Episode 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 international. This publication does not represent the opinion of the EVZ Foundation. The authors bear responsibility for any statements contained herein.