Rudolf Brazda
Concentration camp internee charged by the Nazi German regime with homosexuality / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rudolf Brazda (26 June 1913 – 3 August 2011) was the last known concentration camp survivor deported by Nazi Germany on charges of homosexuality.[1][2] Brazda spent nearly three years at the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his prisoner uniform was branded with the distinctive pink triangle that the Nazis used to mark men interned as homosexuals. After the liberation of Buchenwald, Brazda settled in Alsace, northeastern France, in May 1945 and lived there for the rest of his life.
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Rudolf Brazda | |
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Born | (1913-06-26)26 June 1913 Brossen, German Empire |
Died | 3 August 2011(2011-08-03) (aged 98) Les Molènes, Bantzenheim, France |
Known for | Concentration camp survivor |
Partner | Edouard Mayer |
Although other gay men who survived the Holocaust are still alive, they were not known to the Nazis as homosexuals and were not deported as pink triangle internees. At least two gay men who were interned as Jews, for instance, have spoken publicly of their experiences.[3][4][5]