Pierre Seel, who survived imprisonment at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II for homosexuality, died last week of cancer at 82 years of age in his home in France. Pierre was the author of I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror and interviewed with Rob Epstein for Paragraph 175, a documentary about the Nazis’ treatment of gays during the Holocaust.

From an editorial review of I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror from Library Journal:

Seel was abducted by the Germans from his home in Alsace, France, because his name appeared on a police list of suspected homosexuals. He was then subjected to ghastly torture, later conscripted into the German army, and eventually taken prisoner by the Russians. His testimony and plight do not end there. After years of a difficult marriage and attempts to overcome his shame, he now seeks the same recognition other victims of the Nazis receive from the French government. This harrowing tale may be overwhelming for some, but it gives new depth to human witness of the most horrific act of the century.

Read “SURVIVING GAY VICTIM OF NAZI REGIME DIES” here.