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According to [[Gay rights]] activists, the [[Nazis]] targeted [[homosexuals]] during the [[holocaust]] in a way comparable to the [[Jewish]] population.

According to [[Gay rights]] activists, the [[Nazis]] targeted [[homosexuals]] during the [[holocaust]] in a way comparable to the [[Jewish]] population.

In fact, homosexuals were not exterminated as Jews were. Although approximately 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality, out of an estimated homosexual population of one million.<ref name=HTRC/><ref name=USHMM/>, only about 5,000 to 15,000 of these were interned in [[concentration camps]].

In fact, homosexuals were not exterminated as Jews were, although approximately 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality, out of an estimated homosexual population of one million.<ref name=HTRC/><ref name=USHMM/> Only about 5,000 to 15,000 of these were interned in [[concentration camps]].

 

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Nazi Germany did not seek to kill all homosexuals. . . [but] the Nazi state, through active persecution, attempted to terrorize German homosexuals into sexual and social conformity".<ref name=USHMM>

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Nazi Germany did not seek to kill all homosexuals. . . [but] the Nazi state, through active persecution, attempted to terrorize German homosexuals into sexual and social conformity".<ref name=USHMM>

[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945]</ref>

[http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945]</ref>