Aliya, Adam, Adela, Candy and Vicky

Condemned homosexuality “Socially abhorrent” Threat to Aryan race Fight for population

USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/symposia/symposium/2000-04-28/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

Genes vs. population Lesbianism seen as alien to nature Scientific cure Castration

pictures of Henny Schermann,who was Jewish and a lesbian was killed in 1942.

USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?ModuleId=10005478&MediaId=2431 (Dec. 8, 2010).

1933: ransacking of “Institute for Sexual Science”

Abortion Burning of books 1934: Gestapo

Division on Homosexuality

Raids on homosexual meeting places

Pink lists

USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

1935: amended version of Paragraph 175 of Criminal Code

In effect until 1969

In 1937, authorDas Schwarze Korps post a treat in Germany homosexuals should be treated as "enemies of the state" and destroyed.

USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ (Dec. 8, 2010).

60% death rate 100 000 men

arrested Pink triangle Harsh conditions +

treatment Forced to serve out

their timeHanging from a column – 1945 Concentration Camp

USHMM. Nazi Persecution of homosexuals . April 1, 2010. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/ (Dec. 8, 2010).