Photo Gallery Persecuted by the Nazis
For decades, the subject of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during the Third Reich was swept under the rug and no reparations were ever paid. Rudolf Brazda, who may be the last living gay man to have survived the terror, shares his life story in a newly published book.
Gay concentration camp survivor Rudolf Brazda (left) during a visit to Berlin's Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted under Nazism together with Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (right) in June 2008. The attention generated by a new book about his experiences at Buchenwald and his role in the memorial have felt like a second coming out for Brazda.
Foto: Wolfgang Kumm/ picture-alliance/ dpa
Rudolf Brazda (right) and friends from the town of Meuselwitz where he lived before he was arrested and deported to a concentration camp by the Nazis. "It was a wonderful time, we had so much fun," Brazda reminisces of the years before the persecution began.
Brazda (right) after his liberation in 1945 from Buchenwald: Unlike the around 6,000 gay men who were murdered by the Nazis, Brazda cheated death.
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