On Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 8.30 pm the Lesbian and Gay Association of Berlin-Brandenburg (LSVD) eV and the Campus Verlag invite to the Prince Eisenhart book store, to present the biography: ""Das Glück kam immer zu mir" (The happiness always came to me). Rudolf Brazda - the survival of homosexuals in the Third Reich. After the book presentation in addition to questions about the prosecution history, the still not completed rehabilitation and compensation to the victims of persecution are discussed.
Rudolf Brazda, born 1913, is probably the last living witness, who was imprisoned for homosexuality in a concentration camp. His life story is as shocking as amazing. Shortly after the seizure of power he learns about his first love and lives openly with his friend - even a wedding, they celebrate. But soon they will be arrested, Brazda is finally deported to Buchenwald. Optimism, humor, and good luck to enable him to survive persecution and terror and the horror again and again to hide.
Alexander Zinn tells the story of a fulfilled life, which is characterized, despite the odds of love and joy. He also described the merciless persecution of gay men during the Nazi era - a story that was not 1945. The Paragraph 175 remained there until 1969, as amended by the Nazis intensified version. 2002, 1935-1945 imposed sentences were lifted in 2008 was inaugurated in Berlin, a monument to the Nazi persecution of homosexuals. But until today, homosexuals are not fully recognized as victims of National Socialism. has a compensation for his imprisonment and concentration camp will not even Rudolf Brazda.
The book is from 11 April 2011 available in bookstores.
Source: LSVD
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