PRIDE and Prejudice: LGBTQ+ Voices under Nazism – Online Lunch and Learn – Illinois Holocaust Museum

This lunchtime online presentation is free to the public and offered by the Illinois Holocaust Museum in partnership with the Center on Halsted GLAAD, and the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame.

From the Illinois Holocaust Museum website:  

After WWII, the history of LGBTQ+ individuals impacted by the Holocaust was completely erased. In a time when LGBTQ+ history is once again being erased from textbooks and fading from public memory, shining a light on LGBTQ+ stories has taken on a renewed sense of urgency. 

Join the Museum’s Director of Education, Leah Rauch (she/her), and Associate Manager of Education, Matthew Sackel (he/him), as they share little-known stories of LGBTQ+ people who perished or survived the Nazi regime and reflect on the importance of being a voice for those who were silenced. 

Rauch and Sackel will explore remarkable stories of LGBTQ+ individuals who lived under Nazism, such as former Nazi party member Käthe Abels, who ran a private hospital just outside Berlin; Waltraud Hock, whose story highlights the importance of intersectionality ; Elli Smula, who was denounced for undermining the war effort due to her sexuality; Gad Beck, who masqueraded as a Hitler Youth member; Frieda Belifante, renown cellist who hid in the open as a man; and Rudolf Bradza, the last known camp Survivor deported by Nazi Germany on charges of homosexuality. 

Reserve your free ticket on the IHM website:  https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events/virtual-lunch-learn-pride-prejudice-lgbtq-voices-under-nazism/