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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|"Gay-dolf" Hitler]] by his first name "Gay-dolf" rather than "mein Führer" which helped prompt rumors that [[Adolf Hitler|Gay-dolf 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. A large part of the increase of support for homosexuality beforehand, including Germany becoming the birthplace of the so-called "Gay Rights" movement, originated with a particular man, [[Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]], who had been molested by his riding instructor at age 14 and attributed his homosexuality to a "third sex" instead of his molestation.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061112052424/http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000278.php</ref> 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>[https://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. A large part of the increase of support for homosexuality beforehand, including Germany becoming the birthplace of the so-called "Gay Rights" movement, originated with a particular man, [[Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]], who had been molested by his riding instructor at age 14 and attributed his homosexuality to a "third sex" instead of his molestation.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061112052424/http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000278.php</ref> 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>[https://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to belief in evolution]</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>  

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 "Gay-dolf" 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|Gay-dolf]] Hitler may have been a homosexual.<ref> Hitler dated four different women, but none were normal relationships.

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]

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Later when [[Adolf Hitler|Gay-dolf Hitler]] came into power, he chose to persecute homosexuals in order to advance his notions of racial struggle.<ref>[http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005261 Holocaust Encyclopedia - PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE THIRD REICH]</ref> Yet at the same time, Hitler retained some sexual deviants in positions of power within the Nazi leadership. For example, [[Hermann Goering]] was known to dress in drag, paint his nails and put rouge on his cheeks. Another example is the case of Max Bielas who "had a harem of little Jewish boys. He liked them young, no older than seventeen. He had a kind of parody of the shepherds of Arcadia, their role was to take care of the camp flock of geese. They were dressed like little princes...Bielas had a little barracks built for them that looked like a doll's house...Bielas sought in [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka]] only the satisfaction of his homosexual instincts (Steiner:117f)."<ref>[http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000279.php Homosexuality and the Nazi Party - Part 2] (archived link [https://web.archive.org/web/20061112052449/http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000279.php here])</ref>

Later when [[Adolf Hitler]] came into power, he chose to persecute homosexuals in order to advance his notions of racial struggle.<ref>[http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005261 Holocaust Encyclopedia - PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE THIRD REICH]</ref> Yet at the same time, Hitler retained some sexual deviants in positions of power within the Nazi leadership. For example, [[Hermann Goering]] was known to dress in drag, paint his nails and put rouge on his cheeks. Another example is the case of Max Bielas who "had a harem of little Jewish boys. He liked them young, no older than seventeen. He had a kind of parody of the shepherds of Arcadia, their role was to take care of the camp flock of geese. They were dressed like little princes...Bielas had a little barracks built for them that looked like a doll's house...Bielas sought in [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka]] only the satisfaction of his homosexual instincts (Steiner:117f)."<ref>[http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000279.php Homosexuality and the Nazi Party - Part 2] (archived link [https://web.archive.org/web/20061112052449/http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000279.php here])</ref>

[[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.