Two stumbling blocks for Erika Diek (later Ngambi ul Kuo) und Ludwig M’bebe Mpessa (also known under his stage name Louis Brody)
The fate of black people who were persecuted under National Socialism has so far received little attention. Accompanying the current special exhibition » In the footsteps of the Diek family. Stories of Black People in Tempelhof-Schoeneberg « in the Schöneberg Museum, a total of six stumbling blocks for black people will be laid over the next few months. They are all connected to the district of Tempelhof-Schoeneberg.
On Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m., stumbling blocks will be laid for Erika Diek, later Ngambi ul Kuo , and Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa . Erika Diek was the daughter of Mandenga Diek, who immigrated from Cameroon in 1891. At the end of the Second World War she lived at Gaudystraße 5 with her then husband Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa, who was a political activist and also a successful actor under the stage name Louis Brody. Stumbling blocks for the two are now being laid at this address. From 1946 Erika Diek lived in Tempelhof, where she and her sister gave black people the opportunity to meet and network.
Photo: Erika Diek & Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa © Private property Adomako