Tommy Guns

The concept itself, in principle, was simple: create an idealistic race free from unwanted evil. Hitler’s grand plan for Europe involved the introduction of perfect Aryan families – blonde hair, blue-eyed families consisting of strong-willed men and their doting wives raising their children with the revered Nazi values. Those who didn’t conform to the government-approved heterosexual norms were considered contamination threats to the otherwise perfect German bloodline, and were simply branded as common criminals.

When the purges started, nobody was safe. The raids were harsh and unforgiving and, as the war started to rage around their ears, the incriminated found themselves the subject of visits by the Geheime Staatspolizei. Those considered a threat to society were locked away in prison camps and made to work like dogs. When their usefulness came to an end, they would be taken out and shot.

Some tried to hide from the government, masking their own feelings and pretending to be ‘normal’ in order to avoid detection. Many failed, but those who survived did so through only sheer grit and determination. Hidden from the world, these men and women danced a merry dance with murder whilst watching their country crumble beneath their feet.

And for people like Ruedi Schmidt and Felix Müller, each stolen kiss over the barrel of a tommy gun was one step closer to certain death.

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