USC Shoah Foundation Story - 2018USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education is dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides, a compelling voice for education and action.
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Gay Pride: Albrecht Becker on gay life in 1934 GermanyFor National Gay Pride Month USC Shoah Foundation is featuring a testimony clip every week in June of eyewitnesses to the Nazi persecution of Gay men in the Holocaust. This is the first clip in the series. Albrecht Becker recounts the atmosphere for gays in Nazi Germany while Röhm was still in charge of the SA and how the relative freedom he enjoyed during that time changed dramatically after Röhm's assassination in June 1934.
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Gay Pride: Douglas Fox rescued by homosexualFor National Gay Pride Month USC Shoah Foundation is featuring a testimony clip every week in June of eyewitnesses to the Nazi persecution of Gay men in the Holocaust. Thanks to the quick response of a homosexual prisoner at the Oranienburg-Heinkelwerke labor camp (a sub-camp of Sachsenhausen), Douglas Fox escaped from a line of transferred prisoners who were unknowingly being given a lethal injection upon their arrival.
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Gay Pride: Kitty Fischer on gay male rescuer in AuschwitzFor National Gay Pride Month USC Shoah Foundation is featuring a testimony clip every week in June of eyewitnesses to the Nazi persecution of Gay men in the Holocaust. Kitty Fischer recounts her time in Auschwitz-II Birkenau when as a young girl she encounters for the first time a gay male prisoner who will turn out to save her life.
To learn more and explore the stories of other eyewitnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides, visit sfi.usc.edu
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Bertram Schaffner on helping gay soldiers during WWIIWWII Veteran Bertram Schaffner, a gay man himself, talks about how he dealt with the military's anti-gay policy while evaluating draftees.
Video testimony is from the Visual History Archive. To learn more and explore the stories of other Holocaust survivors and witnesses, visit sfi.usc.edu.
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Discrimination: Homosexual Survivor Stefan KosinskiAfter his arrest in September 1942, Stefan Kosinski was incarcerated while awaiting his trial. In this clip, he recounts the conditions in the jail and his memory of seeing his mother out the window of his jail cell keeping vigil. She is also present during his trial before the Nazi court, which sentences Stefan to five years hard labor.
This clip testimony is preserved in the Visual History Archive: vhaonline.usc.edu.
To learn more and explore the stories of other eyewitnesses to the Holocaust and other genocides, visit sfi.usc.edu.
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Rescuer and Aid Provider Marion Pritchard on Tolerance and Gay PrideFor National Gay Pride Month USC Shoah Foundation is featuring a testimony clip every week in June of eyewitnesses to the Nazi persecution of Gay men in the Holocaust. Marion Pritchard recalls bringing up the topic of homosexuality at the dinner table and how her father took her aside to discuss the importance of tolerance.
