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.

About the Author
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.


Book Information
ISBN 9780465018482
Author Joachim Neugroschel
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Basic Books
Publisher Basic Books
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 138mm * 16mm