>From: "David B. O'Donnell" >Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 17:04:25 -0400 [ Send replies to langa@ucc.org *only* ] ---------------------------------------------------------------- WE WERE MARKED WITH A BIG ``A'' By Andrew Lang Three gay Holocaust survivors tell their story for the first time in ``We Were Marked with a Big `A','' a video documentary produced for German television and available from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ``It is so absurd to be punished for love,'' says one of the survivors. He was arrested after a friend broke under torture and revealed the names of his gay acquaintances. ``You learned to turn off your emotions,'' says another survivor. No gay survivors told their story before television cameras until this documentary was produced in 1991. Subject to arrest by West German police under the same law used by the Nazis to imprison thousands of German gays, they kept silent. The video, with English subtitles, is available for $24.95 from the Holocaust Museum, (202) 488-6144 or (202) 488-6146. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Lang (216) 736-2215 office United Church of Christ (216) 295-8280 home Office of Communication (216) 736-2223 fax 700 Prospect Avenue East ANDY LANG EcuNet Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1100 langa@ucc.org Internet