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HOMOSEXUALs

HOMOSEXUALs. Aliya, Adam, Adela, Candy and Vicky. Nazi’s View on Homosexuality. Condemned homosexuality “Socially abhorrent” Threat to Aryan race Fight for population.

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HOMOSEXUALs

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  1. HOMOSEXUALs Aliya, Adam, Adela, Candy and Vicky

  2. Nazi’s View on Homosexuality • Condemned homosexuality • “Socially abhorrent” • Threat to Aryan race • Fight for population USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/symposia/symposium/2000-04-28/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

  3. “The Cure” • Genes vs. population • Lesbianism seen as alien to nature • Scientific cure • Castration pictures of Henny Schermann,who was Jewish and a lesbian was killed in 1942. USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?ModuleId=10005478&MediaId=2431 (Dec. 8, 2010).

  4. Actions Taken • 1933: ransacking of “Institute for Sexual Science” • Abortion • Burning of books • 1934: Gestapo Division on Homosexuality • Raids on homosexual meeting places • Pink lists USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

  5. Paragraph 175 • 1935: amended version of Paragraph 175 of Criminal Code • In effect until 1969 In 1937, authorDas Schwarze Korps post a treat in Germany homosexuals should be treated as "enemies of the state" and destroyed. USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

  6. Concentration Camps • 60% death rate • 100 000 men arrested • Pink triangle • Harsh conditions + treatment • Forced to serve out their time Hanging from a column – 1945 Concentration Camp USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

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