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“I had to bear witness in order to protect the future, bear witness in order to overcome the amnesia of my contemporaries.”
― Pierre Seel, I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror

“He had been one of the officials who kept the illegal list of homosexuals in that region with the same good conscience as when he ticketed store owners for neglecting dog turds on their sidewalks.”
― Pierre Seel, I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror

“…aujourd’hui encore, l’allemand, l’alsacien et le français se disputent dans ma tête et brouillent mon élocution ; aujourd’hui encore, je me déplace avec un dictionnaire allemand-français dans mes affaires.”
― Pierre Seel, I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror