Difference between revisions of "Homosexuals and the Holocaust"
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| + | [[Gay rights]] activists claim that the Nazis targeted homosexuals during the [[holocaust]] in a way comparable to the [[Jewish]] population. In fact, homosexuals were not exterminated as Jews were. | ||
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During Germany's [[Third Reich]], about 5,000 to 15,000 [[homosexual]] men were interned. 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, leaving thousands dead and shattering the lives of many more".<ref name=USHMM> | During Germany's [[Third Reich]], about 5,000 to 15,000 [[homosexual]] men were interned. 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, leaving thousands dead and shattering the lives of many more".<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> | ||
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Revision as of 16:27, November 12, 2008
Gay rights activists claim that the Nazis targeted homosexuals during the holocaust in a way comparable to the Jewish population. In fact, homosexuals were not exterminated as Jews were.
During Germany's Third Reich, about 5,000 to 15,000 homosexual men were interned. 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, leaving thousands dead and shattering the lives of many more".[1]