"The Wisconsin Light"

Identifier
irn37698
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.276
Dates
1 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1989
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37698

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jerry Johnson

Jerry Johnson donated these newspapers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 10 August 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of 27 issues of "The Wisconsin Light," a monthly (and later bi-weekly) newspaper that discussed gay and lesbian issues. These issues, dated from September 1988-November 1989, include articles by Dr. Terry Boughner in which he described the experiences of and interviewed homosexual Holocaust survivors.

Subjects

  • Lesbians--Nazi persecution--Germany.
  • Gays--Nazi persecution.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.