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| | [[File:362px-Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1982-159-21A, Nürnberg, Reichsparteitag, Hitler und Röhm.jpg|thumbnail|right|500px|The homosexual [[Ernst Röhm]] was the only [[Nazi]] leader to | | [[File:362px-Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1982-159-21A, Nürnberg, Reichsparteitag, Hitler und Röhm.jpg|thumbnail|right|500px|The homosexual [[Ernst Röhm]] was the only [[Nazi]] leader to |
| | address [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] by his first name "Adolf" rather than "mein Führer" which helped prompt rumors that [[Adolf Hitler]] was a [[homosexuality|homosexual]].]] | | address [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] by his first name "Adolf" rather than "mein Führer" which helped prompt rumors that [[Adolf Hitler]] was a [[homosexuality|homosexual]].]] |
| − | Moral decline prior to Nazi [[Germany]], [[Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality|which spawned]] an increase in the acceptance of [[homosexuality]] in German society, occurred about 35 years before the [[Nazi]]s took power and it paved the way for the Nazis to take power. The Nazis were rabid [[evolution|evolutionists]] who insisted that the "[[evolutionary racism|German master race]]" should dominate other so-called inferior races. Belief in [[evolution]] has been linked to a decline of morality.<ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to belief in evolution]</ref> | + | Moral decline prior to Nazi [[Germany]], [[Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality|which spawned]] an increase in the acceptance of [[homosexuality]] in German society, occurred about 35 years before the [[Nazi]]s took power and it paved the way for the Nazis to take power. The Nazis were rabid [[evolution]]ists who insisted that the "[[evolutionary racism|German master race]]" should dominate other so-called inferior races. Belief in [[evolution]] has been linked to a decline of morality.<ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to belief in evolution]</ref> |
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| | The American journalist H. R. Knickerbocker wrote about the homosexual Nazi leader [[Ernst Röhm]]: Röhm's "chiefs, men of the rank of Gruppenfuehrer or Obergruppenfuehrer, commanding units of several hundred thousand [[Storm Troopers]], were almost without exception homosexuals. Indeed, unless a Storm Troop officer were homosexual, he had no chance of advancement."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=RwGwpIBHhgcC&lpg=PR2&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false Is Tomorrow Hitler's? by H. R. Knickerbocker, page 34]</ref> | | The American journalist H. R. Knickerbocker wrote about the homosexual Nazi leader [[Ernst Röhm]]: Röhm's "chiefs, men of the rank of Gruppenfuehrer or Obergruppenfuehrer, commanding units of several hundred thousand [[Storm Troopers]], were almost without exception homosexuals. Indeed, unless a Storm Troop officer were homosexual, he had no chance of advancement."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=RwGwpIBHhgcC&lpg=PR2&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false Is Tomorrow Hitler's? by H. R. Knickerbocker, page 34]</ref> |
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| | [[Homosexuality]] was supported in [[Nazi Germany]], although modern gay rights activists claim that an estimated 100,000 homosexual men were arrested for this crime, of whom approximately 5,000 to 15,000 were interned in [[concentration camps]].<ref name=HTRC>[http://www.holocaust-trc.org/homosx.htm Holocaust Teacher Resource Centre: Homosexuals]</ref> See [[Homosexuals and the Holocaust]] for further details. | | [[Homosexuality]] was supported in [[Nazi Germany]], although modern gay rights activists claim that an estimated 100,000 homosexual men were arrested for this crime, of whom approximately 5,000 to 15,000 were interned in [[concentration camps]].<ref name=HTRC>[http://www.holocaust-trc.org/homosx.htm Holocaust Teacher Resource Centre: Homosexuals]</ref> See [[Homosexuals and the Holocaust]] for further details. |
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| − | Yet, according to some historians, homosexual men constituted the core of the Nazi Party in Germany.<ref>See "Homosexuality and the Nazi Party" [http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html] </ref> In contrast to the wimpy "swish" homosexual, Nazi homosexuals were ultra-macho or "butch". | + | Yet, according to some historians, homosexual men constituted the core of the Nazi Party in Germany.<ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html See "Homosexuality and the Nazi Party"]</ref> In contrast to the wimpy "swish" homosexual, Nazi homosexuals were ultra-macho or "butch". |
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| | The OSS addressed the reason why so many homosexuals found the [[Nazi party]] inviting, | | The OSS addressed the reason why so many homosexuals found the [[Nazi party]] inviting, |
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