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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nazi government had many "racial enemies" foremost being the Jews. In this exhibit, The United States Holocaust Museum takes a look at one of the other groups targeted for persecution, homosexuals. Read the fascinating and tragic...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Persecution of Homosexuals in the Third Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry describes the Nazi persecution of gays. Includes information on the criminal code Paragraph 175 and the pink triangle symbol used to mark gay men in concentration camps.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Non Jewish Victims of Persecution in Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Hitler not only targeted Jews, but he also persecuted Gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled. These groups were considered socio-racial problems that needed to be exterminated. Read a summary of each of these groups and view primary...
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Personalizing Nazis' Homosexual Victims

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has the story of a homosexual man, Josef Kohout, who survived the Holocaust. (Published June 26, 1995)