Dear Fredy at Palm Springs Cultural Center
Dear Fredy
Fredy Hirsch was born in Germany, a proud Jew and openly gay man. He was 19 years old when the Nuremberg Laws were published. He fled from Germany to the Czech Republic which was later conquered by the Nazis. With the deportation of the Jews to Ghetto Terezin, Fredy was appointed head of the youth department and dealt with over than 4,000 youth. When he arrived in Auschwitz, Fredy did not succumb to despair. He persuaded Mengele to set up a daycare center for children and youth and granted some 600 children their final moments of happiness. It might be that in Auschwitz, for the first time in his life, Fredy Hirsch didn't experience Homophobia. He had a lover, he was out and people loved him for all the good he did. Together with members of the underground in Auschwitz, he planned a revolt that never came to pass. The story of Fredy Hirsch is another link in the history of the gay community. CO-SPONSORED BY DESERT FILM SOCIETY
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Fredy Hirsch was born in Germany, a proud Jew and openly gay man. He was 19 years old when the Nuremberg Laws were published. He fled from Germany to the Czech Republic which was later conquered by the Nazis. With the deportation of the Jews to Ghetto Terezin, Fredy was appointed head of the youth department and dealt with over than 4,000 youth. When he arrived in Auschwitz, Fredy did not succumb to despair. He persuaded Mengele to set up a daycare center for children and youth and granted some 600 children their final moments of happiness. It might be that in Auschwitz, for the first time in his life, Fredy Hirsch didn't experience Homophobia. He had a lover, he was out and people loved him for all the good he did. Together with members of the underground in Auschwitz, he planned a revolt that never came to pass. The story of Fredy Hirsch is another link in the history of the gay community. CO-SPONSORED BY DESERT FILM SOCIETY
Dear Fredy
Fredy Hirsch was born in Germany, a proud Jew and openly gay man. He was 19 years old when the Nuremberg Laws were published. He fled from Germany to the Czech Republic which was later conquered by the Nazis. With the deportation of the Jews to Ghetto Terezin, Fredy was appointed head of the youth department and dealt with over than 4,000 youth. When he arrived in Auschwitz, Fredy did not succumb to despair. He persuaded Mengele to set up a daycare center for children and youth and granted some 600 children their final moments of happiness. It might be that in Auschwitz, for the first time in his life, Fredy Hirsch didn't experience Homophobia. He had a lover, he was out and people loved him for all the good he did. Together with members of the underground in Auschwitz, he planned a revolt that never came to pass. The story of Fredy Hirsch is another link in the history of the gay community. CO-SPONSORED BY DESERT FILM SOCIETY
