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	Three unique public programs relating to the special exhibition
	Solidarity, by Richard Grune (1903–1983), lithograph, 1947. Schwules Museum [Gay Museum], Berlin. Grune was incarcerated for homosexuality by the Nazi state from 1934 to 1945. The Eldorado nightclub on Motzstrasse in 1932 was one of many Berlin establishments, including bars, cafés, dance halls, and same-sex friendship leagues, that provided their clientele with support and community. Bundesarchiv Koblenz.		This program series is made possible by a gift from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. Admission is free for all programs, but reservations are required. Call 202.488.0407. Doors to the Museum open at 6 p.m. for the evening programs. Preceding and following the programs, the special exhibition Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933–1945 will be open in the Museum's Gonda Education Center, Lower Level. For an e-mail reminder, please join the Museum's electronic newsletter at www.ushmm.org/museum/ publicprograms. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024–2126 Metro: Smithsonian Germany's Nazi government under Adolf Hitler attempted to rid German-controlled territory of people who did not fit its vision of a hereditarily pure, "master Aryan race" and sought to eradicate homosexuality as a "contagious degeneracy." The special exhibition Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933–1945 is one in a series about the lesser-known victims of the Nazi era. In conjunction with Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933–1945, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum presents three public programs exploring the experiences of the homosexual community in Germany before, during, and after World War II. Thursday, January 23, 2003, 7 p.m.     LAVENDER SONGS: WEIMAR CABARET AND BEYOND Thursday, January 30, 2003, 7 p.m.     COMING INTO FOCUS: FILMMAKERS DEPICT THE EXPERIENCES OF HOMOSEXUAL VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA Sunday, February 2, 2003, 3 p.m.     "SO I STOOD ALONE WITH MY MEMORIES ..." THE MEN WITH THE PINK TRIANGLE, 1945–2003
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