https://en.wikipedia.

org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany_and_the_Holocau
st
Base
Gaymenworepinktrianglesincamps
Gaymenandlesbianwomen2targetedgroups
Scholarlyworksdealingwithsexualityandspecificallyhomosexualitybanned
InstitutfrSexualwissenschaft
,byJewishgayrightsactivistMagnusHirschfeld
Hirschfeldsenttoconcentrationcamp,wasmainorganizer
ManyhomosexualsbeatenandmurderedwithinNaziParty
Lawscreatedbythe2ndReichdeemedhomosexualityacrime
19331945estimated100,000menarrestedforhomosexuality,50,000officially
sentenced,
Giventougherwork
Afterliberationofconcentrationcamps,manygaymenwerereimprisoned
1933Nazipartybannedorganizedgroupsofgaycitizensfromorganizingclubsalso
banned
May6,1933,NaziYouthofDeutscheStudentenschaftorganizedattackonInstituteof
SexResearch
4dayslateronMay10,roughly20,000writtenrecordsburned,5,000pictures
burned
Recordsinbuildingcontainingnamesandaddressesofgaypeopleseizedby
Nazis
JosephGoebbelsgavespeechto40,000peoplewhilebookswereburning.=
JosephGoebbels:(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels
)
Nazipolitician
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http://www.rainbowhamlets.org/culturalprogrammes/holocaustmemorialday2014/lgbtexperie
nceunderthenazis/

Germanvaluessameness
Propagandawasusedtoreinforcetheimageofaperfectgerman
Hitlerbelievedthatbeinggay/lesbianwasmadsomeonegeneticallyinferiortheywould
spoilthebloodline
DefenceofLGBTrights
1897ScientificHumanitarianCommittee:setuptoprotectLGBTrights
By1920smoreopenandtolerantviewtowardshomosecuality
Gay/lesbianbars+communityorganisations

 (
http://www.rainbowhamlets.org/culturalprogrammes/holocaustmemoria
lday2014/drmagnushirschfeld/
)
DrHirschfeldfeltthatsexualitywasanaturaltraitandshouldbe
accepted/exploredratherthanrejectedbysociety
LedLGBTmovementstogetpeopleoutandinvolvedaswellastoget
politicalsupport
Persecution
Nazisfelttheonlypurposeforhumansexualitywasreproduction
Nazisalsohaveverystrictmale/femalegenderrolesthatwerechallengedbytheLGBT
community
PropagandaministerJosephGoebbelsmadeitcleartheviewsoftheNazipartyon
May6
1933:
Wemustexterminatethesepeoplerootandbranchthehomosexualmustbe
eliminated.
Gaymenandwomentakenintoprotectivecustody(
Schutzhaft
)reallymeantbeing
arrested
50,00080,000gaymensentencedandimprisonedsomefaceddeathpenalty
15,000senttoconcentrationcamps
PostWar
GaymenandwomennotrecognisedasvictimsofNaziism
AntigayviewswerenowcommonduetoNazipropaganda:decadesofrepression
PinktriangleusedasamarkduringWWIInotusedasagayrightssymbol(PinkTriangle
Coalition)
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https://www.ushmm.org/learn/students/learningmaterialsandresources/homosexualsvictimsof
thenaziera/persecutionofhomosexuals
In1934aspecialbranchoftheGestapowassetuptodealwithgaymenandwomen
Oneoffirstorderswastogetpinklistofallgaymenandwomen
Paragraph175ofcriminalcodeexpandedtoincludethingsconcerning
homosexuality
Notrepealeduntillongafterwar:ledtocontinueddiscrimination
@camps
@Buchenwald,Dr.CarlVaernetperformedmedicalexperimentsconvert
Include:surgicalimplantofcapsulesthatreleaseextratestosterone:wantto
Cure
Survivorstestifythatifsomeonehadapinktriangleidentifyingmark,theyweretreated
worse
Lesbiansnotascommoninpersecution.P.175didntsaymuchaboutfemalesexuality
Somegaymenwerefreedbutsubsequentlysentencedtoprisonsentences

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https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005261

HomosexualitytechnicallyillegalinWeimarrepublic,butgayrightsactivistsstillfound
footholds
Nazisweremoralcrusaderswhowantedtoendallimpurities
Gaymenseenasweak,feminine,andunabletosupportcountry
Inthecamps,gaymenseparatedtopreventspreadofhomosexuality
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http://chgs.umn.edu/educational/homosexuals.html

Gaymenandwomensometimesreferredtoasverminplaguecancerousulcersor
tumor

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http://opus.ipfw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=srce_stusymp

Lesbianismnottakenseriously
Justwantedkids&willtakeamanoncetheycomehomefromwar.
Womenhavelesspowersonotasbigadeal
Weresometimearrestedandtakentocampswithan
asocialredtriangle
insteadofpink