Anyone read "Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany" ?

[Huckebein the Raven]

by Hans Massaquoi. A very good book.

[Hobarticus]

1. That would be intriguing...

Thanks for the tip!

What's the background on the author?

[Huckebein the Raven]

2. Mother was German, Father was Liberian

[Cheswick2.0]

3. no, but it sounds interesting

I think I will check it out.

[skypilot]

4. I read that a few years ago.

I was kind of disapppointed. It wasn't nearly as compelling as I thought it would be. A black guy growing up in Nazi Germany? It sounds like the stuff of nightmares but it read like a coming-of-age-during-the-war book where the protagonist just happened to be black. Nothing in the book stayed with me. I pretty much forgot everything after I read the last page.