Pride Month: A Story of Love and Acceptance
Pierre Seel was a teenager discovering young love when the Gestapo imprisoned him for being on a list of known gay men. He was subjected to violence and medical experimentation during six months at a Nazi camp. There he witnessed the brutal murder of his first love, a scene seared in his mind for the rest of his life.
When Pierre returned home, he was told not to speak of these experiences. Years later, his gravely ill mother finally said to him, "Tell me what they did to you." Watch our short Pride Month program to learn how Pierre shared his story in honor of the men who could not.
Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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It's unfathomable what the nazi's did & what's worse is the neighbors that stood by or collaborated with the enemy. Allies were few.
Going to a PRIDE concert Saturday evening to celebrate how far we have come, but I will also be honoring the one's we have lost.
Like you said, it is also as important to hear about those who sat by and did nothing...or worse.
Have you ever read: Killing Queers: The Nazi Extermination of Gay Men by Helmut Rohn, or The Men with the Pink Triangle
by Heinz Heger, or (a personal account) An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin by Frank Heibert?
All of these are excellent books and resources. The last one is like an autobiography of sorts. It is riveting. It is a shame that those in the gay media/movie community don't make something about this part of our history.
Happy Pride! 
(Love the pic BTW, thanks for sharing!!!)
