'Eldorado' documentary explor LGBTQ+ Weimar Germany - Philalphia Gay News

Contents:

• NETFLIX EXPOS THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY
• GAYDORADO
• GAYLAN ANN EDWARDS WHE
• WHY ARE THE ‘EL DORADO’ SONGS SO GAY?
• GAYDORADO EL DORADO GIF
• WHY ARE THE ‘EL DORADO’ SONGS SO GAY?

NETFLIX EXPOS THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY

Which didn’t stop burly Hler nfidante and head of the Nazi SA paraary wg Ernst Röhm, a not-terribly-closeted gay man, om equentg the tablishment. As the film explas, the SA had a strong homoerotic element, a disgt wh women and femy they somehow ed to jtify homosexualy – for a time, anyway. At a certa pot, Röhm’s iendship wh Hler uld only take him so far a Nazi regime creasgly set on eraditg homosexualy.

GAYDORADO

Röhm is but one player this ncise, ftly told doc that the Eldorado as a lnchg pad to a broar story about beg gay Nazi Germany.

The film never out and yells , but is also a remr of the Fal Solutn tenor that still acpani much anti-gay and anti-trans rhetoric and, creasgly, policy.

He was also a bohemian spir who had a passnate homosexual relatnship wh Manasse Herbst, a Galician Jewish actor who fled Germany 1936. Hirschfeld, a groundbreakg sexologist, both gay and Jewish and therefore a prime target of Nazi Germany, was thankfully not prent when his stute was ransacked by mardg Nazi youth (here aga, there are photos).

GAYLAN ANN EDWARDS WHE

Here we experience the nce that thrived before the fall, at a hiaway for those whose differenc would soon mark them for prison, exile, or, many s, ath ( is timated that between 5, 000 and 15, 000 gay people died the ncentratn mps for vlatg Paragraph 175). Homosexuals like Röhm were able to party at Eldorado the ’20s and he expected to survive the strict, anti-queer hostili that were trsic to the Nazi ethos jt bee he was buds wh Hler.

The documentary exam Röhm om a queer perspective by readg letters that he wrote where he proclaims his gay “pri” and dissectg the overtly homoerotic vib of his paraary wg.

WHY ARE THE ‘EL DORADO’ SONGS SO GAY?

There are so many World War II stori out there, that ’s easy to zone out the stant Eldorado go a mute whout talkg about anythg gay. The film reveals what happened to Gottied and Manasse as the Nazis rose to power and Paragraph 175, which crimalized homosexualy, was enforced.

Another gay man promently featured the film is Walter Arlen, who spryly reunts his love for Lumpi, whom he met as a teenager and shared an tense iendship.

But aga, as the Nazis rose to power, Arlen and Lumpi are targeted bee they are both Jewish and gay. Röhm, who spent nsirable time at the Eldorado, lived a double life as a stormtrooper and a gay man.

GAYDORADO EL DORADO GIF

Röhm’s story is trigug bee he seems full of ntradictns, but the documentary emphasiz the impact of Röhm’s story — that he created a sndal and his behavr allowed Himmler to rise to power and clare his tentns to eradite the homosexuals (which he did).

WHY ARE THE ‘EL DORADO’ SONGS SO GAY?

“Eldorado” juxtapos nightclub scen wh Hler’s ralli as well as the risg crackdown on queer, gay, lbian, and trans people.

As gay men were sent to ncentratn mps, they were abed, gettg too ltle food which often ed their aths. The persecutn of homosexuals ntued long after the war end as Paragraph 175 was not repealed until 1994.