Christian Karebe shocked: His great-grandfather was exposed in a zoo as a “cannibal”

The revelation of the sports director of PAE Olympiacos is shocking, Christian Karebe, for his great-grandfather, who was imprisoned at a zoo in Germany and exposed as a “cannibal”.

Karebe spoke to “NDR” and referred to the tragic story of his great-grandfather and what he experienced at the Hagenbeck Zoo.

The Karebe family comes from New Caledonia (the Pacific islands belong to France) and as the former World Champion states, “Willie Karebe, along with other compatriots, went to Paris in 1931 under the pretext of representing their country. . “They thought they would meet with government officials.”

“They felt like slaves, it was difficult for them”

However in France they were bought by Zoo of Paris and then that of Hamburg, where they were presented as “the last cannibals of the southern seas”. In fact, Hagenbeck was forced to perform like animals.

“They felt like slaves, it was difficult for them,” says the athletic director of PAE Olympiacos.

According to the article, they had promised the visitors that they would see the “last cannibals of the South Seas”.

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