" You should know my name. I'm the man who is going to marry you." If that's not the most Romantic introduction in history, what would be? It brought tears to my eyes. I can't wait to buy your book. Thank you for bringing their beautiful story to light.
OK ive watched this twice and I'm obviously losing the plot as I can't find where he says this 🤣 is it me or did this come up in the video and ive missed it somehow or was it in the book ??
@@andrewforte3852 where's Netflix when you need one. It would also be great to not just see their love for each other but the period and evolution of others around them. Families friends etc 👍
Check out that movie Loving its after the time era of this story. but you see a emotional ocean of a interracial romance. ❤ The heart is a powerful and mysterious thing. But you gotta have 2 that are in unison communication, fair, and in respect with each other. Are some important ingrediants.
These two were my great-aunt and great-uncle. I saw this pop up in my feed and I’m amazed! Aunt Eli and Uncle Frika really did have a love story. I witnessed this first hand and Ms. Clark (the author) consulted me and other relatives as she wrote this book. My sister and I spent our childhood summers with our mom’s side of the family so we have a lot of memories. Aunt Eli was my grandmother’s sister. Uncle Frika even walked my mom down the aisle on her wedding day and gave her away to my dad.
It's pattern recognition, if I'm constantly be threatened, stolen/robbed assaulted by a certain group I'm not going to further risk it by associating with them!
@@bobdollaz3391 that's why I'll never understand why White people burned Black towns after slavery. Black people were thriving because they separated themselves and created a thriving economy. Getting away from evil and prideful Whites proved beneficial.
@Fermati Chebellosei wym it’s not crap it’s the truth. No one liked to hear the truth everyone knows white men are the rapist of the society. If you can’t count on anyone to be a killer, robber, or rapist. Find the white community you found all the crime.
It would be the love story of love stories those two souls had everything against them yet their love presevered. It better become a movie. I just found out about this incredible story im like WOW.
"You should know my name. I'm the man who's going to marry you." Down in history as one of the all time BEST pickup lines EVER! I don't even fall for lines, but that man had me at that.
Exactly! This would be such a great story to adapt to film 💓 a love story that isn't cliché but a new twist on forbidden love and life during a war. A nonfiction masterpiece, this would be 👌
As a black woman who is engaged to a white man who is German as well, i can totally relate to this story. i met my fiance while on a study abroad trip to Germany. i lived there for a whole year during college getting my degree in, you guested it, Nursing LOL. This story is me and Michael's. atleast it feels this way. Luckily we really had no objections to our relationship, while in Germany. but once we moved to the states, id get dirty looks from mostly black men. we'd get stared at sometimes, scoffed at and just out right people making comments. most of them all being by my fellow blacks, which was very disappointing. one time, i went to Michaels job to meet up with him for lunch, he was working in Cyber security at Brinks, and the security guy asked me who i was looking for but by the time i was getting ready to tell him, Michael called me and said he would be right down. i told the security guard my fiance said he will come down...ok no problem. he was a black guy who seemed super sweet and helpful. he made sure i was able to get in contact with him since i wasnt allowed upstairs. when michael finally comes down to meet me he gave me a kiss and hug. when i tell you the look on the security guards face was twisted, youd think me and my hubby was the devil himself standing in front of him. as hubby and me spoke in German, the security guard said "oh, wasnt expecting your man to be pale". ive never been so disgusted in my life. we were just stunned that this man had the nerve to say something like that. then proceeds to tell me "i need me a good strong black man". Hubby Michael went off. he cursed him out for first disrespecting me, then for his racist comments. they almost fought right there in the hall. im so glad he wasnt fired. but the guard was for is nasty comments. it was the saddest day we have ever had as a couple. a month after that, we moved back to berlin and have been here ever since. sorry for the rant guys lol. but i am so happy to see this couple existed so long ago. makes me and hubby feel really good seeing this video. BTW we are expecting our first child in 7 months! wedding day is 3 weeks from now. exciting time for us. thanks for this story! very inspiring.
I'm sorry that y'all have to go through that especially from black people, who some knew how it is to be discriminated by their skin color and how it made them feel. Aside from that, Congratulations to you and your fiancé on your wedding and child, wish you'll all the best 🎉🎉 in this new journey.
@@nappssnapps2891There's a lot of ignorance and hypocrisy out there. Black people hate when they travel and get stared out and encounter racism at home and abroad. People still stare at what they deem as rare. As people go into other circles, this love pairing will be seen more. A lot of black women used to feel some kind of way when black men were dating out. If you found someone that makes you happy, that's what matters. I am glad you are not getting a lot friction in Germany as parts of Europe seem to be getting tough. Yes, that guard was ignorant and out of line, but in the long run, who is he to you and your happiness? While it may be disliked by some black people, especially some black men, in the US and I believe it parts of Europe, some studies have shown it's more acceptable in the white community for the male majority partner. All the best on your marriage, your new life with your husband, and the your baby! Congratulations!
I work with people Alzheimer and this 80 something year old while gentleman moved into my unit. From the first time he saw me he would follow everywhere I went , he had bad behaviors (comes with the disease sometimes) and people just hated dealing with him but for some reason he would do whatever I asked with a smile.( I’m dark skin Woman and only black in the entire memory care). One day he was up late telling us about his family etc and all over a sudden he says ‘you are just like her’ my coworker asked him who ? He said the love of my life. Thinking he was talking to her( I’ve met his kids and they are white) I asked him to tell us what she was like he went on and on how kind and loving she was not to mention beautiful and how he would’ve done anything for her but they wouldn’t let them get married and the only way to protect her was not to marry her. (He had 11 children okay and We are thinking it’s just the Alzheimer’s talking so we just go with it) He then takes my hand and tells me ‘ ‘ it looks like I’m given another chance’ I’m like look I’m married... he said he knew that but I was a remainder of his only love . At this point we were just hoping he doesn’t change the subject. So he tells us he met this black girl when they were 17 and fell madly in love , her family loved him but his hated her because she wasn’t ‘the right color’ as he put it and when he said he was going to marry-her and move away they threatened to kill her and make him watch. He said he knew they mean it and they had means to do it so he did what was right to keep her alive few month later he was forced into a marriage and the girl and her family moved and never heard from her again but always loved her. As far as his wife she knew about it. He said he loved his wife but also felt bad for her because she knew he wasn’t hers. For the next few years as the disease took most of him he still had the same smile for me and called me by her name “June “all the time . He would do stuff like eat or bathe if people told him June said so. Even after he was gone we always wondered what would’ve become of them if there was no racism. It makes me sad sometime to think that later in life he thought I was her I wonder if she still felt the same way wherever she is /was. Maybe that’s what he meant the first time he told us his love story “he was given a second chance .” Imagine being married to someone who wasn’t your choice for 60 something years . What a cruel world we live in destroy love for nothing . 3.1K 😧Thank you,this is more than I expected. I’m glad “Their” story has touch so many of you.
This made me cry. Oh poor love destroyed with racism. He must have really loved her for he still remembers her though the disease is eating his memories away. Sigh
Thank you for this. This is a sad yet beautiful story. I would love if there was a book published that compiled stories like this. It would be so interesting to read
I would love to see this story in a movie. Thank you Ms. Clark for writing this book. For a couple so young, they had to have strong courage, love, and dedication to each other. I’ll be reading this book.
Sometimes I wonder if the blacks had invented gunpower and guns first the race dynamics will look today. At least there will be no slave trade in Africa and Europe will largely be underdeveloped. Because white men can not jump. 😂😂😂
there is a movie similar to this type of love story. A mixed race girl who’s father was black is born in germany during the height of WW2. She falls for a boy who’s father is a captain in Hitler’s army, the boy is expected to one day be a soldier as well. They fall in love in this amazing movie, defying odds
I know it’s not a movie but there’s a book called “This Side of the Sky” by Elise Singleton with a very similar plot. Really great book. I highly recommend it.
My white great grandfather married my black great grandmother shortly after returning from France during WW1, and were together until his death in 1987, they had five children. Apparently, great grandad was a tough character who wasn't afraid to be violent if necessary, and he also served as the sheriff of the county they lived in North Carolina, so racists left them alone for the most part. I'll never know how he was elected, but I'm thankful he was because had he not been the sheriff, I believe things would have been a little tougher for them.
I have nothing but respect and love for u and ur family my dad was irish mum English our next door neighbour who was Welsh used to call my sister and myself half breeds stayed with me all these yrs I'm 70 she's long gone to hell I hope xx
I'm thankful that RU-vid recommended this video. I can't imagine living in a time when my husband and I couldn’t be together because of racism 😢 How shameful is our country's history that black soldiers couldn’t eat in the dining hall but our enemy could because of their skin.
Why are people so cruel to each other? Where come from; the colour of our skin/eyes/hair, should all be celebrated . Diversity should be celebrated. Aileen Castaneda, I hope you are celebrating a wonderful relationship, along with your uniqueness.
Disgusting. Imagine falling in love with someone from a regime that would exterminate your entire race had they won the war. They killed millions of Africans in Namibia and Botswana and took heads as trophies. I hope no movie ever gets made because they seem to romantise this historic evil and white wash it and these black women who seem to worship white men overlook the implications of kraut winning the war 🤢🤢
Rosemarie, I was floored and I almost cried too! I wish that would happen to me one day soon! Absolutely the sweetest thing I have ever heard! He was truly confident and I am so glad they did marry! Love is truly a beautiful gift from God!
none business, Yes, Indeed it would be, but they would need to get some outside movie company to produce it, just don't use Hollywood or Hollyweird nor none of their actors or actresses! We don't want it turn into some vulgar, filthy, slimy film! We want something classy! I love interracial love!
Cheryl Davis Cheryl you certainly won't have any shortage of guys who would line up for that duty! You can afford to be extremely picky about who you choose for that honor. Don't lower your standards!
motorcop505, God bless you for those kind and thoughtful words! Oh! I do have standards and that is why it is taking me a while to wed! I was blessed to have the ability to wait long term if I have to until the right gentleman come along. Trust me I will not settle because I love, value and respect myself too much!
Ms. Clark is such a marvel to listen to. She is a gifted storyteller and one with driven purpose. History is our collective memory, and memory is what defines our identity. The stories that are not told, become left out of our identity as a culture - thank you to heroes like Ms. Clark who make it their mission to illuminate these important pieces of our past.
My brother-in-law told me that my husband told him the night we met that I would be his wife someday. We were married 6 months later. I'm black and he's German.
No offense but you sound ignorant just like the title of this video, you're black and he's German. Are you American, am I to assume he's white just because he's German? We have to stop labeling ourselves as black, we're much more than that
I have done some researches recently about slavery. I almost had a mental breakdown when i saw the things black people went through during and after slavery. Did u know that if a Black man of status was invited to a meeting with the whites they were only allowed to drink lemonade? No alcohol nothing fancy only lemonade.
@Kwum aix going back where? Our minds can't go back we are designed to move forward. The ones dreaming of time past, can't move forward, therefore those will get lost in the shuffle.
Kwum aix Trump is far from Klan. Ur just being racist and believing in fake media. Ur just a follower. N don’t know what trump stands for. Hilary was Klan. And Obama was the worst.
Chris Simpson what the fuck?!?! I swear some of u y’all are just fucking disgusting and racist. A lot of blacks are racist. N y’all disgust me and y’all help keep racism alive.
I was attending Nursing School in Boston during the late 70,s. I was introduced to a engineering student. We both enjoyed jazz and blues music. Initially we met at clubs and public places. Gentlemen came to your residence, when he came to call. You probably guessed it by now. He was black and I was white. Although he was always well dressed with impeccable manners he was not allowed inside the dorm. I had never dated a man that I had so much in common with and enjoyed being with. We got many negative comments, some were hurtful. We felt that we were meant to be together. There were many obstacles in our way. His father was a Southern Baptist minister., my father said terribly things about him that I can’t repeat. Our life would be hard but we knew our children’s lives would be tougher. We decided to break up this relationship despite our deep love for one another. We kept in touch for many years but it was never the same. How idiotic it is to judge someone by their skin color.
That's interesting. Don't take this the wrong way...but didn't Canada not have the same segregation as the US? You can let me know if I'm wrong. The big reason why is specifically because racism was so rampant in the US. As the author mentioned, they had to face Jim Crows laws and Nazism. I don't recall an equivalent of Jim Crow in Canada. Was there?
@@lisacox3750 There weren't segregation laws but businesses and schools were allowed to discriminate based on race. Also residential schools. Canada may not have been as bad as the US but we certainly weren't innocent either.
My grandmother was German and my grandfather was an English POW. Not as difficult as this couple and what they endured but still proves that love prevails.
I almost cried when she said black soldiers where discriminated against even more then the captured German soldiers, imagine seeing ur friends and brothers die and dying yourself for a country that hates you, and then seeing the men you were fighting against having more rights , FFUUUCCCKK
@Derek Lowe come on Man.. You and i know that perception is everything. If a tall black man passes close to a group of white women at night the women will suddenly feel threatened but If it is a Tall white man they will admire his elegance without perciving him as a threat.
Derek Lowe your statistic are incorrect I believe. Black men are more likely to attack other black people but white men are more likely to attack white women
My aunt and uncle met on a boat during world war two! My Aunt Sadie was black, our family was white, but for my entire life I knew her as my beloved great aunt. She passed in the late 90's, I wish I'd been older than a teenager and understood how rare this was... I would have liked to ask her many questions.
Ironic that you sent these women thinking no white male would want them. I’m pretty sure there were many secret relationships that nobody knew about lol. The picture they showed ALL are very attractive .
The way you're talking is as if a white man is somehow more special and that if they don't want you you should feel about yourself like they are somehow the standard, really bad implications come from this.
The way I understood it, they sent the black nurses to the German soldiers cuz they were afraid the white Americans would be attracted to them, and not the Germans since they were racist (which the American TOTALLY weren’t🙄)
She forgot to mention that this 19 year old German soldier was severely beaten after they found out he was involved with the black nurse. This young man didn't let that stop him. Those were the real days compared to the filth you see today.
My god the amount of boomer energy in this comment is astounding, you realize back then was far more filth then what you see today. I mean the 19 year old was getting beaten because he was involved with a black nurse. Today, you no longer see this extreme amount of racial prejudge as you did back than.
What an incredible host is Paul Schankman. He listens carefully, interacts with the guest in the most genuine way and his face shows it all. As an Iranian artist living aboard I'm not really familiar with American TV stuff, but I know and experienced a tiny bit of xenophobic and racist atittude myself wherever I was working or studying. It's absolutely unbelievable and beyond imagination to see in the pictures that there were bars, restaurants and public spaces where black people couldn't enter. And obviously huge thanks to Alexis Clark for doing the research and writing such an inspiring book. I'm gonna order mine today for sure. Cheers
My relative was one of these prisoners. War is always started by cowardly men. The ones that die or are mistreated, are always the ones that deserved peace.
I love how Alexis Clark researched this love story, wrote and published a book - and she still sounds like she's in disbelief LOL. What an incredible story! Hope Frederick and Elinor had a wonderful and happy life together. 💕🧡
My grandfather was white and my dear grandmother was black.. 64 yrs of the best marriage, but couldn't be married on paper because of the times they lived in so on paper 30yrs, and the day after my grandmother passed my grandfather took his life to be with her.. A love story I was lucky enough to see for a few years of my life. My grandmother told me when I was sixteen that racism works for no one, and always be kind because a smile changes lives for the better.. Proud of my black and white blood.. CHEERS...
Funny story, these liaisons happened since the beginning of time. My great grandfather who was Welsh-American lived with my Great grandmother, daughter of an American Slave who may have been indigenous or African, for 60+ years as married in Alabama (illegal to marry). They had two children. hey lived together until my great grandfather died in 1952.
My great-grandparents were a mixed couple, well he was a freed african slave who married his best friend, who happened to be a white Dutch & German woman. This was the late 1800's, where the penalty in some areas was jail or death. They moved to the Caribbean, instead of the USA and planted their roots. It was funny meeting my German 2nd cousin as I served her in a restaurant, we both jumped in excitement. I told her about her great-aunt, who happened to be my grandmother. She freaked out and then it was times for her to leave but overall I am grateful to have met her. My family is a rainbow of colors, even though sometimes I do struggle with the racism in the US. Life moves on.
@That One IRL this scenario would pretty much never work and these NPCs are just pretending while in reality expecting someone way above their league to pick them up like this. Let them pretend, their lack of consciousness will never give them the ideals anyway.
@Suzanne Miller You sound severely uneducated. First of all, the fact that you based your opinion on all black women on how the racist media portrays us is disgusting. Secondly, even if a woman does act 'ghetto', who are you to judge Suzanne? Children don't choose to be bought up in poor areas, and usually, if they do act 'ghetto' it's a defence mechanism to protect their inner child. I pray you educate yourself because you sound like a typical ignorant, privileged, white woman. Peace.
This is amazing. He wasnt full of crap. He really loved her. What a beautiful couple. Thru all the terror they didnt give up. This is gonna be on my winter reading list!
I am surprised Hollywood did not make a movie based on their love story. It would be a good movie romantic war movie. I ordered the book too . I can not wait to start to read it.
Our children ask us " why do people stare at us when we are out together?". I said " cause we are are a beautiful loving family that shows affection and have smiles on our faces".
Justin Simuel You’re probably not one of the brighter ones. Why would you have such a serious conversation with children before they’re ready to have it
yendaaaa ...because, they can grow to resent you overtime once they realized how often you lied to them. It’s best to address it when they first experience it and not to downplay or run from it. You cannot grow into acceptance if you refuse to at first fully accept yourself.
@@KPITGangsta I think it's best not to traumatize them so early by filling their heads with negative, serious, adult worries. Those things affect you when you are young. Why not let them just enjoy their childhood?
That's a beautiful response. People would give my parents mean looks and say mean things. They used to stare at my mom and I when we were out together, too. Now, I feel like they stare at my boyfriend and I. But luckily, I think more people are (finally) warming up and realizing that we are all the same. You just have to accept it still stands out a little more than being with someone of the same color, and you may come across the wrong people from time to time.
My wife is African and I'm European. We've been married 27 years. We have had lots of comments over the years but most African people love to see the exoticism in a humorous way. In South Africa we had a lot of abuse but.. too bad. Have to read this book. It reminds me of the first time I saw my wife.
My white husband of five years told me when he say me, he knew I was going to be his wife. He said he prayed to God for me. Still married and in love today. I owe a lot to the Loving and others that paved a way for us to marry our heart.
I agree. I thank them for paving the way for us to meet our mates. I wouldn't be here if my White Great Great grandmother who was British and my Jamaican Arawak Indian Great Great Grandfather didn't give birth to my Grandfather on my mother's side. You can't discriminate because you never know what is in your heritage so to hate one race means that you hate yourself.
My white husband said the same thing, said when he saw me, he said to himself I’m going to marry her. He proposed on our 2nd date and we were married 3 months later. We love each other more and more everyday!
@@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471 well thats good to know that the pain finally goes away if we live to be in our seventies, If that is what you meant or I misunderstood?
@@DAKINS896 You misunderstood. You just learn to live with the pain from childhood...it never goes away. This includes ANY abuse a child suffers. I'm 70.
I am a French Canadian 76years old. My husband was Jewish I went for a summer job. Met my husband He told his boss I will marry that girl The minute he saw me. He was 19years old And me 17years old. My marriage lasted 45years But in 2008 he die of cancer We married in 1962 We wore both young Still love my husband LOVE NEVER DIES. I WILL NEVER MARRIED AGAIN HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ❤❤ SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY SKIN COLOR DON'T MATTER LOVE IS WHAT LAST
My great-great-grandfather Ludwig (Jewish / German) married Anastasia a girl from Soviet Union in 1949, both 22 years old. They both died in 2017 at the age of 90, almost at the same time. They loved each other a lot and they always told me their stories. Ludwig told me how he managed to survive a concentration camp and how he overcame the death of his mother, brother and sister, and Anastasia told me how she survived the Siege of Leningrad. Both were so young when they suffered all this, they are in now in heaven, but they left their legacies forever. Much love for you, your story is beautiful!
Good Shepherd, not to belittle ANYONE, but I'm trying to understand your experience in the light of WHITE skin plus WHITE skin... in giving YOUR EXPERIENCE, IS THEIR TRULY A DIFFERENCE, from a French CANADIAN with WHITE skin, versus a JEW with WHITE skin in comparison to the UNLIKELY romance of a BLACK nurse and a WHITE SKINNED German man, REALLY.... just asking what the DIFFERENCE is?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I feel that same way about my late wife.Knew I was going to marry her on on our first date.She passed away 6 years ago after a brief illness,and I don’t even bother to date.She was perfect for me and I was perfect for her.To be with anyone else would be impossible for me,I would just feel wrong.My best to you.✌️
Are you shocked and surprised that a black woman can be smart and professional? Seems like you've got some hidden racism buried deep inside that you disguise by virtue-signaling.
I read the book a few years ago, having checked it out from a local library in Tucson. An interesting part of WWII history, US civil rights history, and Arizona history as well! Highly recommended! Frederick became a pastry chef for Pepperidge Farm (if I remember), so a lot of the treats you eat now are of his design.
I can't believe the American soldiers would accept german pow in to eat with them but not their fellow black soldiers who were on the same side as them. 😔
@ more in common like trying to blow your head off. Id beg to differ the only thing they have in common with a p.o.w is skin color they barely can communicate with one another quit madness. Soo much for brothers in arms.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 New International Version (NIV) 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
I don't really want to bring religion into this, but I've been conflicted about it since Saturday evening, after a conversation with one of my relatives... ..Does that include religion? I always felt and thought that love is about religion. Ex. If I, as a Christian-spiritual person marries a man who's either Muslim, Jewish or Buddhist, some articles and some contexts in the Bible - stated that it'd be a sin to do so, would it be a sin? I thought love conquered all that b.s. about politics, religion, race and intolerance.
One day when you least expect it you're gonna meet that man and say damn, where have you been all my life. He may be older, short, bald, and someone you had no interest in until he came into your life. Don't reject him, this is what God sent you. You will cherish him as well he will you until God calls you home... Peace and 💘 Love...
You got that right. I'm in an interracial relationship as well. We met in Philly in 2002. The stares we got were horrible and disgusting. My b/f also got in a few fights because he was going out with me. He was raised and lived in an all white neighborhood. I was like a ghost, I was gone from 7am to almost midnight most days because of school and work. Some thought I might cause trouble for them. I never invited friends over, or family... Didn't wanna scare the folks. A few years after meeting, we both moved to Vegas. We're still together... annoying as ever. LOL Vegas is one of the places you can be yourself. Gay, straight, crazy, trans, interracial, or whatever... And no one would bat an eyelid.
@@Lionheart1188 people like you are always the first to cry and say you're looking at some of you at you know i think you people also colonized being victims
My grandparents were enemies in love too. My Filipino (American Ally) grandmother fell in love with a Japanese (German ally) journalist in the war. Four Children, my mother being the third. He died in the war. She passed a few years ago at 102. She always said in the 70 years apart that they were the best 10 years of her life. Even though they would have all been murdered by both sides for their “betrayal”. Thank you Lola Buena and my grandfather, gone long before I was born 🕯✨✨
@@tracietaggart3051 oh boy, you need to understand figuratuvely speach , when a tv new reports "people are getting vaccinated " they dont mean all the people in the world yet you understand, dont you ???? Do people (not all people ) have to teach you like you were 5
@@jjba3571 no need to be rude, dear. I was trying to politely say that if someone makes a statement that Americans are racist, that's a pretty big generalization. I think that people often make such generalizations without truly stopping to think about the damage that making stereotypes can cause. I don't believe that our entire nation is racist at all. No one I even know is racist. To make a stereotypical statement, as you have made, encourages a divide among the population. Isn't the goal to encourage love and unity, in order to avoid racism? Also, if a person goes around saying, "White people always...." how is that different than "Black people always..."? Racism is a horrible, ridiculous thing! I just think that when people spout off what they are taught from the mainstream media without truly educating themselves about reality, or make generalizations that could encourage division and lack of unity, then progress isn't being made. To actually DO something about possible racism, I think that promoting relationships on an individual level is more the way to go...showing in our own communities more love. For instance, if you and I met on the street, honestly, would you speak to me in a demeaning fashion? Hopefully not. Hopefully you would look me in the eyes and get to know me as an individual, and I, you.
R.E. Vallee, So true! Interracial relationships have the Love of God in them. God created all different races and colors to test us of our Love for one another.
As a black woman who is engaged to a white man who is German as well, i can totally relate to this story. i met my fiance while on a study abroad trip to Germany. i lived there for a whole year during college getting my degree in, you guested it, Nursing LOL. This story is me and Michael's. atleast it feels this way. Luckily we really had no objections to our relationship, while in Germany. but once we moved to the states, id get dirty looks from mostly black men. we'd get stared at sometimes, scoffed at and just out right people making comments. most of them all being by my fellow blacks, which was very disappointing. one time, i went to Michaels job to meet up with him for lunch, he was working in Cyber security at Brinks, and the security guy asked me who i was looking for but by the time i was getting ready to tell him, Michael called me and said he would be right down. i told the security guard my fiance said he will come down...ok no problem. he was a black guy who seemed super sweet and helpful. he made sure i was able to get in contact with him since i wasnt allowed upstairs. when michael finally comes down to meet me he gave me a kiss and hug. when i tell you the look on the security guards face was twisted, youd think me and my hubby was the devil himself standing in front of him. as hubby and me spoke in German, the security guard said "oh, wasnt expecting your man to be pale". ive never been so disgusted in my life. we were just stunned that this man had the nerve to say something like that. then proceeds to tell me "i need me a good strong black man". Hubby Michael went off. he cursed him out for first disrespecting me, then for his racist comments. they almost fought right there in the hall. im so glad he wasnt fired. but the guard was for is nasty comments. it was the saddest day we have ever had as a couple. a month after that, we moved back to berlin and have been here ever since. sorry for the rant guys lol. but i am so happy to see this couple existed so long ago. makes me and hubby feel really good seeing this video. BTW we are expecting our first child in 7 months! wedding day is 3 weeks from now. exciting time for us. thanks for this story! very inspiring.
"I wanted to write a completely non-fiction book, so I didn't want to take liberties on how I thought they would have responded." I LOVE that!! I really respect her for taking that view.
My wife's Dad has a white mother and black father. The mother is German and the father was a America POW. They met in Germany and fell in love. He had two children with her but had to leave them in Germany for 2 years after the war ended. He then brought his family to the United States and married her. It's an amazing story and one people are surprised to hear.
“The army theorized German soldiers who had been fighting on behalf of a racist regime would not become attracted to women of color. Apparently, Fredrick Albert missed the memo.” 💀💀💀💀 I cant wait for this to become a film. I’m amazed 💕💕💕
There tons of stories out there of interacial couples. Don't forget the couple in Virginia( The Lovings). I live in an area where it was well know that white men where the father's to Lots of black childen by the same woman and they had there white families as well.
Dragon Fly true. I’ve seen the movie about the lovings and read about them. I’d love to see a movie about these two due to the way they met and the fact that they were from two different countries.
@@alicemiriah It might happen. I saw the Josephine Baker movie years ago. And the Ella Fitzgerald documentary and the Jack Johnson story. So many interracial love stories when it was suppose to be illegal. As if the government should have control over others emotions. smh
This is a very important story, very well presented in this interview. Perhaps slightly less important, but equally intriguing, is the story of Esther Anumu Fordham. She was a child of African immigrants in Hamburg and experienced World War II with her mother from the German perspective. After the war she married a black American soldier and moved to the US, where she says she first experienced real racism. There is a long interview with her on RU-vid.
When Alexis talked about Black nurses being denied of the job, Black soldiers being mistreated/separated from the other soldiers...wow, so much discrimination. I just hope it really ends, we're all humans.
Nods. If systematic discrimination and racism could be eliminated blacks can thrive. But, they are afraid we will take revenge. We just want to live peacefully, provide and raise our families.
The one son she talked to is seventy years old now. The nurse and soldier have been dead for a while. Like so many stories of discrimination like this, they reach back because this level of discrimination does not exist these days. The nurse and soldier were born near the beginning of the 1900's. I'm not saying everything is perfect and racism no longer exists but, this level of discrimination in the army, nursing, police force, schools etc, doesn't exist like it did. Life has been much improved in the last half a century or so. IT'S NOT PERFECT but it's far from what it was. No organization would dream of implementing a policy where black people not allowed to do this or only allowed to do that in this day in age. There would be a huge outcry. Social media would go insane. And when anything even remotely racist happens everyone knows about it, people are reprimanded, fired, cancelled more and more every day. Unlike the past where you could be blatantly racist and nothing was said or done.
@Lord Nerdecon You say........ I blame A) the media for falsely portraying African Americans and labelling them as "thugs" and "gangster" By media are you talking about hip hop and rap??? Written by black people, sung, produced, by black people that according to their songs are thugs, gangsters, drug dealers, criminals with an AK-47. These songs shape peoples perceptions. The fact that it's written and performed by black people paints a picture of being proud to be "thugs and gangsters". That this is something that these black performers aspire to be. Lyrics like "Remember back in the day when muthafuckas dealt drugs, shot glocks, rode jeeps had corners on lock." Hip hop like this had been around for thirty or forty years. It doesn't help. Hundreds of songs like this putting out this negative image of black people and culture.
@@neosoul7422 I think it's a lot more than that. Despite discrimination it's a negative culture holding black Americans back more :( we need to confront those problems to change
