Snapshots of History Season 1 Episode 20 Pierre Louis - A Gay Man in the Interwar Years

In 1923, Pilou was 19 years old. He lived in Avallon, a small town in the Yonne and knew that one day he would go to Paris, where he could fully embrace his desire for men. His photo albums provide a rare record of the life of a young homosexual during the roaring twenties. They tell the tale of this magical interlude that would soon be endangered by the rise of extremism throughout Europe.