Nazi torture of black German boy Gert Schramm in Nazi Germany & his revenge - Buchenwald - WW2

[@jimmygunnz5651]

Amazes me how the other non jewish victims of the Holocaust are so often ignored and forgotten. Thanks for this story

[@Myrtil2682]

Facts

[@mrsoshadabaadman]

@Envowed Syntropist I think as a non American me knowing that more so than most Irish citizens were indentured. Also the Arab slave trade of Europeans. And inter European slavery too. Perhaps shows it is known and I'm in South Africa.

[@ExceptionalLibra]

Yup

[@chinaarlene7035]

@@envowedsyntropist2555 indentured servants...which they chose to be...and were released after a number of years...IS NOT SLAVERY!

[@jimmygunnz5651]

@@envowedsyntropist2555 I think the reason white slaves get overlooked is because they were indentured slaves. Indenture slavery was mich different than actual slavery as they either had a timeframe of being a slave or a payment of a debt to overcome whereas real african american slaves were in it for many generations with no way of gaining freedom back. The torturous treatment of slaves was also much more savage. There is no denying there were indeed white slaves but it is not comparable.

[@lynnedaltondalton7466]

Heard so many stories from the holocaust survivors, but I never heard stories from black survivors . Thank you for sharing and educating Gret Schramn life . ❤

[@marjorjorietillman856]

Amen! But escaping to the U.S. wouldn’t have been possible. I’m so glad the Communists helped him to survive and he lived until almost 90!!

[@eggytoast]

I recommend reading Kaiser's Holocaust by David Olusoga and Germany's Black Holocaust, 1890-1945 by Firpo Carr.

[@lynnedaltondalton7466]

@@eggytoast thank you for sharing this valuable information

[@germaniatv1870]

@@marjorjorietillman856 What makes you believe a Black-German would have been better off in US America at that time? Why should a Black German leave Germany to live in Segregation, Jim Crow and Slave Labor risking to get lynched by Americans? I see Jesse Owens , Jo Lewis, Web DuBois and Dennis Lawrence state different witness about Germany when talking "Black Germans". Then we have to regard the fact that Germany did not fight against Africa or Africans,in fact , the Free-Africa-Cor was part of the Wehrmacht fighting against British Colonialism and the Communists. There are Monuments all over Africa honoring the Germans in WW 2 for standing with the Africans against the largest Empire that has ever existed on earth:The British Empire. It looks like people seem to praise British Colonialism, Segregation, ethnic & cultural genocide, US Imperialism and GodlessSoviet-Communism. You are telling me, the British, the USA and the Soviet-Communists are the Non-Racists and the Anti-Slavery Crew? Contrary to Germany, what have the British, the USA and the Communists conquered in World War 1 & 2? Because on Paper, the Germansfought against Poland, Britain, USA and Soviet-Communism. That means Germany fought against a supreme-white-colonial-power-house and Communism. If Germany was so "racist" ,why did it help the Africans fight the British and Communists?

[@germaniatv1870]

@@eggytoast The British Holocaust of Bengal 1942 or the Soviet-Communist Holocaust of Ukraine in 1932-33. Or the Holocaust of Japan... the Holocaust of Dresden?

[@davidmurray2829]

He deserves to be so much more known to the world. I have never heard of this man until now. I am honored to know his story and I hope he found love and warmth from the family he created later in life.

[@dudebro3250]

Europa the last battle goes into great depth about this.

[@lesliesauceman8093]

Never heard this story, but I am so glad he made it out and lived a good life.

[@1998gst4611]

They also said that he didn't fully recover from his countries rejection as a German citizen during the Nazi era.

[@kamilleking4708]

There is no happy ever after for black people, we will deal with racism and bigotry for the rest of our lives. He got out, thats it!!!

[@Radix.Strategy]

The best revenge is living well.

[@Black_unity597]

And I bet you his family didn’t get a dime just like we didn’t right here in America! You don’t hear not a word about these stories because ✋ colored people are just as evil as they have always been! The world is so evil to us black people the very people that they all come from! It is something really special about us that we are so hated by all peoples of this planet! Them J3ws definitely didn’t want these stories to come out and it’s deeper then this! We have to unite and demand that we get paid what we are owed and we all need to start our migration back to Africa! We have to leave these evil lands take out money back to Africa and build it up they need us we don’t need them!

[@Okrollins1]

There is a complete book of what Hitler did to black Germans.

[@FrazierHicks]

Gert survived with the help of people who didn't care about skin color. God bless you men for your mercy. And rest in peace ☮ ☮ Gert, good and faithful servant.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Very true!

[@henrymcmiller2527]

I can attest to modern Germany. While serving in the army, I was fortunate enough to be stationed in Germany for 91/2 years. I met and married my German wife. As a black soldier, I was completely accepted into my German family. The German people are very prideful, and productive people. I felled in love with the people, and their culture. But I also sensed that they were ashamed of their past behaviors. My wife and their never spoke about the Nazis. I never asked them about it.

[@FrazierHicks]

@@henrymcmiller2527 it seems that you are having a blessed life. I’m very, very happy for you!! You’re married and her family has been good to you and they are not trying to cause any issues. That’s awesome. I’m sure that Germany is still very ashamed of the past, and unfortunately it’s very painful for everybody involved. 70 years later, and the shadow of the past is still there. I’m really hoping for nothing but the best for you and your family. Maybe there will come a day when they will speak about it and perhaps it will help heal some old wounds.

[@henrymcmiller2527]

@@FrazierHicks Thanks for your reply. I am very fortunate to have a new family. After I retire, we will return home to Germany. I felled in love with Germany, and its people.

[@gloriaf6971]

God is the reason Germans and other Christians hate Jews. Religion is the root of all evil. God is imaginary, so don't ever expect any God to do anything about the horrors humans inflict on one another.

[@lesflynn4455]

This almost brought me to tears. He was born in Germany and completely rejected by his homeland. Then served as a number in the worst environment of the holocaust. His survival is miraculous, and i hope his visits to schools influenced many children. I'm glad he lived a full life and left many children and grandchildren.

[@sirharry3051]

Then take a more in-depth view of what Germans did to Africans in a land once renamed Rhodesia. Germany has a very sordid history with regards to how they treated Black people. It’s still not good. Ask any and all of the Black folks “mixed breeds” here on KZbin and others changing their tune on their love and admiration for Germany.

[@CaptainHindsight-xt9yd]

@@sirharry3051they also built a lot of infrastructure such as hospitals which are still saving black lives to this day. Germany’s negative impact is overshadowed by the positive impact. I see many people picking out things to complain about Germans but then not also mentioning the good things that they did.

[@Jughead24]

Yeah, because they only did this to blacks. Do you cry for the other victims? Do you suppose any other survivors went on to successful lives? I am going to refrain from calling you names because you are a victim of modern political correctness and I instead feel sorry for you.

[@baase89]

​murderous barbarians

[@acidtv596]

​@@CaptainHindsight-xt9ydso what? When they built them they weren't thinking "these hospitals will save black people too" who gives af what they did. Germans should've been eradicated but the mass r*pe from the US and Red armies of that filthy country was a fraction of what they deserved.

[@davewilson9738]

An incredible man. Another character from history I did not know and I will endeavour not to forget. My heart goes out to Gert Schramm.

[@diaquallo]

Same

[@Black_unity597]

But we are taught that it was only people who worshipped a certain religion every where on this planet we have suffered at the hands of ✋ colored people!

[@masehoart7569]

Imagine to have survived the concentration camp only for witnessing & experiencing the rise of neo Nazi terror right after the wall came down- and still he was lucky for not having been among those who were sterilised only to never receive any compensation

[@robertdore9592]

Have you ever wondered why you hadn't heard about this until now?

[@TheBaBaTV]

America treated black people worse this time !

[@gabriellarowden9442]

As horrible as the stories are, we need to remember them, so they are never repeated again! I feel fearful that we are so close to, in many ways, repeating some thing like this again in the close future, and everyone needs to view these videos! So, thank you for putting out the work that you do!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

HI Gabriella. Thank you for your support and kind words.

[@patriciamartin6756]

Dear Gabriella. You are right. Check out the story of Amanda Knox in Italy. She was arrested and accused of a crime and was pressured to implicate 2 black males of having committed a murder. Nazism and Fascism are rearing their ugly heads again

[@dottiefrashure8457]

Absolutely true, Gabriella! No truer words.We shall never forget nor should we ever stop viewing these atrocities Like you said, "everyone needs to view these videos".

[@dottiefrashure8457]

Thank you, World History Videos.

[@chrisx5127]

@@WorldHistoryVideos What a stupid video. Millions upon millions of white dies, especially those in Eastern Europe. Hell, millions of Asian died as well.

[@kevinpoole6122]

Your videos are SO hard to watch and SO important and SO necessary-thank you!

[@CoCoFantastique]

It is important. People like Kanye and others are trying to make black and other non jewish people feel as if the Nazi's just had an issue with certain people and we should admire their ideology of nationalism. they were a cancer in society and should never be revered in any way .

[@marktaft]

Anybody else love these but feel uneasy hitting the "thumbs up" when the content is so morbid?

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Hi Clyde. thumbs up means that the video is good. Thumbs down - that we make videos of bad quality :( So please choose the first option, if you like the production. Thanks for watching

[@jessicamilestone4026]

Yes. Very much so.

[@jonathannixon8652]

Yes😮😢

[@teresahartling2465]

I agree with you, I also always feel weird hitting the like button..

[@mysticmarble94]

@@WorldHistoryVideos I feel like a " The " at the beginning of the title would make it sound & feel less discriptive and more like just telling the story of Gert.

[@saloriasaxon7323]

God Bless Block senior Otto Grosse and the many prisoners that kept Gert Schramm safe. Many, MANY tears shed for them all!!😭😭😭

[@playonkorg]

Priests stood with their arms up, the church had a big share..... hallelujah

[@coronarysteaka1213]

😔😪😭

[@cryptjoi9194]

🙌🏾

[@jeanandre6998]

@@playonkorgHallelujah

[@yawos9024]

The communists are disdained for many things, but one thing about any true communists is they hated racism. That is why the Soviets even criminalized racism.

[@kadaverf]

I think I can never imagine how this young man has felt, growing up and being alive under nazi regime. I wish his family knows that this man is to be remembered and thought of by a lot of people, so as to hopefully one day eradicate this world of racism. I wish you, the people working for the channel, as well as his family all the best from Holland

[@melrivas3655]

He was such a beautiful boy 😢 so glad he lived his life! Best revenge ever!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

So true :)

[@FeelLikePac]

Mel Rivas you are abundantly beautiful.

[@lilzen202]

Stop simp-ing.@@FeelLikePac

[@MyCalpsodeLife]

I truly thank you for this video. I have never heard nor been taught about Black, mixed race children, and other non Jewish people who suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany persecution at such a depth as you covered in this video. Photos seen for the first time hit hard, and I had to pause the video when I saw the clergyman as I was brought to tears. I write this and subscribe to your channel because this video, although heartbreaking, covered more than I had heard, read, or seen, and I am a history nerd. Again, thank you. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you so much for your kind words and support. Welcome aboard! We are sure that you are going to love our video,s they are really well done. Thank you again

[@Azulakayes]

They also targeted the Romani people. Hundreds of thousands were murdered too. The Nazis were truly evil and it saddens me that in 2023 we still have people who support their ideology.

[@tiffany1949]

My father died before I could comprehend my fathers mixed heritage (German-Jew & ?). I just accepted my odd features as African with “other”. Never tried to breakdown my DNA. My life and experiences are enough. However, history of the modern world clarifies why we’re in the state of today.

[@fitvet67]

I'm surprised at how many people who believe that only Jew suffered under the Nazis etc. You mainly hear about 6 million Jew killed when about 70 million people died during the war.

[@rosahacketts1668]

Yes, I too had no idea up until about 5 years ago that there were even black people living in Germany.

[@Knightstruth]

I love that in the midst of so much inhumanity, we have such an amazing display of heroism and compassion by the other prisoners who risked their lives to protect Gert. Fact of the matter is that any one of them could have been singled out for torture. Gert could have been their free pass to avoid attention for a day. But they surrounded him and shielded him with their own bodies. People are terrible and people are inspiring.

[@hi.moriarty]

THANK YOU for seeing that! I'm so glad you said it. I was moved by their compassion and selfless acts. "But they surrounded him and shielded him with their own bodies." Isn't that called love?

[@Knightstruth]

@@hi.moriarty Yeah, could be.

[@Melnokina.-.]

It was happening in Africa too. First genocide of the 20th century. Done by Germany on Namibians

[@shakanawao5950]

This needs to be made into a movie. Wow, as a Black Man he must've stuck out like a sore thumb. It is amazing he made through that.

[@carrierobbins6800]

There was a similar movie on a mixed race black girl who fell in love with a German soldier. "Where hands touch". It gives you an idea of the times and the treatment of the mixed families. This is why we need true history taught.

[@blackcaesar4u]

There have always been blacks in Germany. Read Russian Icons

[@zechssiguro7476]

Posting to never forget! Excellent info!

[@flosetac]

Please read, Destined to Witness, growing up black in Nazi Germany.

[@missylou725]

I agree...a film would be great.

[@jeronronnunkoffunk4691]

As expressed by another viewer It’s truly remarkable how the stories of other non Jewish Holocaust survivors are not shared more often! This was a powerful segment

[@Welcome2TheInternet]

It's deliberate. Jewish people like to make out they suffered the most. They weren't even the largest demographic killed in Poland. 19 million died in Poland. Only 6 million were Jewish.

[@easterworshipper730]

The most remarkable storie Is from George stinney. Oh wait wrong country.

[@pit1513]

@@easterworshipper730 now you know the U.S. is not going to share that child’s story nor any of their other atrocities. They’ll spill other countries ie Germany but not their own.

[@aleshasinclair8529]

@@easterworshipper730I like what you did there but we know we have to search 🔍 stuff up ourselves

[@KirksCORNER1983]

Who cares about them

[@troyallen8223]

Thank You for letting us be more informed of the struggle that has been washed from general knowledge. It only helps to provide more understanding of the gravity of our history that runs deeper than we know....⚖️👁️👁️⚖️

[@jussjess2829]

Thank you for telling this story. They never speak of black people who lived in Germany during that time. That warriors experience made slavery seem like a walk in the park.. but imagine being treated like this around the globe. Yes, black people were treated like this everywhere they went. The black experience is unlike any other. Rip to all the lives lost. There is a special place in hell for those monsters

[@lupitacajero7185]

Not in Mexico. As soon as black people stepped on Mexican land, they were free people and the Mexican government refused to send them back to a life of slavery in the USA. Many black people escaped to Mexico.

[@Spooner125]

I Hear you but the chattel slavery endured by Africans had this and much much more suffering over many generations. As horrible as the black experience was in 1940s Germany, I’d rather that and a quick death compared to a lifetime of branding, mutilations and backbreaking work with a 99 percent chanc e of being raped regularly including your children whether they were slaving with you or sold.

[@jeffwilson8246]

Did you experience the atrocities of Slavery. No, then why make such a comment?

[@buyitprod196]

@@jeffwilson8246 ahh good ole angry white people histories villains

[@olteb3773]

Not just black race, it's the mixed race too.

[@mangojuice8038]

My heart goes out to him, he survived because there were some kind people around him. Very sad story.

[@bahaar2825]

Yes, they were his angels!

[@mangojuice8038]

@@bahaar2825 agree

[@bahaar2825]

@Neutrino Angels can disguise themselves in any form or color.

[@milascave2]

Mango: Yes. And outside the camps there were also kind white gentiles who helped black, Jewish, and other targeted people to survive.

[@mangojuice8038]

@@milascave2 I believe that, usually there are a few good people everywhere, sadly there's always more evil ones than good.

[@Maximedius]

So glad there was some sort of "happy end" to this horrible story. Thank you for sharing.

[@SaulGoodman75018]

This is the type of story to make a movie about ! Thank you for your incredible work World History !

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you :)

[@sirharry3051]

The racist mainstream media will pervert the story like they always do when it better suits their narrative of white supremacy. It’s awfully strange how two people harmed and murdered by white supremacists, jews took on the task of themselves becoming and practicing white supremacy.

[@easterworshipper730]

I want a movie about George stinney.

[@bertram5806]

@@easterworshipper730there is literally a movie about George Stinney..stop trying to be funny.

[@justinhealey2408]

How people can treat others like this is something I won't ever understand. I'm glad he survived the nazis and better yet became successful and lived into his late 80's what an insane struggle that went on. RIP

[@babagalacticus]

don't know what u mean by "successful" but it occurs to me the amount of 'PTSD' this human carried to his grave could only have been almost overwhelming, certainly profoundly massive. maybe like a returning soldier or 1 of those 'child soldiers' we've heard about in africa. and perhaps ONE of the reasons you "...won't ever understand" "how people can treat others like this..." is because MANY ppl around the globe have had 'history' shaped, manipulated, hidden, distorted & REVISED in their educational spheres e.g. the armenian genocide, the japanese military's 'comfort women', slavery (ESP in the americas), the role of women & non-whites in the advancement of the sciences & the arts & so on ad nauseum. precisely why historical reveals such as this one are so jawdropping. humans are the WORST animal in the animal kingdom regardless of the numerous beautiful life affirming advancements & achievements across the spectrum. and at the heart of all this is the male of the species. the WICKEDNESS & EVIL that man is capable of ARE incomprehensible to the 'average' 'normal' human who wants merely to enjoy the fruits of their labor & family & to "live & let live". there's something truly WEIRD & BIZARRE about the human male.

[@justinhealey2408]

@@babagalacticus get a grip

[@Justwantahover]

The people who did t didn't want it happening to them, so they were forced to do it. Autocracy is based on fear of torture and democracy is based on what the majority of the people want (and nobody except autocrat bullies want torture).

[@tedbundy2268]

You gotta ask Whyte people that question

[@joannbowden6220]

I adopted a new rescue pup about 6 weeks ago & she was damned near death when I got her....emaciated, feces in her beautiful, white fur, afraid of a human touch = fear of being beaten. I remember being boiling mad 😡 that a human could treat an animal like that! I've always loved history, dating back to hs. I've shed sooo many tears over the years watching dox, movies, & reading history books about the holocaust. How? How could this have ever happened? And how did sooo many countries not want to get involved when they KNEW WTF was going on?

[@indrahill1583]

I love this. I've been doing research on black and/or biracial people in Germany during this time. Great job and great insight. And upon reading a lot of these comments i just want to say that just atating "we are all humans" is to negate the fact that those who did not carry our same skin color (black) didnt think of us as humans. To acknowledge yourself as a black person comes with those around you who aren't black not acknowledging your humanity. I really hope that the government gave all of the black holocaust survivors reparations as well.

[@randomunicorn1578]

I find this one of the most interesting channels on KZbin. I cry thru most of the videos. It hurts my soul to think people can be this evil and twisted. Morbid curiosity. Keep up the fascinating work!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you so much!!! We really appreciate your kind words. We will work even harder to bring you more of these interesting, touching and often sad stories. Thanks again

[@robertzaborowski4656]

Sometimes I cry too....

[@renee1961]

I cry as well. My heart breaks seeing the Devastating film clips! The Innocent Victims, and Survivors.🥀🥀🥀🥀🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔💔🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@skwalka6372]

In the US, up until very recently, the situation of black people was much worse than in Nazi Germany. Hard to believe, but true.

[@michaelgallagher3640]

If you cry, laugh & have some deep thoughts.....That's agood day.

[@romeonininahazwegahushi7423]

Now that is what I call traversing hell and surviving the ordeal. R.I.P Gert Schramm and blessed be the memories of the fellow inmates who helped the young boy.

[@panafricanspirit170]

Never heard of the fate of Black people in Nazi Germany. Thank you for this!

[@aishabenmoussa557]

My children are mixed race, My heart hurts to hear what happened to this young man. I have no words 💔

[@ravenblack7052]

I am of mixed race, grew up in apartheid South Africa. I had a lump in my throat through the beginning as it was our reality too. His being sent to Buchenwald had me in tears, but the kindness shown by the communists had me sobbing. Strange how it was communist USSR that aided our fight against apartheid. As neighbours to then German held South West Africa (now Namibia), the genocide of the native Nama Herero people by Germany largely goes unacknowledged. Herman Göring's father was Governor General at the time. The perpetrators of apartheid were protestant Dutch, French and German descendants who aided the Nazi's by sabotaging British installations during WW11. And yet, I have so many German associates and friends today! There is hope for humanity.

[@mzny4314]

@@ravenblack7052 thanks for your comment, I appreciate the knowledge you’ve given

[@ravenblack7052]

@@mzny4314 Thank you.

[@david4096]

If the Maga takes over it will all be repeated only worse this time around.

[@TreyMessiah95]

This is about a black man, and you bring up mixed raced people?

[@tumbleweed249]

His story is so heart breaking! Thank you for sharing his story.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you for watching and your kind words

[@TheCYW]

A few years ago, I researched Black Germans during the Nazi regime and couldn’t find one shred of information. I assumed they were murdered on site and none survived. Thanks so much for sharing this story.

[@victorcontreras9138]

The poor man! It was , however, a great thing that he survived. My tears are of joy that he went on to live a good age.

[@leroyjful]

Do you know that Hermann Goring, the leader of the German Air Force, and Nazi leader have a granddaughter who is black, and still living in Germany??? I myself after doing a DNA test came to find out that I have German ancestry, even though it's very little...

[@thegoddessdiana9185]

@@leroyjful I didn't know about Göring having a Black granddaughter, but I know about SS Obersturmführer Amon Göths Black granddaughter, Jennifer Susanna Teege. Göth was the sadistic commandant of the Plaszow Labor Camp portrayed in the film, "Schindler's List", who was always shooting prisoners through his scoped rifle when he wasn't beating up his Jewish maid. His granddaughter wrote a book about her life and her feelings about her grandfather entitled, "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me". Teege strongly resembles Göth. She has his shape of face, his height, etc. There's another Afrodeutsch woman, Monika Asamang (AKA Mo Asamang), raised by her grandmother who was an SS Helferin. She showed a photo of her "Oma" wearing her uniform to a young neo- Nazi in Germany who wanted to leave the movement. All of these stories would surely make good feature films. If I were younger and a film maker, they would become my projects. Truth is so often stranger than fiction.

[@MrTurbogreg6969]

A testament to the evil of man overcome by the rightous compassion of man. Those who protected and taught him are real heroes.

[@hannahbeanies8855]

Thank you so much for sharing his story. ❤ and for sharing the story of many others

[@BillWarrellFLRealEstate]

Asking this question out of sheer not knowing- the video states that after the camp liberation, Schramm went back home. Many of these stories talk about survivors "going back home" after liberation. Being 15 yrs old and having the rest of your family wiped out- where do you go? How do you get there? Where do you live? The unbelievably strong will to live and prosper under those conditions is really admirable.

[@jamesforte-mason8849]

What a brilliant story, Spielberg should make a film out of this. This guy certainly is a brave man.

[@brandohmc8547]

Speilberg is racist and should keep away from blk stories.

[@solomongrundy3411]

Leave that j e w out of it. They hate black people more and sterilized the Ethiopians there now.

[@leroyjful]

Do you know there were blacks in the German military??? They wore the German uniforms, and were fighting in the African Corps..

[@GallivantA]

I can’t watch any more movies about racism and genocide.

[@jamesforte-mason8849]

@@GallivantA Your choice but many of us decide to carry on watching, which is the good part of freedom to make your own decisions.

[@eliassow9074]

As a afro German man born to a Senegalese father and a german mother in Germany this hits different... It feels like ous story is forgotten and just left out

[@mariamunoz3338]

Obviously all of this is very heartbreaking, cruel and sick to treat any human being this way. What really made me sob was the picture of him as an old man, you can see the hurt and pain in his eyes. Amazingly he and others somehow lived through it and went on to live "normal" lives . This is what is supposed to be taught in history so its never repeated again, but we have assholes trying to abolish history because it "hurts" people's feelings.

[@sirharry3051]

Ole girl Desantis is on “her” way down and the white supremacists of FloriDuh are losing interest in “her” old played out antics. All of these racists know that their “daemonics” have a shelf life with an unexpected expiration date.

[@gghstlr]

It’s scary

[@mannybruce8950]

Absolutely right .

[@gbamor9419]

My grandfather was also a concentration camp survivor, he definitely had a high level of PTSD and his mental illness increased with time. He was from Ivory Coast but yet no 1 will mention the Africans and others who also were victims 🙄

[@greenbyrd3665]

History, no matter how unpleasant needs to be taught and remembered. Put all of the raw, unvarnished truth out there. It's important!

[@MrResearcher122]

God bless that little brother. Words can't say enough where silence says it all.

[@_CaliGirl]

It is wild that this realllly wasn't that long ago. You hear of it and think it was hundreds of years ago.... Knowing this man experienced that torture and was here with us up to about 7 years ago is mind blowing. It's like, still having a slave here with us...here to tell the story! It all makes me so sad!💔

[@jennifercogzell748]

I live in the UK and was born in 1951. I didn't know anything about the Holocaust until I picked up a book and read about in when I was fourteen or fifteen. I have always wondered why this wasn't taught in school as it wasn't that long after it all happened. I was horrified about what I read.

[@louisewalker9074]

‘Not taught in schools’ in the U.K.?? Not a single day of my entire life has gone by in the U.K. without hearing about ‘Nazis’ and ‘Holocaust’ on a wall to wall basis.

[@wendyb4405]

I was taught it in school..also from uk

[@jennifercogzell748]

@@wendyb4405 At what age and year. I left school at 15 ?

[@beverlybalius9303]

I was born in 1956 and this was taught in American Schools up untill the 90’s

[@SkipperBlue]

I live in germany and was born in east germany (GDR). It was taught in our school. They told us the true history. I was 15 years old, when we visited the memorial and the museum in buchenwald. I coudn't get these pictures out of my brain for a few month - especially the "shrunk heads". True horror. Every student and every pupil in germany have to learn these facts and this is O.K.

[@chitown38]

Great great story!!! Brought tears to my eyes. I am so glad he survived such an evil time. They should make a movie about his life.

[@ariesqueen9582]

Thank you very much for sharing this information.

[@rlburney5027]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this story. I'm sure most in the Black Diaspora have no idea about the Black Germans during WWII. I learned something new today. That was powerful and made me proud.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you for your kind words

[@adameconde2305]

Thank you for shedding the light on the other victims of that genocide. Most of the time, people don't even know about Black people also being targeted and killed by Hitler.

[@donnpatez101]

You can see all over his face that even though everything ended but it never ended for him.

[@DeepTexas]

What a story! Thank you, I never would have learned of this story. The meticulous research sets this channel apart. The narrator is brilliant, as well.

[@thebeasfamily]

Wow I never heard any stories of biracial or black people being mistreated in Germany 😢. Thank you so much for this story

[@carlosacta8726]

Amazed this incredible story hasn't been turned into a Hollywood epic!!

[@hyperiondragon]

I hope that this heroic man is honored with such a depiction on screen and media 😢

[@zechssiguro7476]

They were going to send explosives, did know they were talking to a prisoner....or that the guards & co had feld....Never heard of this before! Great info, glad he survived & thrived!

[@QueenBee-ew7wi]

The question of the origin of Black/German people has always been a burning question for me….and now I have my answer. Thank you so much for sharing. My grandfather was of Black/German descent but he passed away when I was about 5 years of age. I wish I’d had the opportunity to learn from him. Although my grandfather was a very quiet and reserved man he was the best in my eyes. Thank you again.

[@Addi_Teacha509]

It goes back further, if you in some mediaval paintings they show black knights in castles

[@QueenBee-ew7wi]

@@Addi_Teacha509 I would love to view those paintings, wow

[@damienhughes1996]

I had a friend who was black and German her grandfather was an SS officer. People are people and we've been mingling for thousands and thousands of years. Europe has the moors to thank for getting rid of the plague which killed millions because they were not that Clean. London was a cesspit of disease and vermin the thames smelled so bad people couldn't escape the stench it was said up to 50 miles away you could smell it depending on the way the wind was blowing.

[@pieterveenders9793]

@@Addi_Teacha509 There never were any black knights, that's a hilarious afrocentrist attempt at blackwashing. There were no blacks in medieval Europe, it wasn't untill the 1500's to 1600's that the first black people arrived in Europe, and even then it was no more than a handful of people. There was already contact between Europeans and Africans during Roman and even Greek times, over 2000 years ago, but that was predominantly between Europeans and North Africans, very rarely between Europeans and sub-Saharan Africans, and all of those interactions happened in Africa itself, not in Europe.

[@pieterveenders9793]

@@damienhughes1996 Lol, where the hell did you find that hilarious lie that moors were responsible for getting rid of the plague? The Moors had virtually no influence on Europe as a whole whatsoever, only having a foothold in Iberia for a while, and much of that period only a small region of Southern Iberia at that before they were expelled. Not to mention that by the time the Black death happened the Moors were already kicked out of Europe anyway.

[@clbajones9777]

My heart goes out for this young man. God bless him🙏🏽

[@reneedennis2011]

I knew about Hans Massaqoui, but I didn't know about Gert Scrahmm. Thank you for this video.

[@sharonhennessy8868]

Thank you for sharing this story. Thank you for opening my eyes to see even more of the depth of insanity within this regime. Lord have mercy on our souls.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you

[@lindalove7193]

It never dawned on me that there was black Germans. Not in a million years would I have learned this fact had it not been for this film. Thank you so much! I'm today years wiser.

[@mycheesesteak]

This poor man! Words can't express my feelings. And may God Bless those people who were kind to him and helped him.

[@victorialobb7210]

I honestly never thought about black people in Germany, this is the first time, so shocking and glad you brought it to my attention.

[@Emy53]

My in laws were Ukrainian and Belarusian. They were forced to work at a labor camp by the Nazi's. They survived and my husband was born in the Republic of Germany after the war. My in laws suffered many hardships until they arrived in the USA in 1951. My mother in law used to talk about her hardships and how she was separated from her parents and siblings, never to learn their fate. She passed away in 1991, always desiring to learn where her parents and siblings ended up. They were not Jewish. They were eastern orthodox.

[@tedbundy2268]

​@@Emy53 fuc the Ukraine

[@johnjohnson5977]

There is a book written by Hans Masoqoui that tells his story about growing up in Nazi Germany the product of a union between a Liberian father and a German mother.

[@ColetteElizabeth]

Thank you for posting this educational video. People need to know.

[@pinkyuzu]

May we all honor the brave souls lost too soon, to too cruel a fate; and hold high the others who lived, as they surely were never completely free of this pain. Bless you, Mr. Schramm.

[@sknmwms6516]

People understand this can happen again if we don't get woke, fight stand up!

[@missvida6251]

@@sknmwms6516 Don't get woke???? Yeah. As illiterate as this country has become, something bad is bound to happen. Waiting for that day

[@humanseeksjustice8830]

Thank you! I'd never heard this unique story! Amazing research and production on your part. Thank you.

[@babagalacticus]

considering the narrator's recitation of the #'s of black germans in the weimar republic & under the boot of the 3rd reich maybe not so 'unique'?

[@stevehillier5548]

Thankyou , really appreciate & interesting to highlight stories that nearly forgotten

[@Texeq]

Such a sad story, to be treated like that simply for being born. But his survival and long life is a testmant to his strength of spirit. God bless.

[@pinkyuzu]

It's sad to think that many people, as recently as 20-30 years ago, likely even now, were or are still rejected for being born more than one race... Now how in some cases, what's considered "acceptable" starts more subtle and then escalates.

[@jugghead-1975]

Mr Gert got those bastard Nazis the only way and probably best way he could! Live long and prosper and leave many generations of his bloodline to carry on slapping em in the face !! Salute Mr Gert !

[@TM-yn4iu]

Late comment, but truly a masterful video that was factual and hopefully, providing historical/today insight of what if. Appreciated!!!!

[@stevebaker6149]

A life that definitely needed honouring and you have done that perfectly. Many thanks.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Hi Steve. Thank you so much. We are so glad that you like this video. We worked hard on it.

[@dianerohadfox6710]

Fantastic video!! We learn so much from documentaries like this one. Thank you for sharing...

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Diane, thank you for your kind words and watching our videos. Greetings

[@goldengilmaky6788]

So many people were victims of the Nazi regime, but we don’t hear much about their stories and the atrocities they endured. Thanks for this piece of history.

[@Visiontech]

This is a fantastic piece and so grateful to have come across it in video!!!

[@Blackbirdinthedeadofnight]

Such a beautiful little boy. It’s painful to think what he has had to deal with at such a young age. I hope he is at peace🙏🏾

[@derdawoist3694]

same like thousands others, stop crying

[@Controversy777rrr]

HIS TORMENTORS ARE IN HELL

[@rdred8693]

Who cares.

[@leslie-annmills-gomez8763]

​@@derdawoist3694what did you experience

[@vercot7000]

@@rdred8693 A lot of people given they liked that comment more than yours lmao

[@BellaCroyda]

OMG!!! I knew NOTHING about black people in pre-Nazi Germany. I'm sharing this video!!!! I am SO VERY HAPPY AND THANKFUL Schramm survived, married, and fathered children. Now there are grandchildren and great grandchildren.

[@patriciamartin6756]

This is a good reason for Black person to be extremely careful of traveling to any country (such as Italy, in 2023) where zenophobia is causing a reemergence of Nazism and Fascism. Many Black people, both Black's born in Italy and visiting Black tourists and business people should be aware they may be arrested on trumped up, contrived charges and imprisoned

[@jennaywilliams1024]

Is this supposed to be a solution to being persecuted against? Jewish don't have to worry about stuff like that? Why do we have to?

[@eyenamaste1910]

​@@jennaywilliams1024 because the jews stick by their people like asians . But we want to mix with Indian, jews ,white Asian ,gypsy 😊knowing a big part of them really Don't like us. That is one reason we will never rise up again. You see how the most people talk about Africa😮‍💨 even black Americans

[@eyenamaste1910]

I am in Holland and I can tell you racisme is strong in Europa but most people try to act like if they Don't see it.😊

[@Jooseloose]

Noted

[@ivufit5846]

Dont forget Germany. Far right parties are beginning to band against the influx of minority immigrants. Soros. Schwab & associates are pulling strings of politicians to open borders. They want division for chaos and chaos for global governance.

[@laurayoung8001]

My husband parents were in Holland during the war. She ran notes for the resistance. Its trauma lingers for generations. My husband and his sister were deeply effected by fear,untrusting, resent, anger, depression and anxiety.

[@donbloom8495]

Thanks for this content, very educational.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

What an excellent video. Thank you. I appreciate all your efforts. I also love the loathing in your voice "there were no tears shed for (insert Nazi's name). Poor Gert. He survived though, against terrible odds. RIP Gert.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

HI Dawn. Thank you very much for your kind words and support. Greetings

[@nitsu2947]

Many tears were shed for Gert Schramm

[@bossbonita1235]

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I sobbed terribly 🤦🏻‍♀️ All these testimonies are pain to the ears- but this one was so horrible 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m so happy he lives to be as old as he was!!! And he was a handsome young boy!

[@pammccutcheon9648]

Thank you so much for sharing his story. It is horrible with what that young man had to go through .

[@Jupe367]

He was born in his country yet treated like an outsider.

[@lita6313]

😢I have never heard of this story,but I will share it with my teens. May his spirit live on. RIP

[@annsam2111]

Dear God, words fail to really describe what these poor people went through. I'm sure these wicked, heartless people who committed these atrocities are now screaming in hell.

[@billyhargrove1405]

@@grahamt5924 a 13 year old trying to be edgy by trying to be offensive. Go to bed

[@grahamt5924]

@billy hargrove No, that is well thought through. Your thoughts are not his thoughts. Your ways are not his ways. You are the one who thinks we need hell tonlunish people. That is a human idea. I am hoping that God has a better plan than this.

[@billyhargrove1405]

@@grahamt5924 you feel bad for nazis. Stfu

[@adrukova1407]

​@grahamt5924 You can make it out of hell by repenting and surrendering your vile ideals. Only the truly 3evil/arrogant remain there (by choice). I grew up with the notion that there is no h3ll. Until I had a dream where people were kept in individual cubes (something like an elevator). There was no fire at this point, this was a holding cell. But I could feel the heat from the fire around even tho I couldn't see it. Long story short: The scariest part was hearing the neighboring cube doors opening one by one and hearing the "monsters" ripping the v!ctims apart or carrying them off to their t0r.tvre . When it was my turn to get taken, I finally gave up fighting back (I kept saying I shouldn't be there cause I was good and kind all my life)... Then the door opened and Jesus Christ showed up at the entrance and saved me. Craziest part is- a few months after this vision, I started hearing countless stories about this very same vision by others (they described the cubes and the atmosphere 100% as I remembered it as well) I had never heard of these cubes before this experience.... which is exactly what it felt like: an experience instead of a mere dream. Sincere Repentance, humility and surrender is the only way out; belief in Jesus christ helps a lot, too. God bless! 🙏

[@mobaygirl6243]

They are still among us!

[@Whosthat_]

As a black man living in Germany, there are still Germans with this attitude. Nothing like in this video ofcourse.

[@sandevieira5674]

What's sad is during that time his parents relationship was illegal in much of the U.S. His father wouldn't have been able to get he and his mother out and, if he had, their relationship would have gotten his father lynched. I wonder what happened to his mother?

[@donaewilson9825]

I wonder if she had survived

[@NP-zs5ui]

His father should have kept it in his pants. Typical rutting behavior. They cause single mothers everywhere.

[@jamesl5203]

Lynched 😂😂😂 yeah right

[@jossangeles4011]

​@@jamesl5203Interracial marriage was illegal in 40 states in the US until 1967. One can be arrested or tortured by locals without the locals being prosecuted

[@lastraven580]

@@jamesl5203 Stop speaking with emotion. It's unbecoming of a grown man to disagree but offer no evidence. Your father should have taught you that.

[@tobealady.4490]

I never heard of this in history classes. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽

[@beverlysharp2969]

I am so glad Gert made it out alive, though I am sure the suffering he endured left him with many psychological scars that he had to deal with through his entire life.

[@amunank2217]

This is, without a doubt, HELL on earth. This kind of behavior towards original people was also happening in the United States , South Africa, Rhodesia, England, and the list goes on. This was like a cancerous infection spreading across the world without no hope for a cure or rather pure, unadulterated madness. These crimes will never be forgotten by the universal consciousness.

[@maebell7515]

Hell is licking its chops for juicy people.

[@carlocartier7082]

Thank you for telling these stories about the black Germans who suffered but stories are seldomly told

[@tangomango2459]

Truly awful. Children are beautiful, innocent and pure. They should be protected at all costs

[@renee1961]

I just want to tell you, I'm so Grateful I can learn so much from your videos! You bring Faces, and give a Voice, to the Innocent Victims. Thank You. Prayers for The Innocent Victims, Survivors, and Those That Fought for Them. 🥀💔🙏🕊️🥀💔🙏🕊️🥀💔🙏🕊️🥀💔🙏🕊️

[@jamesmulanax1424]

Many tears were shed for Gert Schramm, including me.

[@aliceriverskaady416]

Thank you for your testimony and will to live despite your experiences 🙏.

[@marvinmckay4356]

What a story, May the blessings of God be upon those men’s family for generations for showing mercy to Gert Schramm when he had no one, this story brought tears to my eyes. We might have different skin color but we are one family, God created us all and it must bring joy to our Heavenly Father when we show such love for each other. I was born in Jamaica 🇯🇲 and I love our moto “Out of many one people” I didn’t understand it as a child but as travel the world I realize it’s significance. Let’s show love to one another because we all need love, blessings always!!

[@leonieromanes7265]

Amen 🙏

[@raymondsemper5161]

Well said, 💯% 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@mirquellasantos2716]

Otto Grosse, was also a true hero. God bless his soul.

[@dantzmusic]

@marvinmckay4356 *Those who hate expect the worst, but those who love never lose hope.*

[@juliespade1573]

I never knew that after liberating the camp, the town was forced to see what was done under their watch. I really think that was important!!

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Same but a lot of the village didn’t feel bad they were well aware and that’s the disgusting part

[@AbrahamAxumiteEthiopiaEnoch]

Thank you for sharing this amazing story. I also recommend to you to please read the book; “Destined to Witness” by Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi (1926-2013). Hans-Jürgen was the son of the German nurse Bertha Baetz and the Liberian businessman Al-Hajj Massaquoi. In 1967 he became managing editor of Ebony magazine. In 1999 Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi published his autobiography „Destined to Witness”, in which he describes his childhood in Nazi Germany. The book was made into a movie in 2006 by German television.

[@blackcaesar4u]

Thanks for sharing this story. You did not mention that these black victims never received reparations due to their skin color. Can you share a documentary about the German/Namibian holocaust as well? And can you please do a story about operation Paperclip and how many recruited German scientists did work for NASA and various other government entities. They were not held responsible for their war crimes

[@qjtvaddict]

They were sadly useful

[@Michaelkaydee]

I was born and raised a Jehovah's Witness and learnt about The Purple Triangles that they wore in Buchenwald and other camps as conscientious objectors (despite being German) and the horrible atrocities they endured as a result... Knowing the love they have for fellow men, I will not be surprised if many of them helped to protect poor young Gert. What a story this is. Thank you for your video. Very moving.

[@dsmrn5759]

That too is how I learned about the Purple Triangle group😢

[@Jesus-H.-Christ]

Damn, was expecting a play on your usual "there were no tears shed" ending, still hit me hard in the feels, may these tragedies never be forgotten nor repeated

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

We are happy that we suprised you with this one :)

[@munchiemunchie2010]

I love the part when said, there were no tears shed for…

[@berta.9912]

HAHAHAHHA YESSSS BISSH

[@williewaset]

Wow! This was a riveting presentation of Black history I knew nothing about. Thank you for posting this!

[@teachatami45]

Imagine through all that pain people manged to be kind and loving to each other. Good is more than evil.

[@EmbracetheStoryteller]

The Nurembourg laws were directly based on Jim Crow Laws in America, sometimes word for word.

[@ninasamuels9482]

AMERICAN democrats are the racist grouping have ever witnessed.

[@PacoSmith]

Thank you for shedding light on the plight of black people in Germa y during the time of the Nazi regime. Their story is virtually unknown; hence my appreciation for this video. It shows the extent to which those Nazi bastards went in order to support their racist ideology.

[@derin111]

I’m a mixed-race man (German Mother and Nigerian Father) born in 1963….so only 18 years after the end of WW2 I grew up as a young child in both Germany and the UK with also a couple of years in Nigeria. I should be grateful to have been born those fews years later……even if I did experience racism in ALL those countries growing up it is nothing compared to this.

[@mnkwazi]

@derin111 I would imagine it would have been very difficult you are probably quite strong.

[@derin111]

@@mnkwazi Thank you for your comment. It actually means more to me than you know. Thank you.

[@azeezedo-omozuwa1820]

@@derin111 Omo 9ja 💪💪💪🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬