherwise, certainly." "By mixing different meats, maybe." "I need to tell you something." "I enrolled in the Hitler Youth." " After all, we swore that we'd do it together." " I know." "But my father does everything for the party." "I had to join up." " But we swore." " It's not so bad, listen." "My father promised me a train set for Christmas." " And you can both play, too." " You can play with it alone .." "Look, it's Walter Lehmann." "He belongs in the first class with me." "Hello, Walter!" "You see, Petersen:" "Germans are waking up." " He's right in front." " Yes." "Flag high!" "My Fiete will be passing by soon." " Oh, there's Fiete." " Can you see?" "Always march, march." "Beautiful, such a delightful tune." "There's a proper entry dance." " Why are you wearing such a dress?" " How's that, is it too serious?" "Franz likes it very much." " Where'd the beans all come from?" " From Franz." "He give you seeds?" " Can you make him woolen condoms?" " Knee socks for Hans-Jürgen." " Ah, yes." "Before you go you two the ..." "Where is Hans-Jürgen?" "Hans-Jürgen?" "Come here, please." "Run over to Zanoletti's." " And bring us a beer." " The air here is so dry." "Go on now." "This air is really dry." "Small beer for health." "Hans-Jürgen will grow into a handsome guy." " The girls will flock behind him ." " Naturally." "With the mother." "I know, Elsbeth." "Today Germany belongs to us" "Tomorrow the whole world" "Here!" "Here, please, can you take a look!" "That is the racial shame!" " Franz, help me." " So it seems!" "Franz, help me!" "Something will come of this ..." "Franz!" "German woman   with a Negro ..." "He comes from the seed of the Negro." " Negro ..." " Stop it." "Leave him alone!" "Stop it!" "Shame!" "Shame!" "Shame!" "Shame!" "Shame!" "Is good behavior, out of fashion now?" "Please." "What came from this." "Exactly that." "Bertha, will you come now with us to dance?" "no, I'm not going to dance now." "Elsbeth!" "Elsbeth!" " Mr. Wahl!" " Good that you're here." "Bertha is worried." "Bertha?" "What happened?" "Bertha, what's wrong then?" "Earlier ..." "They are the ..." "These men, Hans-Jürgen ..." "Down at Zanoletti's." "They go ..." "They treated him like a dog!" "Why do they do it, Franz?" "He's just a kid - a kid!" " I'll speak with him, okay?" " Good." "Hans-Jürgen?" "Oh, great." "I'm really sorry." "So actually these men are usually quite proper, but ..." "A few of them sometimes drink too much and then ... they don't really think so." "Why didn't you help me?" "I had to think how I felt about the situation." "It was so loud." "Besides ..." "I also belong to the party." "I know there ..." "I need to stick with them." "I'm the head of the personnel office." "But..." "You know when you join the Nazi youth, the change will be easier for you." "For you and your mom." "We'll belong with the future." "Hitler Youth means friendship." "And friends help each other." "And what's with the boat?" "We'll build it soon." "I promised you that." "I lost my cap." "I'll buy you a new one." "And a much prettier one." "Listen ..." "The fact that I was in the pub, don't tell your mom." "Bertha won't understand that." " Women do not understand such things." " Nope." "Can I count on you, big guy?" " Your word, man?" " My word." "Generations will come." "Generations will pass away ..." ""I don't have access- non-aryans on the playground prohibited. "" "Well, I'm not a non-aryan." "That's firm, I think." "And I'm not either, I think." "And I do not know who I am." "I'll have to ask my mom." "But it is after all our district." "Right." "We have something to say." "The sign's coming off." " Exactly." " Come on, Fiete, a thieves' ladder." "And, to the top ... knife!" "Hopefully the police won't come right away." "Don't crap in your pants, Fiete." "Abyssinian arsebomber!" "And could they find out, that we stole this sign?" " None of us will speak out." " Shall we go to Ernst?" "Perhaps he has his defense ready for Abissynians." " I have the Hitler Youth." " Me too." "I don't have to go back." "My mom has late duty." "She's back at 9:30." " You don't have to go to Aunt Möller?" "I am now a latchkey kid." "I can do what I want" "Would you like to come and eat with us?" "We have rice pudding with sugar and cinnamon." "Yes, with Aunt Möller we always had something like that." "I'll open it." "01:07:00,000 -- 01:07:02,200" " Dad, I'm ..." " Ah, Hans-Jürgen." "Good evening, youngster." " What's new there?" " Mom's working." " Capable woman." "Will you eat with us?" " If I can ...?" "Sure." "Hands off!" "." " Would you like strawberry compote?" " He loves strawberry compote, like a girl." "He is a coward, like a girl, He's afraid to join the Hitler Youth." "He's afraid of the exams - of passing them." "Of course I'll pass!" "I run 60 meters in 9 seconds, and throw 37 meters." "It's true." "Who believes is blessed." "Idiot!" "Mom, I need another plate." "Hans-Jürgen is here for supper." "Is he allowed to be here?" "By ..." "Well, yes, Aryan he is not, but he's a fine boy." "Hitler has not decided on blacks." "He considers mainly Jews." "There are many more." "True." "I have never seen any blacks except for their friend from the district." " I went to the zoo once ..." " Wash hands and to the table!" "And why do they even think the Germans were inferior in the war?" "Hitler said that in everything the Jews are guilty." "The Jews alone." "Don't allow any more for the Jews." "They are like rats." " Horrible race." " Excuse me." "Yes, they are hideous, so says my uncle Franz, too." "I got this here from him." "He's in the party." " Oh." " Why don't the police take the Jews and throw them in prison?" " Patience, dear." "I am sure that our leader   in time will deal with this situation." "Give Hans-Jürgen more whipped cream on that." "Boy, I saw you vandalize our beer garden." " Run!" " Hands off." "Let the boy loose." "Hans-Jürgen?" "Oh, Hans-Jürgen!" "I'm so glad." "I thought there ..." "Where have you been?" "We looked all over. also at Aunt Möller's, and Franz was looking too." "It's 10 PM now." " Oh, good evening, Mr Mahnke." " Good evening." "Do not worry, Miss Baetz." "He was with us." "I also have brought something, I noticed something was missing in the window." "Thank you very much, Mr. Mahnke." "Hans-Jürgen said, you do not have much money for such a flag." "It thought to myself..." "I am also happy to help mount it." "May I?" " Yes, please." " You must have it hang out." "Like this." " I'll do it." " It's part of my duty." "I'll do it myself soon." "Yes, it' not easy a for a lady as a single parent." "But this boy has been well raised." "You can be proud of him." "Yeah, so ..." "Oh that's right and something else." "Hitler should now be in every home." "Thank you, Mr. Mahnke." "It's very friendly of you." " I even have the frame for it." " Gorgeous." "So ..." "So I'll go back on my rounds." " Good night, Miss Baetz." " Good night." "Hans-Jürgen." "Always leave me a note please so I know where you are." "I was almost dying of fear, you understand?" "What happened at Zanoletti's can also happen elsewhere." " Don't you want to hang the Hitler." " Here at home I want to have no politics." " He said we should hang it." " Shut your trap." " Mr. Mahnke does not know his colors." " Why?" "Because he said that Negroes are not a German race, but me, I'm one." "Well, now let's go to bed." "Look." ""For non-Aryans it is strictly prohibited to enter the playground."" " How do you get it?" " From the playground." "On the wall." " We unscrewed it, Klaus, Fiete and I." " Have you totally lost your senses?" "Take it with you?" "You know what that is?" "That's theft." "You're thieves." " It is, but it's our playground." " You'll take it back first thing tomorrow." "No." "You'll take it back tomorrow morning." "My son doesn't steal." "And now disappear!" "To bed." "I'm sorry, but ..." "Well, the cap off finally." "Are we not Aryans?" "I am Aryan, but you're probably not." "Because your father is not Ariyan." "Just the same I don't know my father at all." "This is unfair." "Why can't I still have fun on the playground?" " I am after all a German." " Of course you're German." "Perhaps Mr Mahnke can make an exception for you, like other foreigners." "I do not want to be the exception." "I want to be like everyone else." "You are not any exception." "You're e very special boy." "Yet you have to be more cautious than Fiete and Klaus." "Have you understood that?" "I am extremely happy." "Franz, my own garden!" " It only took a signature." " I also have money for the rent." "And look ..." "This is my plan for planting it." "No more." "Here, potatoes, vegetables and flowers." "At the front the short plants and at the rear bushes." "It's here ..." " This is my currant bush." " You can start right in today." "And now we're here." " Oh, and one more thing, Bertha." " Yes?" " Do not talk about it to Hans-Jürgen." " Why?" "All the owners of the gardens belong to the party." "That is why I had to go around the waiting list." "So if I can't tell him that means that he must not come here?" "Maybe not in the first year." "Or, when it's dark." "But we can plant a high hedge." "Have you completely lost your mind?" "I can not bring him here?" "So why do I even have a garden?" "Dr.." "Schreber said that these gardens must be used for growing of healthy food." "Bertha!" "Bertha, please wait!" "I only thought well of it." "I like your boy, you know that." " But this party ..." " This party, this party ..." "Was this party your darling?" "Franz, you become a stranger to me, when you say something like that." "Thoughts are free" "Who can guess them?" "they fly on past" "Like nocturnal shadows" "Heil Hitler!" "I just wanted to check if I can still give you a vacation day." "I can still see some empty spaces." "Well, yes ..." "Everything follows its course, even if slowly." "And now I have one more question:" "Do hamsters can fly?" "Miss Eilert?" "She doesn't know either." "But hamsters can fly." "If they buy a ticket on the Zeppelin." "You there!" "Stop this niggler smiling." "This is Hans-Jürgen." "He is the best at German poetry." "At the show we will be reciting a poem." " The boy?" " A poem about snow?" "I need to talk to you." "In the corridor." "Grin." "I can't see anything." "Grin again." "Normal." "He smiles just like we do." "You are dancing like a goddess." "Your pain will go away and meeting again will be beautiful." " Where is your cavalier?" " We had a fight." "Not bad, the reconciliation will be so much better." "Ah!" "That's why I check Who bonds forever." "Do you know Miss Elsa, What is La Paloma?" " Oh no." " A little white dove." " Ah!" " Coo-coo." "You guessed what I mean." "Chickie, get the door" "La Paloma Ohe" "Sometime it must be over." "Only the memory of the hours of love still are left behind in the land" "Franz, it is you finally." " I thought you would never come again to us." " The later the evening   the prettier the guests, your mother would say." "Thank you." "Elsbeth needs a break." "And then again from the beginning!" "Good evening, everybody." " Congratulations, Mrs. Möller." " Yes ..." " Cheers!" " Yes, it's ... thank you ..." "I'll tell you, Mr. Wahl." "At our greengrocer's that would look more like a carrot." "Pineapple, pineapple, the one makes the other wet." " Please." " Thank you." "Franz can arrange everything." "Bertha, get coffee and cake for Mr. Wahl" "I have already, Elsbeth." "We have now a herb liqueur." "Home made." "Well, my one thousand-beauty." "Was he till angry?" "How are you doing?" "Who's coming now?" "I invited one else." " How are you doing." " La Paloma." "Surprise guest." "Coffee, cakes?" "No, thank you." " Miss Baetz, can we talk?" " Miss Eilert." "What's wrong then?" " Who was that?" " My teacher." " Do you know anything you did wrong?" " Nope." "You're in luck." "The Director of the school fired me." "Why?" "I'm in a Bible study meeting." " From 1933 it has been prohibited." " I have never heard of such a thing." "Someone had to get rid of me because I did not want to salute with the right hand." "How stupid of me." "Stupid of me." "Hans-Jürgen is banned from the performance." "The school super intendant ordered it." "Because my son is not Aryan." " Kläuschen, we two?" " We and the pilot Bismark." "Miss Eilert was let go, Because she didn't want to say Heil Hitler." " What?" " And I'm fired from the show." " Mr. Wriede forbade it." " That can't be!" "Especially since you had practiced so much!" "Hans-Jürgen, if you will not be allowed to take part do not go to this show." "And this Mr. Wriede can shove this whole show up his Nazi arse." "That I shouldn't have heard." "This here, William, this is my kitchen, and here I will say what I think, Mr. Blockmeister." "Hans-Jürgen take that off and never wear it again." "Oh, here, you need to learn to sew." " Hey!" " Just now!" " Elsbeth, I'm leaving." " Please, go away." " Mr. Wahl, you'll come with me?" " Yes." " Are you coming, or?" " I think you will be?" "Bertha wanted to ..." "Miss Baetz needs some help." "Ah." "So ..." "Come on, Hans-Jürgen." "Say goodbye to Miss Eilert now." "No no!" "Such a birthday I will never forget!" "Thank you for everything, that you've done for my boy." "You're a good boy, Hans-Jürgen." "Watch out for each other." "Goodbye." "My beloved teacher left into the night." "We've never seen her again." "Hans-Jürgen, come!" " You looked!" " No." "Cordial greetings, my big guy." "All the best." "This cake is from Aunt Möller." "And this here ..." "This is from mommy." "A compass!" "Thank you, Mommy." "And this is from Franz." "Ah, my Goodness!" "Hitler!" "Goebbels!" "And Goering!" "These even Fiete doesn't have." "He has practically everything." "I have one more surprise." "Eyes closed." "Eyes open and turn around." "A bike!" "A real new bike!" "This costs a fortune." " Where did you get it?" " I Could have stolen it." " No." " So I probably bought it." "Come on." "I hop on the saddle." "And off!" "Yahoo!" "Even if it were done out of love," "A German boy does not wear long knee socks." "A German boy is hardened." "Even in winter." "Ernst!" "Listen, I'm 10 years old!" "Heartfelt wishes." "So now you can be with me in the war." "I need to go to high school and become an engineer." " Finally, and you are 10 years old." " It was time." " Pretty bike." "Did you get for your birthday?" " Yes." "Report right now to the Hitler Youth." "Tough as leather!" " As hard as Krupp was." " And agile as a hunting dog." "Come in!" "Heil Hitler!" "Our Hans-Jürgen is 10 years old." "Now, he can also come to the Hitler Youth" "He wants to apply, too, Mr. Wriede." "Mahnke and Petersen, nice that you came along with him, but hurry up to catch the lessons." "Heil Hitler!" "You want to sign up in the Hitler youth ?" "I thought you knew it, that as a non-Aryan you're not suitable." "For non-Aryans it's forbidden to join the Hitler Youth." "But I'm German." "My mom said that I'm a German." "Like everyone else." "Like everyone else?" "Just take a good look." "I am a German boy!" "I am a German boy!" "Mommy?" "Mommy?" "I am a German boy, right?" "I want to join the Hitler Youth!" "1, 2!" "1, 2!" "1, 2!" "1, 2!" "In the future, join the army men for men" " Who has the most to say here?" " Chairman of the house." "Where can I find him?" "Thank you." "For freedom and prosperity" "Our flag waving in front of us" "If you want to look at these issues more, it must be recognized that..." "Hello, Walter." "You know me still?" "Hans-Jürgen." "The one from 1A." "You were my protector." "I want to enroll my son in the list of members" "Hans-Jürgen would, too." "If you haven't noticed, Mrs. Baetz" "I'll point out to you that there is no place for your son." "Walter, what do you mean?" "We do not recognize this boy." "But he was born in Germany." "You know him quite well." "This creature we cannot abide" "Not in our organization and not in Germany." "Which means that we first of all want our country free from non-Aryañs." "free from blacks and similar riff-raff." "Hans-Jürgen!" "Hans-Jürgen!" "come home." "As if by some miracle I survived, I Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi," "Despite the dark color of my skin, racism and the war in Germany." "I was born in 1926 in Hamburg, as the son of a nurse." "My dad Al-Haj is the son of the king of Liberia." "Grandfather Momolu was the Liberian consul in Hamburg." "He received my mother and me into his house." "White maids served a small colored guy." "After years of waiting in vain, my mother's hope for a life in Africa died off." "My little one." "We moved to the Barmbek district." "My mom became a nurse again." "The widow Elsbeth Möller became my nanny and so she entered our family." "With Klaus, the son of the block guard Mahnke, and Fiete, the son of the tailor," "I made friendships for life." "The policeman Reesen and locksmith Kröger didn't pay attention to my skin tone." "And Fraülein Eilert, my teacher, was my personal favorite." "But after Hitler came to power, at the age of 10 I learned what it meant to be colored in Nazi Germany." "For the fanatical director Wriede I held little regard." "The drunken SA and SS were shameful bigots." "My mother's fiance, Personnel chief Franz Wahl, liked me." "But in important moments failed to stand by my side." "And when I went with Klaus and Fiete to join the Hitler Youth I was met with hatred." "And even my mother could not help me." "But there is still one hope I could cling to" "Franz, who even wanted to build a boat with me." "I had almost forgotten about it already:" "Plans for the boat." "Here." "That is the layout." "If we work quickly, the first voyage could be in the autumn." " You're the captain." " Yes." " Franz?" " Yes." " Can you come up to me?" " Coming now." "NIGGER, NIGGER, CHIMNEY SWEEPER" " Please." " I'll be back." "Hold that." "PART TWO" "What's up, then?" "A boat, sailing on the sea." "Why ever promise him such a thing?" "Why not?" " But I like him." " But you act ashamed in front of your neighbors, colleagues and your party comrades." "Only here you act like father and son." "Franz, you have to decide." "I can't make my son invisible and don't want to." "I really like, I ..." "I like   his courage." "But not his skin color." "But it's not my fault that he's the wrong color." "I will never vote for Hitler." "Don't you see that Hitler has done so much for Germany." "Your Hitler hasn't done anything" " And certainly not for my son." " Bertha!" "Look Mommy, our boat." "It'll look just like this." " Don't get your hopes up too soon." " Why not?" " You might not be able to get enough wood." " Franz can get anything he wants." "Look Mommy, We've hung up the boat plans." "But I can't promise it will happen." " But Franz promised." " Don't count on Franz." "We argue sometimes, Then again we make up, but ..." "Is it me?" "No, it's not your fault." "Franz could be the father that I'd like to have." "You have your father, even if he's not here." "I'm sure he thinks of you and loves you in his way." " In his way." " Why aren't we with him?" "For us children the headmaster was Herr Wriede, who participated in physical training, which meant discipline and order." "My friend Fiete had decided to become a hotel director, because he liked to eat a lot." "Klaus wanted to be a sports reporter, because he felt as comfortable talking about sport as doing it." "No, no!" "And I?" "I was facing a greater mission to do:" "after graduating from high school, studying to become an engineer." "I wanted to specialize in building bridges in Africa." "That was a very interesting project." "The Negro, as you can see, is a cowardly incompetent." "Hermann!" "Here we see the two side by side." "This Aryan type: marked by blonde hair, blue eyes, nobly formed head." "And on the other side, the type of junk race, resulting from the non-Aryan blood." "physically and intellectually inferior to the Aryan, a weakling, stupid and a coward." "Quod erat demonstrandum." " But he is the best in our class." " BThat shows you can train a monkey." " We will not tolerate it." " Back to Africa!" "From today, you're dismissed from gymnastics lessons." "This is the stained race!" " Nigger, coward!" " And the whole gang." "This is not true, what your director says." " Joe Louis is not a coward." " Who's that?" "You don't know Joe Louis?" "In what world do you live?" ""The brown bomber" fighting machine from Alabama!" " And he is also ..." " A black man." "And the best boxer in the world." "Wait." "He wins by knockouts, one after the other." "Joe Louis." "No one beats him." "He looks exactly like you." "He could be your brother." "I was so grateful to Ernst." "I thought Schmeling was the best." "Look, Mommy." "He will beat Max Schmeling." "Wash your hands, we're about to eat." "Schmeling will on 6/19/1936 compete against Louis." "The newspapers write that Joe , 108 00:08:08,200 -- 00:08:11,800 this brown bomber will change into a black and blue bomber." "But the locksmith apprentice promised after two minutes Schmeling will crawl out of the ring broken." "I had to convince my mother that we need a radio, to hear the fight." "And we got it, the radio." "Franz could get hold of anything!" "Look, this looks like a Joe Louis!" "For him, I'd die for love." "Oh, Franz." "We could have a child." "But you must join the party." "What?" "Franz, you know my opinion." "But Hans-Jürgen wants to join the Hitler Youth." "Why don't you help him?" "I don't want to help him?" "But we did all we could." "They don't want him there." "Good day, Herr Reesen." " You'll be listening too?" " Sure, after all, I also have a radio." "Joe Louis will win over Schmeling." "He is the stronger." "I think so too." "You must decide." "About me too." "Franz, I don't want to decide for your party." "I just can't." "I can't yield to Hitler." "I can't!" "Well, so ..." "So can I ..." "So can I continue to be with you ..." " Can I still be with you ..." " Don't." "... together." "Could you go?" "And once to the left." "Ahoy, Franz!" "Ahoy, big guy." " Will you stay for supper?" " I have to go, Hans-Jürgen." " Like to." "Have to stay away longer." " So we'll start our boat building later?" "Yes, when I see you again ..." "So long." "Keep your ears up, big guy!" "They have told me, sister Bertha, to tell you that you are to be let go." "About my dismissal?" "Who ..." "Who asked you to do that?" "For politically unreliable people working in state institutions is forbidden" "Politically?" "What in me is political?" "You said that you will never vote for the party leadership." "But I have yet to do so." "Franz, why are you doing this to me?" " Because you turned away from me." " Not from you, Franz." "You know that very well." "You didn't think how a German woman it's already obvious as soon as you got involved with a negro." "This can not be tolerated." "You can no longer be employed here." "Well, you're a cowardly asshole." "The Negro connects again, swings left, right in front of the German" "Max's left eye is bloodied, but it does not matter." "Now again with a right." "Louis is hit, Max fights better!" " Louis is on the floor!" "Louis on the floor ..." " Joe is defeated." "He lost." "Max aims, hitting a hook." "Louis clings to him." "He's completely lost his concentration, helplessly standing in the ring." "The referee intervenes between them." "Again and again a right, and another!" "Max fights like you've never seen." "Fighting to the last breath." "He knocks the Negro breathless." "The Negro is withdrawn, he wobbles and can't do any more." "He's down, he's finished!" "Schmeling has finished him off." "He can't get up." "He knows it." "There, it's happening." "That's it!" "Over!" "Over!" "Over!" "Oh, my dear, it's just a boxing match." "Come on, let's go to bed." "Tomorrow is a new day." "Why are you crying?" "I lost my job." "It's because..." "They no longer need so many nurses." "Can't Franz do something?" "He is, after all, the head of personnel." "Franz?" "You know, Franz ..." "Franz ..." "Oh yes, he's left." "I know." " He told me that." " He said goodbye to you?" "You know, we're not going to die of hunger." "I can do housework or cleaning." "Not the best day for Joe, but there'll be a rematch for sure." "Cheers Wilhelm." "Come in, come inside." "Well tell me, boy, why such a mournful face?" "Is it because of Joe Louis?" "Oh, something like this can happen." "Want orangeade?" "Orangeade you do?" "Everyone assured me that Louis is the best." "But Schmeling made ?" "him a bag of sand." "No shame that Joe Louis lost." "I always knew that Schmeling is the best." "But Joe has lost honorably." "Very honorably." "This Joe Louis most powerful boxer in the ring." "He has an iron strength." "He'll win much more than once." "Joe will fight again" "Joe Louis never gives up, right?" "Cheers." " I want to learn boxing." " Go to Rudy over at the ring." " What're you doing here?" " I want to learn boxing." " What?" " Learn to box!" " We don't want your kind here." " Why?" "Is it just because I'm black?" "No, because you're only a half portion." "Each blow will fell you." "Come again, when you're this tall." "I was a boy from Barmbek and just a few inches too small to become another Joe Louis." "But there were in me other great hopes." "Now, you look good." " Good day, Frau. ..." " Baetz." "Bertha Baetz." "I am the mother of Hans-Jürgen." " What's it about?" " I want to enroll my son." " For high school exams." " High school." "He'll surely pass the exams." "Please here is his grade school diploma." "He is the best in his class." "He also wants to be an engineer." "Your son may be a fine piece of work." "But I don't respect the words of some charitably minded teachers." "But what weights heavier with me is his character defects." "What?" "I learned about it in class gymnastics." " Your son is not athletic." " But you pulled the rope away from me." "You dare to lie in front of your mother?" "You quickly left the gym, after you failed to catch the rope." "And didn't try again even once." " He has a cowardly character." " That's not right." "He is not a coward." "He's not able - not able to learn from his mistakes." " And people like you are to blame." " He can not apply for a place in the school." " I'll make a complaint." " Go ahead." "Write, and with two carbons, Director Wriede, with an "ie"" "Hans-Jürgen." "Hey, you." " Wipe that smile off your face." " I didn't smile." "With what we're doing to the Jews I can give you good advice. " ""Disappear from Germany."" "Hans-Jürgen!" "As long as you still can." "What did Herr Wriede say?" ""Disappear from Germany"?" "If I were you I wouldn't do that." "My dad says, Hitler had not yet decided what will be done with Negroes." "It is confidential." "Klaus's father is closer to Hitler than the school director." " In addition, where do you have to move to?" " Just so, stay here." "n a quarter hour one can - because the worst enemy of all times again, at least for a millennium, will have played out its role." "We had become five years older," "Klaus, Fiete and I." "Germany was in the middle of the war." "I still dreamed of becoming a famous boxer." "Like Joe Louis, who had beaten Schmeling in a rematch." "And we boys were all dreaming of going to war and fighting for Germany." " Squadron commander, your location?" " Air war strategy." " Where are the navies?" " We'll blockade the British Isles." " Heading to Denmark." "Watch from the air!" " Reports of more sinking ships on the coast." "German victors, took over Europe in a few months." "After the instant war against Poland, more and more new victories." "Today, Denmark and Norway, and tomorrow the whole of Europe." "We've overcome the humiliation of 1918!" "My brothers are in Poland." "I'll go in the Navy, that's for sure." "Their uniforms look better." "The girls faint over them." "As Günther Prien:" ""My way to Scapa Flow."" "I want to go into aviation." "Dogfighter." "Like Werner Mölders." " He has good teeth." " That's not it." "If you're so all alone, up in the cockpit... nothing else matters." "Only what you can do." " Just for that just I'm waiting." " But that's not going to last." "Before they allow us to use weapons, the war will be long over." "That would be terrible." "Oh shit, I have to get to the Hall." "Look, our director." "I'll be right back." "I was here once before as a small child with my grandfather Momolu." "We sat back there." "Here are ribs for you." "Slip out from the kitchen." " I think the cook likes me." " Thank you, Fiete." "They're plenty expensive." "I have been on." " Come on hurry up." "We need you." " This is no place of learning." " You're cleaning for Jews?" " Why not?" " I have to work." " But why Jews?" "Hitler says they're the worst." "He's just inciting people." "They're totally different." "So shut your trap, OK?" " What's up?" " I'll wait outside here." "Why?" "Look, Jews, visiting forbidden." "I'm doing it longer." "It's the Jews, so what?" "They go to another church." "Come on now." "Their son doesn't have any more friends." " Who?" " The son of Dr. Goldstein is 14 years old." " Why doesn't he have any friends?" " Oh, just think a little bit." "But why do they need a scrubwoman if one can not visit them?" "Dr. Goldstein still has patients." "I'm the only non-Aryan I know, I myself, and I feel completely healthy." " Good day, Fraülein Bertha." " Good day, Frau Goldstein." "Abraham?" " Good day, Fraülein Bertha." " Good day, Herr Doktor." " Glad you came." " I brought my son." " Good day, Hans-Jürgen." " Good day." "And this is Fritz, my son." "Good day." "You can begin to clean up in the office, if you want." " There are no patients there." " Of course." " Shall I show you my room?" " Yes." "Do you want to become an entomologist?" "Yeah, or an astronomer." "But for both of those you need to study." "I'm not even in high school." " Not allowed here." " I don't go there either." "I don't need Baccalaureate." "I'll become a ... clarinetist." "And boxer." "Are you in the Hitler Youth?" "They can make their own ape-spectacle without me." "Ah, my goodness, that's beautiful." " Have you gone on journeys?" " Yes." "Once." "To Munich." "And you?" "Here, Liberia." "My father lives there." "And my grandfather." "He is Postmaster." "Uh. .. and were you there already?" "I was once on the Elbe." "Yes." " What's up?" " Shall I teach you some boxing?" " Can you?" " I've watched." "The right hand leads, and then follow up." "Just right." "Hey!" "Come on, boy!" "Yes!" " Shall we be friends?" " Yes." "We both will go into the boxing club." "You think maybe that a Jew can't join there." "Nah, that's sport." "It's all the same who one is." ""Russia is much larger than Hamburg."" ""A shame that you are not here too." "Your Elsa. "" " Hopefully she'll come back soon." " Yeah, I hope so too." "Leave the blinds alone Hans-Jürgen." "Blacking out everything for a couple of bombs." "They won't attack our Barmbek." "In Barmbek we're not a major target." " I won't go in any shelter." " Ah, Elsbeth!" "Here, smell the ..." "the fried ribs." "Ah, yes. here" " From Fiete." "From the town hall cellar." " Come smell." " Have these with potatoes." " Oh, yes." "Thanks, Fiete." " Fiete want to be a waiter." " Waiter?" "What's this?" "There's no good eating right now, during the war." "But this will soon be over." "What will become of you now?" "My chocolate cookie?" "Your mom has a job and goes to clean up." " And school it's over." " I'll find something for him." " Engineering, architectural drawings ..." " But not a boxer." "No way." "Such a lovely little face, They'll bash it in." "No way." " You're so smart." " No, Elsbeth." "Right, I'm going now.." "Sleep now, until tomorrow." "Why don't you tell her something?" "I'll never be an engineer." "Not even an apprentice." "Nothing!" "Why can't you finally get this, Nobody wants me!" "You can't give up, there'll be something for you." "They won't do anything." "My father in Africa!" "How he thinks of me - he holds me so dear!" "And Uncle Franz: "We will get married." Empty words." ""Hans-Jürgen best in class." "He'll become something really special. "" "All lies!" "Lies!" "But I didn't give up so quickly." "I still had my meeting with boxing trainer Rudy." "And what are you doing here?" "Like 5 years ago, he looked the same as before." "I'm here again, and am no longer a pushover." "So try these on." "Well, what is it?" "What are you doing?" "Are you a bag of sand, or what?" "Come on boy, a punch." "Show me." "Keep your eyes on me." "Not down at the mat." "Yes, you!" " Well, it's good enough for me." "What is your name?" " Hans-Jürgen." "OK." "From now on, you'll have a workout 3 times a week." "And listen to me carefully, tell yourself now and then:" "This is boxing." "If you are punched below the belt, in the kidney or are the one who is on the mat, you are just not here." " Have you understood?" " You bet!" " Good." "You may want to borrow these." " Thank you." "I was in a boxing club." "The trainer likes me." "I'm a boxer." "These he lent to me." "Congratulations." " Promise me you'll be careful ..." " Yes, I'll watch out." "OK again?" "They're first class." " Now I have to Dr. Goldstein." " I'll come along." "Today, Fritz ill get his first lesson in boxing." "Oh, no." "Are you related?" "Fraülein Baetz and her son." "My Irma told me that you're working here." " Just to help." " Yes, labor is getting scarce." " Men are in the military." " I'd rather work in a hospital." "Well, you're a nurse, after all." "Nurses will be useful now, for our troops." "I mean ..." "I mean ..." "Yes." "Ah yes, I forgot..." "Hans-Jürgen?" "Klaus told me that you're looking for a job?" "WCould you help pick crops for the military?" "You'd pick beets." "It pays a 20 pfennig per hour." " soldier who attacks the crop." " I asked for that job." "They will not accept me there." " Oh, yeah?" "Ah ..." "Oh yes, they'll have their reasons." "They   they always have their reasons." "Well, yes." "I have to go on my rounds." "So long, then." "soldier who attacks the crop. "" "Hans-Jürgen, top boxing!" "This guy can box, your friend." "He's learned a lot in the past months." "Quick feet and hands, and quick reflexes." "Hey, Hans-Cucumber, You can also use your left hand." "Not only the right for fighting." "Why do you have 2 hands, after all?" " To feel up Aryan girls." " Shut your mouth, right?" "Such swinishness doesn't belong here." "It's a Boxing club here." "Boxing club?" "Germany?" "Then throw out the Negro, back into the bush!" " Why don't you take a powder." " That's what I'll do." "Hans-Jürgen, come here." "Place him here on this stool." "You." "You boxed well." "But think also of your left hand." "Don't weave like that." "Yes?" "Give me a hand." "Give it to me." "Now, listen to me good, I will say this only once." " You can win the junior title." " Really?" "Dear ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a descendant of our city of Hamburg." "Bomber Barmbek Hans-Jürgen Baetz." " Junior winner." " Shut the fuck up." "His amazing talent imitates his idol Joe Louis." "This Louis, who two years ago, had the legendary rematch and knocked out Max Schmelling." "And was his successor!" "Can I help you?" " I've never seen you here before." " How so." " A person should keep his eyes open." " To be sure." " Are you a boxer?" " Yes, an amateur." " Which school?" " Not yours." "Or?" "Tscha." "Ready." "If you ... air ..." "I mean ..." "if you have a problem again...then" " I'll look for you to help." " Right." "Have a nice day." "Hey you, your pump!" " Have you seen her before?" "On the bike?" " I know her." "She's called Evchen John." " And now come, Fiete's waiting." " You, Klaus!" "Where does she live?" "When is her birthday?" "What school does she go to?" "Do you like the moon or the sun?" "Strawberry or chocolate?" "yellow or red?" "And when the bike breaks down again ?" " What is it?" " Pigs' feet and cheeks." "I have to take what's left." " What are they doing there?" " I have no idea." "I will ask." " What are you doing here?" " He's going to be a junior champion." "Junior champion." "Congratulations." "Collecting metal for the German nation." "For reserve arms or something." "All the same." "We don't need to have swings." "My dad said that everyone should bring a trophy." "It's just metal." "Hey, it's just borrowed." "Hey, how you get such things." "Gee, we have to get to Kröger's." "He's going to the front tomorrow." "I report obediently:" "Basic training completed." "Infantry, I'm coming." "Take it easy." "You'll be in the barracks." "Man, finally out of Barmbek!" "Adventure, far-off lands, leaving this shit." "Once you wanted to help natives in the south." "And now you can not wait to get shot dead on the Eastern Front." "Could you advise me, where the war is going to take you?" "Would they take me?" "Why not?" "Strong you are, but you need a new face so they don't recognize you." "You knew that already." "You have to get permission from the authorities." "If you can get that, I don't know." " I think so." " Hans-Jürgen." "Come in!" " Heil Hitler!" " Heil Hitler." "Sit down." "Your certificates are in order, but ..." " Did you bring some work of yours?" " Yes." " Did you make it yourself?" " At Herr Braun's, the master locksmith." "Good job." "You might be useful someday for Germany." "I?" "Very useful?" "Germany will soon win back its colonies." "And good handworkers will be needed." "To instruct African people." "You seem to have what it takes." "Yes." "Thank you." "Heil Hitler!" "I report obediently:" "I received permission to study." "Oh, how well you look." "Do you think the Germans will be recover her former colonies?" "I don't know." "Will we then go to Liberia I mean, when I finish school." "Liberia ..." "Africa ..." "Africa was my big dream." "But actually it's not Africa, but to be with your father." "If Al-Haj asked me if I'd go there." "With you." "But he never came." "What would I do without him in Africa?" "Sometimes I think to myself, it would have been better." "For you." "At that time I couldn't know what would become the state of our country." "It's not your fault, mother." "And the things you enjoy are here." "I don't know what else Germany wants to recover." "I'll stay here, in Hamburg, on Stucken street." "When you're an adult, you go where your will leads you." "You are more than the others." "You are African and a Barmbek boy." "Boxer from Barmbek." "First, I will become a national champion and later back teams." "." " Boxer from Barmbek." " Yes." "For me ..." "To me, you're someone very special." "It went well for me, I had an apprenticeship," "I worked to become a champion and I was very much in love." "My great wish was to see Evchen again." "Suddenly, the war was not far away from us, it was here in Hamburg." "Hans-Jürgen!" "Wake up!" "Air Alarm!" " I want to sleep." " We have to find Aunt Elsbeth." "Come on!" " Elsbeth, come!" " I'm coming already." "Dad, come on!" " Elsbeth will be with us." " Hans-Jürgen, stay with us ..." "Go to the right." " Elsbeth." " Come on." "I'm looking for Klaus and Fiete." "Just don't take that tone." "Come here." " You need to listen." " Elsbeth, stay here." " Stay!" " I'm going to Klaus and Fiete." " You can hear them close, right?" "Tell me!" " No, not close." "What is this, They're bombing all of Hamburg." "Certainly not!" "... forgive us our trespasses, As we ..." "Well now they have." "Everything will turn against us." " Our weapons will knock them from the sky." " You can rely on that." "Hans-Jürgen, back there she's looking." "She's still staring at you." "I think you have a chance." " Is that the one with the pump?" " Yes." "In your place I'd go for her." " Perhaps she's already pledged?" " It's not so at all!" ""Racial mixing ¯ ANY mixture of German blood .."" " ..." "You know already." " But I don't want to intermix." "I just want to make a date with her." " "Cafe König."" " There is Swing." " Swing?" " Really?" "Oh, Benny Goodman." "Let's go to the Cafe König." "Theres some fun at last." "I want to go to a brothel." "It's better than music." "Mr. Swing." "And what's that sound?" "Is someone killing pigs?" " What have you got on your head?" " Sugar." "Smoothes the hair." "Tell me, sugar snout." "Are you in love?" " Yes." " Who is she?" "Evchen." "Evchen John." "She's the most beautiful girl in the whole world." " But that makes things tougher." " Why so?" " I'm a Swingboy." " That's forbidden." "So what?" "Benny Goodman, Count Basie." "Never heard of them?" "Benny Goodman?" "Wait a minute, boys." "Without a tie   no fun." " From my brothers." " You can take it?" "I don't have to ask them about it." "They are at the front." ""Not like this, but like that."" "Identification, please." ""Youth under the age of eighteen ... are forbidden access to the lounges. "" "Is everything forbidden?" "Anything at all?" "At the dance we're too young." "But not for a war." "But adult enough to be out in the world." "Stupid!" "That's the rhythm." "There she is." " Where?" " Oh, there." "This Evchen is as beautiful as the dawn." "Naturally!" "She's not yet eighteen." "How did she get in?" "One thing is certain:" "We have to go in there - cost what it may." "Fake IDs." " Are you crazy?" " We need to let our hair grow long." "The Swing Club is no longer safe." "Evchen is no longer safe from Hans-Jürgen." "Oh, no." "HJ Control." "Mom, air raid alert." " Wake up." "Air raid alert." " What?" "How did you wake up before me?" " don't talk!" " No, let's get out of here!" "Faster!" "Please, in here!" "fruit ... of your womb, Jesus   now and in the hour of our death." "Amen." "Hail Mary, full of grace ..." "You're looking at the Negro?" "That was really nearby." "I can't stand it any longer." " We're all going to die." " Elsbeth!" "I could go to my daughter in the Harz." "The war will soon be over." "I've heard." "How much longer do you think?" "Harz isn't in the British plans." " There's no bombing there." " She can go to her daughter." " There's also more food to eat." " Without you, I would not go there." "I'm not going back to Barmbek." "Don't stare." "Besides, I don't hear so well." "So these bombs are not so loud." " What are you doing?" " Leg sprains." " Where is he going?" " Leg sprains." "Eva, you're have to stay here!" " I have your air pump." " I would like to get it from you." ""Corporal Ernst Kroeger"" "Fallen for the Führer." "What is this?" "What is this?" "He lies somewhere in the snow." "Shot to death." "What for?" "The iron cross!" "What has the iron cross to do with Ernst?" "He has not yet really lived." "He just became a man." "He wanted more so ... the world to see." "And now a wretched death!" "Shot like an animal!" "For the fatherland!" "Take it yourself, you... stinking ..." "Fatherland!" " Hello." " Hello .." "Would you be so kind to help me carry this?" "Yes, of course." "What is it?" "Nothing, everything ... everything is in order." " I live here." " Yes?" "Yes." "Good, then, I'll go back to work." "You should strike while the iron is hot." "Just so." " Hans-Jürgen." " Yes?" "Someone like you I've never seen before." "Perhaps in books, or newspapers." "But in reality, I haven't seen anyone like you." "Neither have I." "Oh, God!" "My mother." "Mom, this is Hans-Jürgen." " He helped me carry potatoes." " Yes, he can run off now." "Right, I can run off now." "Eva, have your senses left you?" "Dealing with the ... this ..." "Has anyone seen the two of you together?" "You're standing right in front of people." " Mom, you don't have any idea." " Eva, I forbid you once and for all ..." "Tomorrow night on the bridge at 7pm." " How do you kiss so well?" " I've learned from books." "What books are you reading?" "We have to be very careful, it's dangerous." "Dangerous enough." "Heil Hitler." "Fine." "Once I hung out here with Klaus and Fiete." "You know what?" "Next time we can go to my place." "My mother wont mind." "It's not so cold there." "Or take a room at a hotel." "What's going on!" "Hans-Jürgen!" " Heil Hitler." " Heil Hitler." "We caught him." " He was harassing a girl." " Not true." "This negro harassed the girl." "That's not true!" "I saw it clearly." "She fought back." " Then she ran away." " But that's not true." " Stop!" " Let go!" " Has the girl said nothing?" " You didn't even ask her!" "We can ask her for a statement later." " Leave me alone!" " We didn't take down her name." " We just kissed!" " Your say-so is enough." " Severe racial offense." " No!" " Rape." " A lie!" "What's going on here?" " Stop that." " He has not complied with the provisions of..." "He attacked a German girl." "Evchen John." "I just met her." "Do you have a statement from her?" "I mean in writing." "I know the boy." "He grew up on Stucken street." "Apprentice of master Braun, the locksmith." "His father was in the group of Askari General Lettow-Vorbecks." "He was greatly respected." "I don't think it wouldn't be advisable ..." "I'll take charge of him." "That will comfort Fraülein John." "My boy, take this." "I saved your life." "You don't have to thank me." "Just understand that you're on thin ice here." "Gestapo shoots people right in the backyard" "I'll walk you home now." "Come on." "I've been waiting for you to come for dinner." " What you look like!" "Is that from boxing?" " No, goodnight." "Hans-Jürgen, at least tell me." " They wanted to take me from my girlfriend." " Your girlfriend?" "The one from the bunker?" "You're meet her?" "Since when?" "Does her mother know this?" " She's leading you into foolishness." " Which you never did?" "This was different." "I was older." "Those were different times." "You can't do this!" "You are not allowed to meet her." "It's much too dangerous." "Gestapo." "How did they catch you ..." "Hans-Jürgen, don't be sad." "Soon all this crap will be over." "All ... soon the war will be over." "You've been saying that for years." "And it is only getting worse!" "I'm a beastly, dangerous scum." "I'll take your women away." "Even at work." " And your dreams." " Enough of that stuff!" "After all, we can always go to the Harz with aunt Möller." "Perhaps people in the country have better hearts?" "I don't want to hide, OK." "I want to show what I can do!" "I'll be a soldier." "As a soldier I'll prove that I'm just as good as the others." "Just as brave." "At the front nothing else matters." "Only determination." "At the front nothing else matters." "Fiete's soon going into the Wehrmacht." "As soon as he can he'll go to the front." "I, I kept on meeting with Evchen." "And Klaus was always with us." "A faithful friend." "Music:" "Zarah Leander, "I know that one day a miracle will happen"" "Evchen, you make me mad." " My mother forbade me to see you." " Mine too." "Promise me, that we'll go to America." "I'll promise you everything." "Hey you two, careful that you don't make a baby." "Hello?" "What are you doing here in the middle of the night with this gramophone?" "The gramophone?" "This is a novelty, and at home I can't listen to it over and over again." "That's what I thought ..." "My father is the guardian of the block." "William Mahnke." " No, no." " Stucken Street." "Barmbek." "Uh-huh." "If I were your father..." " He's gone?" " Yes, you can keep on cuddling." "Thank you." "The wings of love led me to my big day." "State Championships." "Everything was going great." "I was on the right track to become the best boxer in Hamburg." "Hans-Jürgen, go for it!" " Keep it up!" " Yes!" "This is not anything yet!" "Yes, our Valentin." "Come on!" "Hans-Jürgen!" "Hans-Jürgen, watch out!" "Watch out!" "Very good." " Come on, hit him!" " don't hurt him so much." "Better than Joe Louis." "He can go to America." " He has a flying fist." " And skin like a coffee bean." " Soon to become the state champion." " Then he'll be the national champion." "And later betrothed." "Hit him in the face!" "... 9, 10 Out!" "Victory!" "Good fight, my boy!" "A clean win!" "Didn't I tell you this?" "The two combatants." " Winner by K.O. is ..." " Wait a minute!" "This blond wins, is that clear?" "He won on points:" "Valentin Schulz." "It's not right!" "People like you can't win!" " It's hard to believe!" " Please be quiet!" "They are stronger!" " Please do something about it!" " I'd rather box." "Stay here!" "Superiority of the German race is the rule." "It's there in every Germany, even when he's lying on the mat." "Hans-Jürgen!" "You ..." "Now I have to go to work." "Until the evening, Big guy." "Come here, my boy." "I'll handle it." "You really boxed well." "Great footwork." " Really great!" " Shut your mouth, Coach." "The selection of the winner, it was my fault." "I had not forestalled them." "Non-Aryans don't have the right to compete in the events." ""Non-Aryans" That I can't hear any longer." "Cheer up!" "Come some other time." " To me, you are a winner." " Winner, right?" "Rudi ... a small dream." "Thank you." "Good morning." "Good morning." "You no longer need to come here." "We are not a company that's important for war production." "We don't have the materials any more." "I don't have any work for you." " You want another strudel?" " Thank you." "Thank you, master." "I'm sorry, boy." "I'm very sorry." "Don't hide your head in the sand!" " You neither." " Not I." "And you haven't even eaten anything either." "Hans-Jürgen ..." "Stand up high and get dressed well and go on a date with your sweetie." "Yes, yes, now you do that." "don't forget your ID and don't get caught." "Oh, no." "Don't put it away yet." " Let's play some harmonies." " Harmonies?" " Yes." " Aunt Möller ..." "So that I can still hear it even when I'm no longer here." "I. .." "You will always play that?" "Even when I die?" "You ..." "You will live a long time." "I don't know whether or not I want to." "You dance quite well, Klaus." "A great dancer I'll never be." " Good night." " Good night." " Heil Hitler." " Heil Hitler." " Are you crazy?" " But that's my girl." " I know!" " You should have thought that through!" " The negro can't come in there!" " But it's not my fault." " So I danced with her." " We just danced!" " And the negro is in no way disturbed!" " Stop it already!" "I dance with her." "I don't have to hide." "Everything belongs to me." "Klaus Mahnke, the son of a block guardian!" "Oh come on, it's not fair." "You stop me with THIS fair!" "Hear me, you can't!" "It simply won't work." "Hear me, you can't!" "It simply won't work." "It's too difficult." "Where can we meet at all?" " Ah, Hans-Jürgen." " Good day." "Good day, my boy." "Come in." " I wanted to ..." " How's it going for your mom?" "Thank you, good." "Is Klaus in the house?" "Klaus?" " I wanted to apologize." " He is no longer here." "Yesterday he had to leave." "He left something for you." "This is very hard for her to bear." "A mother's heart feels the loss." "But I always told you: 3 sons, three soldiers." "This is the most beautiful thing a German home can give to the Führer." "You too will soon be taken." "You are a strong lad." "And you kids are too old for Christmas." "Here ..." "This is for you." "His "music mill"." "An old friendship, he said." "Thank you." " Come by again." " Yes." "Again, we received a letter from Fiete." "He writes that he's doing very well, but  he longs for his mama's bacon." "No nothing." "Soon, the war is over." "Don't you think so too?" "There'll be mama's bacon again." "You have a model figure." "You have to admit it." "A good tailor's mannikin." "Music:" "Zarah Leander, "I know that one day a miracle will happen"" " I know how fast a love can fade" " Which is so great and wonderful" " Heil Hitler." " Heil Hitler." "Official Mail." "Thank you." "Today we have potatoes." "I still don't like meat without sauce." " What is it?" " My medical exam for the military." "Mom, understand ..." "I get a uniform and a rifle." "I, allowed to go to war by the Germans." "Yes, don't you understand that?" "Attention!" "Eyes straight ahead!" "Fat man!" "We'll teach you now." "What discipline and order means." "What does it mean to be a German soldier." "Have you ever washed?" ""Wehrmacht is the weapons carrier of the German people." " To protect the German realm and homeland."" " E, Y, F, N, Ü   G, K, L." "Open your mouth!" ""Your strength comes from your past," "German folklore, German soil and German labor. "" "N.z.V, what does it mean?" "Unacceptable." "But you're looking for strong men." " I want to volunteer." " I want to become a soldier." "Germany does not need people like you, to win the war." " Out!" " Out!" "Germany, I hate you." "Army Marshal Montgomery in the past year began ..." "Again, listening to the enemy radio?" "The situation of the German troops is catastrophic." "Goebbels is a terrible liar!" "Mahnke's father has always believed whatever Goebbels says, and in the wonder weapons that Albert Speer promised in his hope." "Weapon of retaliation, the Germans have to repay the Allies double and triple retaliation." "His eldest son had fallen." "The other two, Hans and Klaus, were among the missing." "Such a gift he hadn't considered." "He did not want to give all his children to the Führer." "He wanted to have his sons again." "It's coming today!" "Its here!" "Darkness!" "Listen up!" " We should leave Hamburg." " Where is the air force?" "Elsbeth!" "Elsbeth?" " She's already gone." " She went off." "I don't understand this!" " Leave me alone!" " The Negro must stay outside!" " Only for Germans!" " Please let my son in!" " The Negro stays out!" " This is my son, you beastly man!" "Leave this man alone, you idiot!" "Elsbeth!" "Hans-Jürgen!" "Fiete, you're here again!" "Elsbeth?" "Elsbeth?" " Don't panic!" " Don't close it!" "No, you are missing one!" "Elsbeth Möller." "It does not matter!" "Elsbeth!" "Flak is coming down!" " Elsbeth no!" " Look for her on the outside." "Are you crazy?" "Barmbek is on fire!" "Ambulance!" "Shut up!" "Sit down!" "Damn it!" "We have to go through, or we'll die." "It does not make sense!" "On the outside everything is on fire!" "We can't!" "First, I had to fight against Ivan in cold drifts," "Now in this hole to suffocate and burn." "You know what, Hans-Jürgen?" "I have had it all pretty good." "This may not be the right one to tell you." "The war will be over in a few weeks." "Maybe even in a few days." "I need to get rid of the shitty uniform." "I'm not going there any more." "Fiete disappeared without a trace, the heaviest attack called "Operation Gomorrha" destroyed the basement shelter." "Hamburg." "Our Barmbek." "My Stucken street." " Ruins everywhere." " Elsbeth!" "Where is Elsbeth?" "Elsbeth Where is she?" "Oh, Elsbeth." " What are you laughing at, boy?" " They all look like me." "Mom." "Wait!" "Elsbeth!" "Elsbeth!" " Elsbeth!" " Don't." "Elsbeth!" "Peace be with you" "Peace be with you, Accordionist" "Accordionist" "Now call someone." "Call someone quickly." "I've been just looking for you, Elsbeth." "There!" "There is one of them!" " This is an Englishman!" " Pilot!" " He bombed us!" " Killer!" " No!" " Kill him!" "I'm German!" "These women are crazy." "Made me into a British pilot, who had parachuted down from his shot down airplane." "Kill him, the pig!" "Break it up!" "You pigs!" "Stand up." "Get up, my boy." "What did Fiete say?" ""This war will last only a few weeks."" "It has been more than 2 whole years." "I have not heard anything more of Klaus and Fiete." "There was scarcely anything to eat." "There was almost no house left standing in Hamburg." "My mom and I hid in the basement like animals." "By the end I lived steadily in mortal fear," "However, from the color of my skin I'll be in a concentration camp." "END WAR 8 MAY 1945" "Watch out." "If the Gestapo catches you!" "You can't do that!" " You are forbidden." " Mom." "The war is over!" "Hey, black man." "What are you doing here?" "Are you a soldier?" "No!" "I live here." "I'm German." "He' s German." "It's unbelievable." "A black man in this country." "This is for you." "Sweets." "Take it." "Thank you!" "Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi is alive today with his wife, Katherine, in Florida and has two sons, Steve and Hans-Jürgen junior." "After the war he emigrated via Liberia to America where he initially served in the Army." "Later, for many years, he worked as chief editor of one of the largest African-American publications "Ebony"" "and was actively engaged in the civil rights movement." "KLAUS, FIETE WHERE ARE YOU?" "8 MAY 1945 YES" " HANS-JÜRGEN LIVES!"