page_title: Magnus Hirschfeld
section_title: Portrayals in popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Magnus Hirschfeld / Portrayals in popular culture
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. first edition of Robert Hichens, That Which Is Hidden (New York City: Doubleday, Doran, 1940); collection of Gerard Koskovich (San Francisco).
context_page_description: Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician and sexologist educated primarily in Germany; he based his practice in Berlin-Charlottenburg during the Weimar period. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee. Historian Dustin Goltz characterized this group as having carried out "the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights". "Hirschfeld's radical ideas changed the way Germans thought about sexuality." Hirschfeld was targeted by Nazis for being Jewish and gay, he was beaten up by völkisch activists in 1920, and in 1933 his Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was sacked and had its books burned by Nazis, forcing him into exile.
context_section_description: Magnus Hirschfeld has been portrayed in a number of works of popular culture both during his lifetime and subsequently. Following is a sampling of genres and titles:
caption: U.S. first edition of Robert Hichens, That Which Is Hidden (Doubleday, Doran, 1940).
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