Queer experiences in the Holocaust: Introduction

This special issue presents research into the experiences – the emotions, memories, practices, desires, relationalities, and imaginations – of queer subjects during and after the Nazi regime. The contributions go beyond attempts to record queer-identified people or the facts of behaviors relating to non-normative sexualities. Instead, they trace the obscured perceptions, opinions, and memories of those who participated in or witnessed queer behavior during the Holocaust. Using multidisciplinary approaches, this special issue also discusses creative methodologies to approach queer experiences that have been affected by Nazi persecution.