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Several books by professional historians have challenged the myth. One is ''The Third Reich at War'' by Richard J. Evans, which gives a balanced view, revealing that most of the Nazis’ rhetoric against homosexuals was just that  - rhetoric – and while a small number of male homosexuals were given prison sentences, Himmler frequently commuted them so that they could be sent into the army instead. ''The Routledge History of the Holocaust'' by Jonathan C. Friedman, reveals that although the death penalty applied to homosexual behavior among German army and SS officers, it did not apply to anyone else, and even in the SS it was rarely carried out. “Often the SS chief would relent and commute the sentence, if he could persuade himself that the guilty man was not a real homosexual, but had suffered a momentary lapse, especially under the influence of alcohol.”  <ref>''The Third Reich at War'' by Richard J. Evans, Penguin Books, 2010. ''The Routledge History of the Holocaust'' by Jonathan C. Friedman (Routledge, 2010, p.394. </ref>

Several books by professional historians have challenged the myth. One is ''The Third Reich at War'' by Richard J. Evans, which gives a balanced view, revealing that most of the Nazis’ rhetoric against homosexuals was just that  - rhetoric – and while a small number of male homosexuals were given prison sentences, Himmler frequently commuted them so that they could be sent into the army instead. ''The Routledge History of the Holocaust'' by Jonathan C. Friedman, reveals that although the death penalty applied to homosexual behavior among German army and SS officers, it did not apply to anyone else, and even in the SS it was rarely carried out. “Often the SS chief would relent and commute the sentence, if he could persuade himself that the guilty man was not a real homosexual, but had suffered a momentary lapse, especially under the influence of alcohol.”  <ref>''The Third Reich at War'' by Richard J. Evans, Penguin Books, 2010. ''The Routledge History of the Holocaust'' by Jonathan C. Friedman (Routledge, 2010, p.394. </ref>

The most thorough investigation of the Homocaust myth is Gunter Grau and Claudia Shoppmann’s ''Hidden Holocaust? Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-45.'' Written in German, by two historians of Humboldt University Berlin, it has been translated and published in English. <ref> Gunter Grau and Claudia Shoppmann, ''Hidden Holocaust? Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-45,'' 1995, translated by Patrick Camiller and published in English ,Routledge, 21 Aug 2013.ISBN-10: 0304329568.</ref> This book examines first-hand documentary evidence and reveals that during the entire Nazi period, the number of people convicted under anti-homosexuality laws was only 5,000 and they were sent to prisons or labour camps, not extermination camps. Half of that 5,000 survived the war. None were deliberately killed, but some died towards the end of the war of harsh conditions, such as cold, starvation and disease. No lesbians were arrested or jailed. So while the hysterical LGBT sites talk about 100,000 or a million victims, professional historians give a figure of 2,500 accidental deaths.  

The most thorough investigation of the Homocaust myth is Gunter Grau and Claudia Shoppmann’s ''Hidden Holocaust? Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-45.'' Written in German, by two historians of Humboldt University Berlin, it has been translated and published in English. <ref> Gunter Grau and Claudia Shoppmann, ''Hidden Holocaust? Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-45,'' 1995, translated by Patrick Camiller and published in English ,Routledge, 21 Aug 2013.ISBN-10: 0304329568.</ref> This book examines first-hand documentary evidence and reveals that during the entire Nazi period, the number of people convicted under anti-homosexuality laws was only 5,000 and they were sent to prisons or labour camps, not extermination camps. Half of that 5,000 survived the war. None were deliberately killed, but some died towards the end of the war of harsh conditions, such as cold, starvation and disease. No lesbians were arrested or jailed. So while the hysterical LGBT sites talk about 100,000 or a million victims, professional historians give a figure of 2,500 accidental deaths.  

The bizarre publication history of this book gives some insight into the mentality of the people who spread the Homocaust myth. Although Grau and Shoppmann’s book conclusively refutes the claims that the Nazis carried out any large-scale killing of homosexuals, the blurb of the book on the Routledge website says the opposite. It claims the book upholds LGBT activists’ version of history. The fact that they will go so far as to misrepresent an academic book in order to uphold their false world-view could provide useful evidence for a debate on whether homosexuality is a form of insanity. <ref> https://www.routledge.com/The-Hidden-Holocaust-Gay-and-Lesbian-Persecution-in-Germany-1933-45/Grau-Shoppmann/p/book/9781315073880  

The bizarre publication history of this book gives some insight into the mentality of the people who spread the Homocaust myth. Although Grau and Shoppmann’s book conclusively refutes the claims that the Nazis carried out any large-scale killing of homosexuals, the blurb of the book on the Routledge website says the opposite. It claims the book upholds LGBT activists’ version of history. The fact that they will go so far as to misrepresent an academic book in order to uphold their false world-view could provide useful evidence for a debate on whether homosexuality is a form of insanity. <ref> https://www.routledge.com/The-Hidden-Holocaust-Gay-and-Lesbian-Persecution-in-Germany-1933-45/Grau-Shoppmann/p/book/9781315073880  

The Hidden Holocaust?: Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-45, Günter Grau, Claudia Shoppmann - History - 2013 - 336 pages "The persecution of lesbians and gay men by the Nazis is a subject that has been constantly debated during the last decade, providing a theme for books, articles, and plays. Until recently the discussion has remained speculative: most of the relevant documents were stored in closed East German archives, and access was denied to scholars and researchers. As a result of the unification of East and West Germany, these archives are now open. Hidden Holocaust, by the German scholars Gunter Grau and Claudia Shoppmann of Humboldt Uinversity, Berlin, demonstrates that the eradication of homosexuals was a declared gol of the Nazis even before they took power in 1933, and provide proof of

The Hidden Holocaust?: Gay and Lesbian Persecution in Germany 1933-45, Günter Grau, Claudia Shoppmann - History - 2013 - 336 pages "The persecution of lesbians and gay men by the Nazis is a subject that has been constantly debated during the last decade, providing a theme for books, articles, and plays. Until recently the discussion has remained speculative: most of the relevant documents were stored in closed East German archives, and access was denied to scholars and researchers. As a result of the unification of East and West Germany, these archives are now open. Hidden Holocaust, by the German scholars Gunter Grau and Claudia Shoppmann of Humboldt Uinversity, Berlin, demonstrates that the eradication of homosexuals was a declared gol of the Nazis even before they took power in 1933, and provide proof of

the systematic anti-gay campaigns, the methods used tjo justify discrimination, and the incarceration mutilation and murder of gay men and women in Nazi concentration camps. A chilling but groud-breaking work in gay and lesbian studies."</ref>

the systematic anti-gay campaigns, the methods used tjo justify discrimination, and the incarceration mutilation and murder of gay men and women in Nazi concentration camps. A chilling but groud-breaking work in gay and lesbian studies."</ref>

This misleading blurb is reproduced on Google books and elsewhere, perpetuating the fallacy and giving it bogus academic respectability.<ref> https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hidden-holocaust-gunter-grau/1115919998?type=eBook</ref>

This misleading blurb is reproduced on Google books and elsewhere, perpetuating the fallacy and giving it bogus academic respectability.<ref> https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hidden-holocaust-gunter-grau/1115919998?type=eBook</ref>

LGBT websites widely use photo-shopped pictures to uphold the Homocaust myth. A famous photograph of men in Buchenwald concentration camp is in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and is provisionally dated 1939-41. Pale gray triangles are faintly visible on some of them, and could have had a number of meanings as triangles of six different colors were used.  

LGBT websites widely use photo-shopped pictures to uphold the Homocaust myth. A famous photograph of men in Buchenwald concentration camp is in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and is provisionally dated 1939-41. Pale gray triangles are faintly visible on some of them, and could have had a number of meanings as triangles of six different colors were used.