LEADER 04005cam a2200601 i 4500001 277450 005 20240621234500.0 006 m o d | 007 cr cnu|||||||| 008 190811t20202020nyu ob 001 0beng|d 020 |z9780231196703 |q(cloth) 020 |z9780231196710 |q(paperback) 020 9780231551786 |q(e-book) 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC5896519 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL5896519 035 (OCoLC)1119063899 035 277450 043 e-gx---e------ 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 050 4 HQ75.8.M326 |bA3 2020 099 ebook 100 1 Baer, Marc David, |d1970- |eauthor. 245 10 German, Jew, Muslim, gay : |bthe life and times of Hugo Marcus / |cMarc David Baer. 264 1 New York : |bColumbia University Press, |c[2020] 264 4 |c©2020 300 1 online resource (317 pages). 336 text |2rdacontent 337 computer |2rdamedia 338 online resource |2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome |2rdacc 347 text file |2rdaft 490 1 Religion culture and public life 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: Goethe as pole star -- Fighting for gay rights in Berlin, 1900-1925 -- Queer convert: Protestant Islam in Weimar Germany, 1925-1933 -- A Jewish Muslim in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1939 -- Who writes lives: Swiss refuge, 1939-1965 -- Hans Alienus: yearning, gay writer, 1948-1965 -- Conclusion: a Goethe mosque for Berlin. 520 "German, Jew, Muslim, Gay offers an astonishing perspective on the history of modern Germany through the vantage point of a man with multiple identities who devoted his life to religious utopias, fought for homosexual rights, wrote gay fiction, converted from Judaism to Islam (one of the few of any faith to do so), and considered himself part of a spiritual elite that held the key to Germany's salvation. Born in Posen in 1880, the son of a Jewish industrialist, Hugo Marcus converted to Islam and chose the name Hamid; he became the most important convert in Germany while retaining his membership in the Jewish community. He was renamed Israel by the Nazis and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1938, where he was in the unique position of Muslim witness to the Holocaust. The imam of his mosque gained his release and he escaped to Switzerland, where he wrote gay fiction under the pen name Hans Alienus. He died in Basel in 1966. The book challenges deeply ingrained perceptions of Muslim-Jewish relations during World War II and illuminates their interconnected histories in modern Europe. It also tells the unknown story of Marcus' orientalized Islam that, in echoing Goethe's, revitalized an essential strand of Germany's spiritual heritage"-- |cProvided by publisher. 588 Description based on print version record. 590 Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Marcus, Hugo, |d1880-1966. 650 0 Gay men |zGermany |vBiography. 650 0 Muslim converts from Judaism |zGermany |vBiography. 650 0 Holocaust survivors |zGermany |vBiography. 650 0 Jews |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Muslims |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. 651 0 Europe |xEthnic relations |xHistory |y20th century. 655 4 Electronic books. 650 7 Gay men. |2homoit 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 776 08 |iPrint version:Baer, Marc David. |tGerman, Jew, Muslim, gay : the life and times of Hugo Marcus. |dNew York : Columbia University Press, [2020] |kReligion culture and public life 797 2 ProQuest (Firm) 830 0 Religion, culture, and public life. 856 41 |3Electronic version(s) |zHosted by ProQuest |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ushmm/detail.action?docID=5896519 852 |bebook