People without history are dust : queer desire in the Holocaust / Anna Hájková ; translated by Anna Hájková and William Ross Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hájková, Anna, author, translator.

Contributor:

Jones, William Ross, translator.

Standardized Title:

Menschen ohne Geschichte sind Staub. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Nazi persecution.

Gay people.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Homosexuality.

Homophobia.

Nazi concentration camps.

homosexuality.

concentration camps.

Holocaust survivors.

Jewish queer people.

Genre:

Personal narratives

Translations

Physical Description:

xviii, 158 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

illustrations.

portraits.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Queerness remains one of the most stigmatized and overlooked aspects of Holocaust history, often erased due to the lingering homophobia of survivors. People Without History Are Dust challenges this silence, weaving together compelling stories of German, Dutch, Czech, and Polish Jewish Holocaust victims and survivors - including Anne Frank, Molly Applebaum, Margot Heuman, and Gad Beck - whose experiences help illuminate the hidden history of queerness in a time of genocide. Drawing on extensive archival research, this groundbreaking book uncovers the lives of those who were doubly marginalized, not only persecuted as Jews but also as queer individuals. In doing so, it confronts the ways in which history has excluded or minimized their experiences, urging us to question normative accounts of the Holocaust. By shedding light on these long-overlooked stories, People Without History Are Dust deepens our understanding of identity, survival, and memory, reminding us why an inclusive and complex approach to history is essential - not just for the sake of the past, but in service to the present and the future as well."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Jennifer Evans

Preface

Towards a queer history of the Holocaust. The queer archival gap ; Homophobia ; Gad Beck ; Queer desire in Theresienstadt ; Conclusion

People without history are dust. Margot Heuman ; Queer kinship ; Nate Leipciger ; Anne Frank ; Molly Applebaum ; Jiří Vrba ; Conclusion.

Notes:

Translation of: Menschen ohne Geschichte sind Staub : Homophobie und Holocaust.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hájková, Anna. Menschen ohne Geschichte sind Staub. English. People without history are dust.

ISBN:

1487557108

9781487557102

1487557116

9781487557119

OCLC:

1513417168

Publisher Number:

CIPO000296628