Alexander Zinn

"Luck was always on my side"

Rudolf Brazda - Surviving the Third Reich as a Homosexual

Rudolf Brazda (1913-2011) was probably one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors who were interned in a concentration camp for being gay. Shortly after Hitler came to power, Brazda met his first real love and lived together openly with his boyfriend. Soon after, they were arrested and Brazda eventually got taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. It was his optimism, humour and a lot of luck that let him survive persecution and terror. Alexander Zinn's book combines personal memoir with the history of the persecution of gay people under Nazism.

Alexander Zinn
Alexander Zinn has a degree in sociology and works as a journalist and PR consultant. He was the spokesperson of the Berlin Society of Lesbian and Gay People when he got to know Rudolf Brazda in May 2008. For his research he conducted detailed interviews with Brazda, travelled with him to the significant places of his life and added archive material to complement the personal memories.

280 pages, hardcover, with 25 black-and-white illustrations, 2011

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