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

Many founders of the Nazi party were [[homosexual]], and homosexuality remained common and rampant in the Nazi party throughout its existence.  

However, 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]]. Paragraph 175 banned homosexuality long before Hitler was even born.

According to [[Gay rights]] activists, the [[Nazis]] targeted homosexuals during the [[holocaust]] in a way comparable to the [[Jewish]] population.  it is true a homosexual more obsessed with sex and finding a sex partner rather than fulfilling their national duty in wartime could be targeted for arrest, as [[communist]]s or any other person could be. Homosexuals who acted discreetly and professionally while fulfilling their appointed tasks remained active in the Nazi party and German military throughout the life of the regime.

 

Homosexuals were not targetted and 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/>  These people generally were more concerned about their own personal sex lives than fulfilling a [[collective]] responsibility to the nation while at war. Only about 5,000 to 15,000 of these were interned in [[concentration camps]]. Paragraph 175 banned homosexuality long before Hitler was even born.

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>