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Behind the Aegis

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5. This is a piece of Holocaust history many don't know.

Reply to NullTuples (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 28, 2023, 03:04 AM

Jan 2023

It is true that many gay men (no records about lesbians or trans individuals) were not freed but were made to "serve out" their remaining sentences. It was also years, as I stated above, before gay men were even acknowledged as victims, and even more years before their stories and memorials dedicated directly to them even came into being.

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Germany recalls overlooked LGBT victims of Nazi persecution [View all] Eugene Jan 2023 OP

It was YEARS after the first memorials before gays were acknowledged as victims. Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #1

This in no way takes away from the Jewish community's holocaust. Lunabell Jan 2023 #2

But it isn't interesting, that much of Holocaust denial ONLY revolves around the Jews. Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #4

I think it's because their numbers were much larger. Lunabell Jan 2023 #6

There is quite a bit of denial against Trans victims too LostOne4Ever Jan 2023 #8

I think perhaps it's only fairly recently that pop media began to talk about anyone else? NullTuples Jan 2023 #10

When the camps were liberated, LGBT prisoners were moved to prisons instead of being set free. NullTuples Jan 2023 #3

This is a piece of Holocaust history many don't know. Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #5

Lesbians were mostly treated as innocents thanks to patriarchy & trans women as gay men. NullTuples Jan 2023 #7

Gender Criticals/ TERFs use this to deny trans victims constantly LostOne4Ever Jan 2023 #9