“Remembering means being annoying without end!” Albert Eckert, civil rights activist.

Remembering queer victims of the Nazi regime has been a path of struggle and ongoing conflict up to today. This episode will explore the hostile, unbearable continuation of the criminalisation of homosexuality in both German states after the war. It will highlight the brave voices of survivors who were persecuted under Paragraph 175, and the rise of homosexual activist groups in the GDR in the 1980s who fought for the recognition of queer victims.

Recorded and edited by: Wiktoria Kujawa & Marian Magnor

Audio:

Snippet of Interview: GayChurch Berlin, YouTube Video, Interview mit Eduard Stapel 2013 zur kirchlichen Schwulenbewegung in der DDR, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jc_nR6z_Tw

The summer school “Remembrance Podcasts: Persecution of queer people under National Socialism” was realised by Deutsche Gesellschaft e.V. in cooperation with GFPS-Polska. The project is funded by the EVZ Foundation and the Federal Foreign Office as part of the programme YOUNG PEOPLE remember. This publication does not represent the opinion of the EVZ Foundation. The authors bear responsibility for any statements contained herein.

In this episode of the queer remembrance podcast, we explore the situation of trans people under National Socialism along the life of R., a trans-woman. We are taking you along on a talk about the paragraphs that the Nazis used, their perception of trans people and how the different categories they used to assess the “Volksgemeinschaft“, affected trans people’s life. We close with a glimpse into Laurie Marhoefers “notion of risk” to describe the situation of trans people during National Socialism.

Recorded and edited by: Celine Dosch & Matylda Sobczak

The summer school “Remembrance Podcasts: Persecution of queer people under National Socialism” was realised by Deutsche Gesellschaft e.V. in cooperation with GFPS-Polska. The project is funded by the EVZ Foundation and the Federal Foreign Office as part of the programme YOUNG PEOPLE remember. This publication does not represent the opinion of the EVZ Foundation. The authors bear responsibility for any statements contained herein.