- Born to a German mother and the son of Liberia's ambassador to Germany, he was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany.
- The movie Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2005), in which he is portrayed by Thando Walbaum, is based on his autobiography "Destined to Witness".
- After emigrating to the United States, he studied journalism at the University of Illinois and became managing editor of "Ebony" magazine.
- Naturalized American citizen
- He died on his 87th birthday.
- After German's collapse in 1945, he saved his mother and himself from starvation by playing saxophone in clubs patronized by American merchant seamen.
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