Were there any black soldiers in the German Army during the Second World War?

Question

This may actually not be so far fetched. Considering that Germany used to own several African possesions (colonies) it might just be that some Africans eventually filtered through to the German Defence Force. Records exists of Blacks serving in the French and British armies. True, Hitler was obsessed with genetics, but was himself not 100% Aryan. He also had HUGE issues with the Polish race (which is white by the way) and yet there were Polish, Lithuanian, Swedish etc SS Battalions. Can anyone (who is informed and not just prejudiced) guide us to more accurate information?

Answer 1

No there were not dumbo! Hitler was against anything without Arayan roots. Arayans were considered to be of the 'master race' and usually had blond hair and blue eyes but not always. So there was obviously no room for the *****, Asian or just about anybody else outside of the Arayan race in his Wermacht (army)

However considering that German allies consisted of Turks, Japanese and Italians showed that he wasnt completely against foreigners joining him! Also it has been proved that there were a small British contiguent within the Wermacht believe it or not.

Finally the point that Aubrey 65355 made about Hitler being dissappointed with Jesse Owens wining a race has now been tolped as apparently he was somewhere else at the time of the race. The Power of the Media to change facts!

Answer 2

Reading the answers here I realize again how little people really know about National Socialist Germany.
There were peoples from all races and religions fighting on Germany s side during the war, even some Jews, known as Hitler s Jewish soldiers.
The Polish issue you refer to was not racial at all, it was more about a long standing rivalry between German and Polish. The real reason Hitler invaded Poland was because the Polish were busy committing genocide against Germans living in western Poland. We never hear the main stream media talk about this??

A lot of the information in the mass media about WW2 Germany is not historically accurate. People should stop accepting everything they see on TV and start researching for themselves. For a start do a google search "fake holocaust photos".

Answer 3

There were no black people in any branch of the German hierarchy, military or civil. Hitler had a carefully worked out classification for every "race" and ****** were two steps below Jews. Yes there was Poles, Letts, Frenchmen etc in the Waffen-SS. But each of these were carefully vetted to make sure their bloodlines were "pure". The Charlemagne Legion, made up of mostly Norman Frenchmen were a large component of the last defenders of Berlin. They did have Indian, Turkish and Arab Legions (the Grand Mufti of Cairo, served as imman for the Muslims during the war when he wasn't discussing the Final Solution with Hitler) because Himmler wanted to make the SS international so he made a couple of moves behind Hitlers back. Oddly enough none of them seems to have much of a unit performance record.

Answer 4

Actually what my appear strange is the fact that within the german military there were soldiers of all races, yes even blacks and jews, this included officers, and officers of color commanding white soldiers. When we think of the SS we think the Death heads, but there were several other "factions" if will within the waffen SS.
To list some countires contributing soldiers to the SS and wehrmacht...
Thailand, India, Most Middle eastern countries, russia, usa, Britain, ireland, Scandinavian countries, ethiopia, angola Nigeria, japan, China, Afghanistan....I could og on With Canada, several South american countries like argentina, chile Equador, peru.......in fact People from all over the world served in the german military.
The nurnberg race laws had one thing trumphing most other Things, .............it was not about being of a race, but being classified as one...
The Jews in the military, predominantly in the kriegsmarine-navy were classief as non jews, or they were de-jew-ifed and then arian-ized etc......
this gave the so called race laws a little bit of a mer economical and more political aspect, like 90% of the jews killed were basically non jews still clasified as such...or bunt-juden, as they are referred to, meaning basically non jews With a possible jewish ancestor or even non, just With the wrong political views etc.
So yes Hitler s military had soldiers from all over the world including blacks and jews and as in officer positions.
I am not sure but I think at least up to the rank of colonel, which in the nazi military is what is today best considered a brigadier or to most a 1 star general, given the rather complex military hierarchy of the nazi s

Answer 5

No, Hitler believed that the Germans were the master race, Aryan superiority, Blond hair, blue eyes. Read history about the 38 Olympics and how he reacted when Jesse Owens won the gold medals in Germany

Answer 6

It's not a stupid question as the German Army had an all Sikh unit, so they were sometimes flexible about their racial ideas. Vichy France had a black cabinet minister at one time which apparently made the Nazis uncomfortable. I don't know of any black soldiers in the German Army though.

An interesting bit of trivia is that during the WW2 the Canadian Army was integrated. However after VE day segregation began as they began to train to invade Japan. Apparently American generals felt that having integrated units fight alongside their segregated units as they invaded Japan would be demoralizing!

Answer 7

I believe you will find that Germany, prior to the loss of her colonies in 1919, did not allow native immigration into continental Germany. France, which did have a much more lenient policy, used Black colonial soldiers in the 1920's as part of their occupation of the Saar basin just to annoy the Germans.

There are pictures of a few Black children in Germany in the 1930's wearing school uniforms with Swastikas, but these are largely the children of diplomats, etc.

Answer 8

No, there were no black soldiers in the German Army.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/aframerwar/index.html

Over 2.5 million African-American men registered for the draft, and black women also volunteered in large numbers. While serving in the Army, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, they experienced discrimination and segregation but met the challenge and persevered. They served their country with distinction, made valuable contributions to the war effort, and earned high praises and commendations for their struggles and sacrifices.

Answer 9

lots as a newborn. i became into possibly 6 or 7 and jointly as enjoying in the front backyard, i'd see a truck of what regarded to me then, massive grimy adult males. I observed the truck with the adult males bypass daily. I asked momma who they have been and he or she advised me there have been German prisoners of conflict able on the city and that they have been in all probability being taken out to artwork in the nursery. That became into rather complicated to me as a results of fact for the longest time i assumed she became into speaking a pair of nursery with toddlers. ultimately I asked her why they might enable those grimy massive mean looking adult males preserve toddlers. First time I found out approximately nurseries for vegetation! This prisoner of conflict camp became into in a small Kansas city.

Answer 10

i doubt it the whole point of Hitlers taking over the world was so the Aryans ruled. that means if u didn't have blue eyes and blonde hair and didn't say hiel hitler u were probably dead.