preferring to be sent back to Haiti. Notable German Haitians Joe Gaetjens, soccer player for the United States national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup Werner Jaegerhuber, composer Philippe Kieffer, Free French Forces hero (Alsatian descent) TiCorn (born Cornelia Schütt), folk singer and songwriter See also United States occupation of Haiti References http://www.touthaiti.com/culture-loisirs/4559-bombardopolis-cite-nee-d-une-altercation-franco-allemande Bombardopolis history and German population. http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/history/earlyhaiti/1805-const.htm The 1805 Constitution of Haïti promulgated by Dessalines. Article 13 granting citizenship to Germans. https://journals.openedition.org/plc/298 Germany Pre-WW1 politics in the Caribbean region. https://bahamianology.com/haiti-declares-war-on-germany-after-eight-haitians-killed-on-french-steamer-by-german-torpedo-1918/ Haïti declares war to Germany, while under occupation. https://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/military-history/texas-world-war-ii/japanese-german-and-italian World War 2 German prisoners of war from the Caribbean and Haïti. “There were Latin American and U.S. businessmen who begrudged the success of Japanese, German, and Italian nationals and the war provided an opportunity to remove this source of competition.” Titus, Rubens F. (Rene Preval Haiti Archives Online) Ethnic groups in Haiti European Haitian German Caribbean Haiti