Hugo Marcus

Dr. Hugo "Hamid" Marcus (6 July 1880 – 18 April 1966) was a homosexual, Muslim, German-Jewish academic, author, teacher, and political activist.

Foremost a dedicated writer, a large portion of Marcus' writing focuses on male homoerotic relationships and his interpretations of Islam. Despite being ethnically Jewish, Marcus converted to Islam in 1931, at the age of 51, after being heavily involved in the Ahmadiyya mosque community in Berlin in the prior years. During 1938, Marcus was arrested by the Nazis for his Jewish Heritage and sent to Oranienburg concentration camp, but was released a month later due to help from the Ahmadiyya community.

Marcus was an exceptional example of a Jewish convert to Islam, publishing a German translation of the Quran in 1939. Marcus' involvement in the Berlin Muslim community was considered one of the Ahmadiyya community's greatest achievements due to his invaluable insight into German language and culture.

Marcus was also highly involved in homosexual activism during his younger years, being a close associate to famous homosexual activist and sexual scientist Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935) and others. Behind closed doors, however, Marcus did not have an active love life and never found a partner, spending the latter half of his life almost completely alone. Provided by Wikipedia