Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi passed away January 19, 2013.nondescript handle wrote: I don't recall that Massaquoi elaborated on that, the only instance of institutionalized "second class status" I recall from his autobiography is his classification as "wehrunwürdig".
Here is an article from NPR (January 26, 2013) about Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi that might be of possible interest:
"'Ebony' Editor Began Life Black In Nazi Germany"
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/26/170281062 ... zi-germany
I have had the pleasure to meet Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi several times, but unfortunately we did not discuss his life as a child in Nazi Germany. He was a very nice and generous person.