Leo Clasen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Leo Clasen

Gay Holocaust survivor

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1906

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: physician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Leo Clasen (1906 - 1972) was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp because of his homosexuality.
He wrote about his experiences in 1954–1955 in the homophile magazine Humanitas, Monatszeitschrift für Menschlichkeit und Kultur, which was published in seven parts under the pseudonym L.
D.
Classen von Neudegg.
His account is one of the most significant records of the experience of homosexuals persecuted by Nazi Germany.
He was born on 26 June 1906 in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and was educated as a doctor.