The nightmare had only just started. First, a notice placed in the swings of a park said "non-Aryan" kids were not allowed to play there. After that, teachers from the school, who were of Jewish origin, began to disappear. But it wouldn't be until young Massaquoi visited the Hamburg zoo that the emotional connection he felt towards Nazism was cut. Inside the zoo, in a cage placed outdoors, among the animals, he discovered an African family being laughed at and teased by the crowd. Massaquoi had been just another kid fearfully approaching the cage, until somebody stood out from the crowd, pointed at him and yelled: "They've had a child." That was the first time he had been the subject of public scorn.