{"id":18476,"date":"2023-02-15T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/?post_type=article&#038;p=18476"},"modified":"2025-02-03T08:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T07:11:31","slug":"from-askari-soldier-to-actor","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/article\/from-askari-soldier-to-actor","title":{"rendered":"Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-article block-header-article-center block-header-article-align-pullRight\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 margin-bottom-third block-header-article--text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"zeplin-subHead01 margin-bottom-sixth\">Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the room &#8220;War&#8221; at BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition in the Humboldt Forum, photos, letters and films tell the story of Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein (1904 &#8211; 1944), an actor and former German Askari soldier.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-article-small-image-wrapper has-highlight-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/autor\/melanie-huber-2\" class=\"author-view box\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"author-view-label zeplin-category\">by Melanie Huber<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-header-article-image block-header-article-image-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"58937\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69d6ce1c762cc\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-300x213.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":213,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":11023},\"large\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-1024x727.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":727,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":63259},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-768x545.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":545,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":42062},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-1536x1090.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1090,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":112968},\"small\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-440x312.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":312,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":18697},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-580x412.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":412,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":28361},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-720x511.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":511,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38219},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-1280x909.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":909,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":87169},\"original\":{\"file\":\"mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1363}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein als Schauspieler in Askari-Uniform, im Hintergrund weitere Schauspieler in verschiedenen Uniformen der Kaiserlichen Marine\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 2,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:70.989583333333%; 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colonised by the German Empire. He later took the name Bayume Mohamed Husen. Husen is a Germanisation of the name Hussein. Hussein was the son of an officer of the &#8220;Askari&#8221; (Arabic: soldier). This term was used to describe African men who served in the colonial troops of the armies of European colonial powers. For a short time, Hussein attended the government school in Dar es Salaam. During the First World War, he was recruited as a child soldier at the age of ten. He was wounded and became a British prisoner of war.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy  align-left\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".motion-image\",\"mask\":\".row\",\"full\":{\"y\": [5,-5]}}' id=\"sticky_69d6ce1c770d4\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\" data-parallax='{\"child\":\".row\",\"mask\":\".motion-image\",\"in\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1.1],\"opacity\": [0,0]},\"center\":{\"scale\": [1.1,1],\"opacity\": [0,1],\"ease\":\"sine.out\"},\"out\":{\"opacity\": [1,0]}}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"13986\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69d6ce1c7743a\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-232x300.jpg\",\"width\":232,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20059},\"large\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-791x1024.jpg\",\"width\":791,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":180615},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-768x995.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":995,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":172699},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-1186x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1186,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":362493},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-1581x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1581,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":578000},\"small\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-340x440.jpg\",\"width\":340,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":40232},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-448x580.jpg\",\"width\":448,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":65971},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-556x720.jpg\",\"width\":556,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":97415},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-988x1280.jpg\",\"width\":988,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":265807},\"full\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1-1482x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1482,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":522119},\"original\":{\"file\":\"DSC_0175-1920x2487-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":2487}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Stolperstein f\\u00fcr Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein in Berlin-Mitte, Brunnenstra\\u00dfe 193 \",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\"zoom\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"annotations\" : null\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:129.53125%;  \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">&#8220;Stolperstein&#8221; for Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein in Berlin-Mitte, Brunnenstra\u00dfe 193<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Melanie Huber <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal padding-top-minimal copy\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"margin-bottom-third \">On the road to Berlin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter the war, he signed on on German ships and came to Berlin in 1929. There he wanted to claim the outstanding pay for his father and himself for military services rendered to the German Reich. For these, Hussein also demanded moral recognition. In October 1934, he applied for the award of the Cross of Honour for Frontline Fighters. However, the National Socialist authorities did not want to award this medal to a black person. The &#8220;German Major General Commander of the Schutztruppe f\u00fcr Deutsch-Ostafrika&#8221;, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, also refused to support him vis-\u00e0-vis the Foreign Office.<br><br>In a letter written in Swahili to the Foreign Office on 20 April 1937, Hussein complained about the refusal and expressed his bitterness. The letter can be found in the themed room &#8220;War&#8221; in the Berlin exhibition at the Humboldt Forum.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hussein stayed in Berlin. For five years he worked as a waiter in the Wild West Bar and the Turkish Caf\u00e9 of the &#8220;Haus Vaterland&#8221;, a legendary entertainment palace on Potsdamer Platz. He also worked for ten years as a lecturer for the Swahili language, Kiswahili, at the Seminar for Oriental Languages. In addition, he appeared in so-called &#8220;V\u00f6lkerschauen&#8221; and acted in colonial films.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-media block-media-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-standard-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h4\">\u201cRepresentation Matters &#8211; Racism in the Entertainment Industry\u201d <\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-sixth\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"zeplin-copySmall\">His story as an actor is told by filmmaker Jermain Raffington and journalist Alice Hasters in the film &#8220;Representation Matters &#8211; Racism in the Entertainment Industry&#8221;. 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He was taken into &#8220;protective custody&#8221; on the charge of &#8220;racial defilement&#8221;. Hussein was transferred from the Alexanderplatz prison to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on 27 September 1941. 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