I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Joachim Neugroschel
By (author) Pierre Seel
Translated by Joachim Neugroschel
Translated by Pierre Seel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 208,Width 138
Category/GenreThe Holocaust
ISBN/Barcode 9780465018482
ClassificationsDewey:940.5318092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Basic Books
Imprint Basic Books
Publication Date 1 April 2011
Publication Country United States

Description

On a fateful day in May 1941, in Nazi-occupied Strasbourg, seventeen-year- old Pierre Seel was summoned by the Gestapo. This was the beginning of his journey through the horrors of a concentration camp. For nearly forty years, Seel kept this secret in order to hide his homosexuality. Eventually he decided to speak out, bearing witness to an aspect of the Holocaust rarely seen. This edition, with a new foreword from gay-literature historian Gregory Woods, is an extraordinary firsthand account of the Nazi roundup and the deportation of homosexuals.

Author Biography

Pierre Seel (1923-2005) wrote Moi, Pierre Seel, deporte homosexuel in 1994. In 2008, the municipality of Toulouse, France, renamed a street in honour of Pierre Seel.