Fasia Jansen
Fasia Jansen (born June 6, 1929 in Hamburg , † December 29, 1997 in Oberhausen ) was a German political songwriter and peace activist .
Life
The illegitimate daughter of the Liberian consul general Momulu Massaquoi and the German chambermaid Elli Jansen experienced teasing and exclusion early on, both because of her skin color and because of her illegitimate birth. Jansen, who grew up in the Hamburg working-class district of Rothenburgsort , experienced the problems of an obviously "non-Aryan" person during the Nazi era . Her Josephine Baker- oriented hope of making a living with music and dance was destroyed for the time being when she was kicked out of dance school at the age of 11. Three years later she was “ conscripted ” and had to work in a soup kitchen that also supplied the Neuengamme subcamp near Hamburg. The fifteen-year-old experienced both the brutality of the SS and the despair of the prisoners - experiences that had a decisive impact on her life. During this time, she developed a heart condition which she suffered from for the rest of her life.
In the young Federal Republic of Germany, Jansen tried to process the experiences from the camp and to uphold the memory of the dead and their ideals. She began again with music, first in a Hamburg choir, later with her own songs. She moved to the Ruhr area and was involved in the political struggles of the time. She performed at numerous Easter marches , including in 1966 together with Joan Baez , played at the big strikes in front of the Krupp , Hoesch or Thyssen factory gates and at the UN World Conference on Women in Nairobi, and performed at the Burg-Waldeck Festival . She received numerous penal orders for sedition and resistance to state power , but also repeatedly offers to sing hits and thus become commercially successful.
Fasia Jansen's father was also the grandfather of the journalist and writer Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi . Although both grew up in the neighborhood, they didn't know each other personally.
Honor
Fasia Jansen received the Federal Republic of Germany's Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 1991 .
In 2014 the municipal comprehensive school in Alt-Oberhausen was named Fasia-Jansen-Gesamtschule .
literature
- Marina Achenbach: Fasia - beloved rebel. Asso-Verlag, Oberhausen 2004, ISBN 3-921541-94-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Fasia Jansen in the catalog of the German National Library
- fasia.de
- Fasia-Jansen-Foundation e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marina Achenbach: Fasia - beloved rebel . Oberhausen 2004, p. 24-29 .
- ^ City of Oberhausen honors anti-fascist artist in antifa Sept./Oct. 2014, p. 14
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jansen, Fasia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political songwriter and peace activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1997 |
| Place of death | Oberhausen |