Bruno Vogel (1898-1987) was a German writer.
Bruno Vogel was born on September 29, 1898 in Leipzig.[1] He spent his childhood in Bohemia.[1] In 1916, he fought in the First World War, first on the border of the Austro-Hungarian empire, then in the Baltic, and in Flanders by 1917.[1]
In 1922, he founded the gay group Gemeinschaft Wir ("We the Community") under the aegis of Magnus Hirschfeld.[1] It was the local chapter in Leipzig of the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, one of the largest gay groups in Germany from 1896 to 1933.[2] In the mid-20s, after his parents put him out on the streets for being gay, he moved to Berlin, and he founded the Revolutionary Pacifists Group with Kurt Hiller.[1] In 1928, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party, but soon left.[1]
In 1938, he moved to Capetown, South Africa with Otto Bohlmann.[1][2] From 1942 to 1944, he worked in the South African Army.[1] Later, he wrote for Forward, Common Sense and Jewish Affairs.[1] In 1953, he moved to London, from where he was involved in the anti-apartheid movement.[1]
He died in 1987.[1]