Queer and Jewish in the "Third Reich" and Beyond

Four lectures and a discussion on Jewish-queer life stories

– Gemälde, das verschiedene queere jüdische Persönlichkeiten in den Farben des Regenbogens zeigt.

In Holocaust research to date, there has been a tendency to categorize protagonists. Persecuted queer people are usually considered non-Jewish, while Jewish victims are implicitly assumed to be heterosexual.

The Mitte Museum invites you to an evening of conversation about people who were both: queer and Jewish. Through presentations by four speakers, the event sheds light on Jewish-queer life stories from 1933 to 1945 and beyond.

Hani Portner (they/them) will speak about the lesbian Jewish painter Gertrude Sandmann and her survival in Berlin. Jake Schneider (he/him) will explore the connection between queerness, the Yiddish language, and Yiddish culture. Paige Harouse (she/her) will discuss the realities of life for gay and lesbian Jews at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, and Rafael Nasemann (he/him) presents the remembrance project “Queer Heroes,” which, among other things, commemorates the lives of many queer Jewish people in Berlin.

Afterward, we invite you to join us for a discussion.

The event will be conducted in spoken German.

The Mitte Museum is largely accessible. The building has wheelchair-accessible entry from the outdoor area and an accessible restroom on the ground floor.Translated with DeepL

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 22/October/2026 18:00 bis 21:00
• Venue Mitte Museum
• Address Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin-Wedding