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1944
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- December 17
- 1943
- February 1
- February 2
- March 13
- April 19
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- October 14
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- November 3
- December 28
- 1944
- January 16
- January 22
- March 19
- May 15
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- July 9
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- August 1
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- October 7
- November 25
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- December 11
- 1945
- January 17
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- February 4
- February 13
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- March 7
- April 2
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- December 1
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- December 22
Letter to Commandant of Flossenbürg Camp
—US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Wilhelm Kroepfl
December 28, 1943
Josef and Amilia Kohout write to the commandant of Flossenbürg to ask to visit their son, Josef, who was imprisoned as a homosexual.
In 1994, the Museum acquired the unique collection of Josef Kohout. More widely known as Heinz Heger, Kohout was the subject of The Men with the Pink Triangle, the first published account of a gay survivor of the Nazi camps.
Related Topics
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—1943: Key Dates
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Flossenbürg
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Persecution of Homosexuals in the Third Reich
- Curators Corner—Documenting Nazi Persecution of Gays: The Josef Kohout/Wilhelm Kroepfl Collection
- Special Focus—Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals
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