Homosexual prisoners in a concentration camp (gays were marked with pink triangles), Germany, 1938

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Spartan2470 on May 9th, 2024 at 14:33 UTC »

Here is a much higher quality and less cropped version of this image. Here is the source.

This item was produced or created on December 19, 1938.

The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Hoffmann Collection; Subseries HLB; 35mm prints and negatives made by the Berlin Office, between March 1933–July 1944.

National Archives Identifier 540175

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Prisoners in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, Germany

futanari_kaisa on May 9th, 2024 at 15:36 UTC »

Ernst Röhm was a homosexual high ranking member of the Nazi party who helped in getting Hitler and the Nazi Party to power. After the Night of the Long Knives he was arrested for being homosexual and executed.

JustCutTheRope on May 9th, 2024 at 16:24 UTC »

"Accused" of homosexuality. Anyone could file a complaint or report on anyone, and suddenly a nicer apartment opens up in your building. Human beings are the stuff of nightmares.