Paul H2 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Wow--this is new to me. How many black soldiers served in the Kaiser's Army in Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well I'm surprised too. I knew the Germans had blacks in the colonial army but not on the European continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H2 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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