: Plays Lutz's father, a prominent Nazi soldier who embodies the brutal ideology of the era. Shedding Light on the "Rhineland Bastards"
The 2018 film Where Hands Touch , directed by Amma Asante, serves as a haunting exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of World War II history: the lives of Afro-German children under the Third Reich. Set in 1944 Berlin, the movie follows Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), a biracial teenager fighting for her identity in a regime that deems her "undesirable". A Narrative of Survival and Identity Where Hands Touch
The film is inspired by the historical reality of approximately 25,000 Black people living in Germany during the war. Asante was particularly drawn to the stories of the so-called "Rhineland bastards"—children born to German women and African soldiers who occupied the Rhineland after World War I. : Plays Lutz's father, a prominent Nazi soldier
: A young Hitler Youth member whose "unlikely connection" with Leyna challenges his indoctrination. A Narrative of Survival and Identity The film
: Leyna’s mother, who desperately tries to navigate the bureaucracy of the Nazi state to keep her daughter safe.
The Forgotten Faces of History: Exploring "Where Hands Touch"
