NAZI PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS 1933 - 1945
Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany sought to rid its territory of the regime's alleged "racial enemies," foremost among whom were Europe's Jews. As part of its effort to create a “master Aryan race,” the Nazi government also persecuted other groups, including homosexual men. Believing them to be carriers of a “degeneracy” that threatened the nation's “disciplined masculinity” and hindered population growth, the Nazis incarcerated in prisons and concentration camps tens of thousands of men as a means of terrorizing German homosexuals into social conformity.
Through reproductions of some 250 historical photographs and documents, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 examines the rationale, means, and impact of the Nazi regime's attempt to eradicate homosexuality that left thousands dead and shattered the lives of many more.
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