Black soldiers in the German Army during 1914-1918 in Europe

[Paul H2]

Wow--this is new to me. How many black soldiers served in the Kaiser's Army in Europe?

[Chris Boonzaier]

There was a thread on a guy some time ago... served amyn years before WW1 and retired... I will see if I can find it...

Best

Chris

[Ulsterman]

Nope. Different guy. There were over twenty Africans in the German army that had NCO rank. Most were bandsmen. this guy is Not deCher, who was Sudanese.

[ccj]

Well I'm surprised too. I knew the Germans had blacks in the colonial army but not on the European continent.

[Gilles]

One even made it to the Freikorps! There is a famous photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann of a black driver of the Freikorps Epp in Munich in his car.

[Paul H2]

Ahh,

As Chris said, seems this was discussed here a few years back: Different guy, but same topic:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5135

Paul

Edited March 10, 2013 by Paul H2

[Gilles]

One even made it to the Freikorps! There is a famous photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann of a black driver of the Freikorps Epp in Munich in his car.

Klick on #35

http://www.google.de/imgres?q=freikorps+berlin+1919&hl=de&sa=X&biw=1536&bih=745&tbm=isch&tbnid=8Q9eIIs1RphjgM:&imgrefurl=http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_imglist.cfm%3Fstartrow%3D31%26sub_id%3D99%26section_id%3D12%26language%3Dgerman&docid=7eqxRSTEACV5TM&imgurl=http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/images/hoff-52501.jpg&w=580&h=414&ei=BJs_UYdkx8q0BrO1gbAK&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=398&vpy=86&dur=418&hovh=190&hovw=266&tx=134&ty=84&page=3&tbnh=137&tbnw=191&start=64&ndsp=37&ved=1t:429,r:73,s:0,i:305

Edited March 12, 2013 by Gilles