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Voices from the Shadows: LGBTQ+ Experiences During the Nazi Era

October 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Eric Marcus introduces Making Gay History’s podcast series on the experiences of LGBTQ+ people during the rise of the Nazi regime, World War II, and the Holocaust. Drawing on extensive research conducted for this first-of-its-kind audio documentary, Eric shares archival clips during a 45-minute presentation (+ 15-minute Q&A) that brings this painful, often hidden history to life through the voices of the people who lived it.

About Eric:
Journalist and author Eric Marcus is the founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast, which brings LGBTQ+ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it. Eric is also executive director of the Making Gay History educational non-profit organization, which works in partnership with the National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the United States, to provide LGBTQ+-inclusive American history lessons to middle and high school educators. In addition, Eric is co-producer of Those Who Were There, a podcast drawn from Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Eric is the author and co-author of a dozen books, including the #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography of Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, and he was a founding board member of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. (For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Marcus.)

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Rodef Shalom Congregation
4905 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA United States
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