States of Liberation traces the paths of gay men in East and West Germany from the violent aftermath of the Second World War to the thundering nightclubs of present-day Berlin. Following a captivating cast of characters, from gay spies and Nazi scientists to queer politicians and secret police bureaucrats, States of Liberation tells the remarkable story of how the two German states persecuted gay men – and how those men slowly, over the course of decades, won new rights and created new opportunities for themselves in the heart of Cold War Europe. Relying on untapped archives in Germany and the United States as well as oral histories with witnesses and survivors, Huneke reveals that communist East Germany was in many ways far more progressive on queer issues than democratic West Germany.
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"Samuel Clowes Huneke’s comparative look at gay life in postwar Germany, divided between a liberal capitalist West and a state socialist East, offers a unique opportunity to think through this history in more complicated ways that will resonate in many national contexts. Huneke is elegantly able to ‘weave together and to compare the trajectories of male homosexuality in the two German states across the span of forty years’ – an ambitious project which constitutes his primary intervention."
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"States of Liberation is a pioneering, field-shaping masterpiece. This exceptional book will be a staple of the study of post-war Germany."
" - German Politics and Society
"“Through intricately detailed stories and rich sources – many of which were oral interviews conducted by Huneke himself – it illuminates the complexities of gay life and activism in both Germanys. Huneke’s work on the GDR is an especially welcome addition to a canon that often focuses on West Germany or overlooks entanglements between the two states.”" - Journal of History
"“Huneke’s dialectical approach to this history is attuned to complexity and contradiction, delineating the main developments, interrelations, and transformations that occurred in the social processes of liberation.”" - PopMatters
"“A much-needed corrective to the commonly held beliefs that gay liberation was – and is – only possible in Western consumer-capitalist nations … Huneke has written the first history of the gay movement in the two German states from the 1950s until reunification.”" - Central European History
"“Due to its varied source material, sophisticated analysis, and decades-long time frame, the book will be of use not only to specialists but also for any European historian hoping to integrate more queer history into the classroom. By laying bare how anti-gay animus changed over time and how many of our assumptions about queer activism are misguided, Huneke makes an original contribution worthy of a wide readership.”" - American Historical Review
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"Samuel Clowes Huneke’s comparative look at gay life in postwar Germany, divided between a liberal capitalist West and a state socialist East, offers a unique opportunity to think through this history in more complicated ways that will resonate in many national contexts. Huneke is elegantly able to ‘weave together and to compare the trajectories of male homosexuality in the two German states across the span of forty years’ – an ambitious project which constitutes his primary intervention."
" - Journal of Social History
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"States of Liberation is a pioneering, field-shaping masterpiece. This exceptional book will be a staple of the study of post-war Germany."
" - German Politics and Society
"“Through intricately detailed stories and rich sources – many of which were oral interviews conducted by Huneke himself – it illuminates the complexities of gay life and activism in both Germanys. Huneke’s work on the GDR is an especially welcome addition to a canon that often focuses on West Germany or overlooks entanglements between the two states.”" - Journal of History
"“Huneke’s dialectical approach to this history is attuned to complexity and contradiction, delineating the main developments, interrelations, and transformations that occurred in the social processes of liberation.”" - PopMatters
"“A much-needed corrective to the commonly held beliefs that gay liberation was – and is – only possible in Western consumer-capitalist nations … Huneke has written the first history of the gay movement in the two German states from the 1950s until reunification.”" - Central European History
"“Due to its varied source material, sophisticated analysis, and decades-long time frame, the book will be of use not only to specialists but also for any European historian hoping to integrate more queer history into the classroom. By laying bare how anti-gay animus changed over time and how many of our assumptions about queer activism are misguided, Huneke makes an original contribution worthy of a wide readership.”" - American Historical Review
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