Being Black in Germany has always meant exposure to racism, from everyday humiliations to deadly attacks. In eastern Germany, the risk can be even greater.

It was a balmy summer night in 2020, Germany's first lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic had just been lifted, when Omar Diallo and two of his friends wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim ...

But for Germany's Black community, gaining recognition for the crimes and abuses it endured has not been easy. Historian Robbie Aitken, based at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, has studied ...

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Last week, as a Prince came of age in Rumania amid pomp and medal-pinning, an idea came of age in Germany—in that part of Germany which was once Czecho-Slovakia—amid the deepest sadness.

Now, with the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, Black Germans and African migrants like Diallo are growing increasingly concerned. Thuringia, which has a population of 2.1 million ...

Being Black in Germany has always meant exposure to racism, ... Ron Halber says rising antisemitism has left his community in mourning – and in need of allies. Elliott Davis Jr. May 22, 2025.

Germany’s history of racial discrimination begins long before the Nazis began excluding, deporting and ultimately murdering Black people in the 1930s and 1940s.

ERFURT, Germany — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany's first COVID-19 lockdown, ... Being Black in Germany has never been easy.