MÄNNER, HELDEN UND SCHWULE NAZIS
Deutschland 2004 – Director: Rosa von Praunheim – Original language: German – Length: 90 min.
My documentary portrays gay men who describe themselves as right-wing, or who have a history of alignment with the extreme right. Andre is a skinhead. He associates with a group of other bald-headed right-wing men, most of whom tolerate his being gay. […] Bernd Ewald Althans, who gained a reputation for his film, Profession: Neonazi, was imprisoned for his denial of the Holocaust. Today, he organises gay parties in Berlin. For nine years, Jörg Fischer was an active member of the extreme right-wing parties NPD and DVU. During this time he had a relationship with another male party member which lasted four years. He left these organisations in 1991 and now works as a journalist. Journalist Rainer Fromm estimates that 10–15% of neo-Nazi party leadership is gay and that their homosexuality is tolerated within the party. Some may be shocked that I do not take a stand in my film and do not portray gay neo-Nazis as monsters, but as people living their lives in dramatic contradiction. Professor Rüdiger Lautmann provides the most conclusive explanation: "Gays have always been persecuted, in all political parties, all religions and all societies. There is no reason why gay men should not affiliate themselves with right-wing groups – for the fear of being discovered and punished was, and still is, almost the same everywhere." (Rosa von Praunheim)
Writer: Rosa von Praunheim. Camera: Lorenz Haarmann. Sound: Jens Pätzold. Editing: Stefan Kobe. Production: Rosa von Praunheim Film. Producer: Rosa von Praunheim.
UMSONST GELEBT - WALTER SCHWARZE
Deutschland 2004 – Director: Rosa von Praunheim – Original language: German – Length: 18 min.
This film is part of a series of films on gay men who survived the Nazi era.
"I met Walter Schwarze when he was already in his eighties. My camera recorded his first public account of his five-year incarceration as a homosexual at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was in his fifties when he met Ali in his hometown of Leipzig; the two men became partners and re-mained close until his demise. And yet, Walter told me, he felt he had lived in vain, because he had not had the good fortune of today's gays, who are able to grow up in freedom. Walter Schwarze died of cancer on 10 May, 1998." (Rosa von Praunheim)
Production: Rosa von Praunheim Film. Producer: Rosa von Praunheim.

