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Rudolf Brazda

Rudolf Brazda
Brazda in 2009
Born(1913-06-26)26 June 1913
Brossen, German Empire
Died3 August 2011(2011-08-03) (aged 98)
Les Molènes, Bantzenheim, France
Known forConcentration camp survivor
PartnerEdouard Mayer

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.

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]

  1. ^ Hevsei, Dennis (6 August 2011). "Rudolf Brazda, 98, Dies; Survived Pink Triangle," New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ^ Langer, Emily (7 August 2011). "Rudolf Brazda dies; gay man who survived Nazi concentration camp was 98," Washington Post. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. ^ Rothaus, Steve (9 August 2011). "Another living gay Holocaust survivor identified". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  4. ^ Rothaus, Steve (10 August 2011). "Museum curator: Unlikely, but not impossible, that pink-triangle survivors remain from World War II". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  5. ^ Levy, Dan (30 March 1996). "Page One: Emerging From Holocaust's Shadow," San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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