Gert Schramm

Black German concentration camp survivor; the only black prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp (1928-2016) · Germany · Founders · Died at 87

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Gert Schramm was a German survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was the youngest of six black prisoners. He was the son of a German woman and an African-American father and was arrested in violation of Nazi racial purity laws.

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Awards

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2014

Founders from Germany 6

Carl Heinrich von Siemens48.9

Michael Mack48.8

Heinrich Nordhoff48.9 Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler48.7

Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager49.0

Heinz Nixdorf48.7

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Country

Germany