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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
In Under the Pink Triangle by Katie Moore, Manny Hoffman is arrested by the Gestapo for a letter to a friend, which is interpreted as evidence of homosexuality. Manny is sent to the Dachau concentration camp, where the pink triangle marks him as a gay prisoner. Manny struggles to survive, navigating brutal treatment from the guards, particularly one named Geier. Manny forms a bond with Rudi, a fellow prisoner, and they find both emotional and, eventually, physical comfort with one another. Manny is even able to save Rudi from imminent death, although the reprieve is brief and marred by guilt. Meanwhile, a camp guard with an ulterior motive is also forced to completely abandon his morals to protect another. Throughout, all three cling to the fragile hope of life beyond the camp, while the shadow of imminent death looms over every aspect of their existence.
Under the Pink Triangle by Katie Moore is among the most unique perspectives I've come across in fiction set during the Holocaust, amplified by the multiple point of view characters whose lives and often tragic deaths we follow. Manny and Rudi are central, but Moore makes some incredibly thoughtful shifts to short vignettes of other prisoners whose fates punctuate the main, overriding plot. One is the victim of a medical experiment who begs for a merciful death; another is Friedrich Jung, who lies starving in his bunk. A woman named Julianna remembers a completely different time in her life and Elizabeth ushers in a new life under extraordinary circumstances. Moore writes in simple, straightforward prose and does not hold back on the horrifying details, including executions, sexual assault, torture, and extreme humiliation, through to the death marches and Final Solution. This is not an easy read but it is an important one and is a valiant addition to the canon of LGBTQ+ literature.
