A considerable number of lesbians were involved in the resistance against fascism during the Nazi era.

Monica Tschanz (founder of the FrauenLesbenBuchhandlung Berlin) has researched over 100 names from 18 countries

and will present seven of them in more detail with pictures, videos, and music:

Thérèse Pierre (France) was the leader of over 100 partisans

in the Resistance.

Jacoba van Tongeren (Netherlands) founded the resistance network Groep 2000 together with

her partner.

Ilse Totzke (Germany) tried to help her Jewish friends escape

.

Hedwig Koslowski (Germany) hid her Jewish

partner Gertrude Sandmann in Berlin. The future Rembetiko star

Sotiria Bellou (Greece) distributed leaflets.

Hilda Gobbi (Hungary) delivered forged identity cards.

Miyamoto Yuriko (Japan) was a writer and member of the Japanese Communist Party. Josephine Baker (Bi+)(USA/France), who was often on secret missions

Marlene Dietrich (Bi+)(Germany/USA),

who enlisted in the US Army