5 The rocky way to commemoration and homosexual activist groups in the GDR

“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.