October 22, 2025 at 12:30pm EDT
In Person & Online
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Location: Kupferberg Holocaust Center

In a world where most saw binaries of "us" and "them," Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld saw humanity as a seamless continuum of "we." Applying this insight first to sexual orientation, then to gender, and finally to race, Hirschfeld worked to rally the world against rising fascism. Nearly a century after the Nazis burned his archive and drove him from Berlin, Hirschfeld's outlook has much to teach us as we face down book bans and weaponized xenophobia today. The event features Daniel Brook, author of The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld Visionary of Weimar Berlin (Norton & Co., 2025).

This event is part of a special collaboration between Queensborough Community College’s Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center; LGBTQIA+ Consortium; English Department; Communication, Theatre, & Media Production Department; and PRIDE Center.