People without history are dust. Book presentation and discussion with Anna Hájková
Apr 8, 2025 - 18:00
| event type: | Community |
| místo: | Goose on a String Theatre, Zelný trh 9, provázek.studio |
Where are the stories of great queer love during the Shoah? We hardly know any, and that is no coincidence. In her research, Anna Hájková explains why the history of same-sex love during the Holocaust was later excluded and marginalized, and how its return to collective memory can offer a more inclusive and feminist narrative of this genocide.
The book People Without History Are Dust is based on extensive original archival research and provides a clear insight into the queer history of the Holocaust for both beginners and advanced readers.
Anna Hájková (born 1978) is a lecturer in modern European continental history at the University of Warwick in the UK, where she leads the Center for Global Jewish Studies. She is a historian of the Jewish Holocaust and the author of The Last Ghetto: Everyday Life in Theresienstadt.