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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>[https://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>[https://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>  

Ernst Röhm was the only Nazi leader to address Hitler by his first name "Adolf" rather than "mein Führer" which helped prompt rumors that Hitler was a homosexual. The historian Lothar Machtan and others have uncovered historical evidence that suggest Adolf Hitler may have been a homosexual.<ref>

Ernst Röhm was the only Nazi leader to address Hitler by his first name "Adolf" rather than "mein Führer" which helped prompt rumors that Hitler was a homosexual. The historian Lothar Machtan and others have uncovered historical evidence that suggest Adolf Hitler may have been a homosexual.<ref> Hitler dated four different women, but none were normal relationships.

*[http://www.historytoday.com/richard-bessel/hidden-hitler Richard Bessel reviews the book by historian Lothar Machtan - The Hidden Hitler]  

*[http://www.historytoday.com/richard-bessel/hidden-hitler Richard Bessel reviews the book by historian Lothar Machtan - The Hidden Hitler]  

*[http://nypost.com/2004/04/20/gay-dolf-hitler-fussy-fascist-dragged-out-of-closet/ Gay-Dolf Hitler: Fussy Fascist Dragged out of Closet]

*[http://nypost.com/2004/04/20/gay-dolf-hitler-fussy-fascist-dragged-out-of-closet/ Gay-Dolf Hitler: Fussy Fascist Dragged out of Closet]

[[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.  

Yet, according to some historians, homosexual men constituted the core of the Nazi Party in Germany.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970109231807/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".

Yet, according to some historians, homosexual men constituted the core of the Nazi Party in Germany.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970109231807/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".