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Stefan recalls the evening of November 4, 1941, when leaving the theater where he worked in Torun, Poland, he encounters a German soldier who turns out to be a man named Willi, his first real romance.Foreign words in this video clip:Ersatzkaffee (German): substitute coffee
kosinski, gay, homosexual, soldier, torun, male / Wednesday, May 13, 2015
After several months together, Willi must break the news to Stefan that he is being transferred to the Eastern front.
kosinski, gay, homosexual, male, soldier, eastern front / Wednesday, May 13, 2015
On the way to show his friend Zygmund the shed where Stefan and Willi would regularly meet, the two encounter three men who had just escaped the Stutthof concentration camp.Foreign words in this video clip:pedo (Polish): derogatory word for a gay person
kosinski, gay, homosexual, prisoner, stutthof, concentration camp, aid giver, aid provider / Wednesday, May 13, 2015
After time goes by without receiving a letter from Willi, Stefan decides to write the German soldier himself. His decision to put down his return address on the envelope seals his fate. Not long after, September 19, 1942, the Gestapo bring Stefan in for questioning.Foreign words in this clip:Haftbefehl (German): arrest warrantHandschenkel (meant to say Handschellen) (German): handcuffsVerhöre (German): police interrogations
kosinski, gay, homosexual, correspondence, arrest, gestapo / Wednesday, May 13, 2015