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THE STORY OF WILLEM ARON, THE GAY MAN WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO PROTECT DUTCH JEWS FROM THE NAZIS

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The Story Of Willem Aron, The Gay Man Who Sacrificed His Life To Protect Dutch Jews From The Nazis. But Willem Aron, an openly gay man, had no illns about what the Nazi occupatn would mean for people like him.

AMSTERDAM ‘STUMBLG STON’ MEMORATE GAY VICTIMS OF NAZIS

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And the years that followed, Aron’ legacy as a gay revolutnary was nearly lost to time. But Aron’ relatnship wh his fay terrated when he me out as gay at the age of 17.

Though some Dutch people uneasily accepted the Nazi occupatn, Willem Aron unrstood the threat that he and other mori faced — pecially when the Nazis re-crimalized homosexualy, which had been legal the Netherlands sce 1811. On March 27, 1943, Aron and 15 other men marched up to the Cizen Registratn Buildg wearg fake uniforms that a iend of Aron, a gay tailor, had ma.

Shortly before his ath, he relayed some of his fal words to his lawyer: “Let be known that homosexuals are not wards. Only recent years has he gotten his due as a gay ristance fighter.

THE GAY HOLOT HERO: WILLEM ARON

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Though his story is ltle-known today, Willem Aron left behd a powerful legacy as an openly gay man and ristance fighter. More than 75 years after they were murred the gas chambers or shot, gay victims of Nazi persecutn were remembered wh “stumblg ston” laid Amsterdam this Netherlands has about 8, 500 Stolperstee, (stumblg ston), the brass memorial plaqu embedd the street that ll on passers-by to remember dividual victims of the Nazi genoci and opprsn, a mental “stumblg” that forc pestrians to reckon wh the ston laid this week are the first the Netherlands to memorate Jews and ristance fighters who were known to be gay, acrdg to the Dutch historian Judh Schuyf, who played a leadg role the project.

“There was always a discsn the Netherlands that gays and lbians hadn’t been really persecuted the war, ” she said.

GAY HISTORY – JULY 1943: GAY WWII RISTANCE FIGHTER WILLEM ARON EXECUTED BY THE NAZIS: “LET BE KNOWN THAT HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT WARDS!”

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She knew otherwise, havg intified several Jews and ristance fighters, who were intified as gay or lbian police fil. “They were arrted bee they were gay; they were sent to the mps bee they were Jewish, ” she said.

AFTER THE WAR, YOU HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE DUTCH GAY RISTANCE FIGHTERS

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It is plited but I am que sure they were arrted bee they were gay.

Her police file stat she was “ tentn for homosexualy … also Jewish”. Altogether, ne gay victims of Nazi persecutn are beg remembered.

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About 102, 000 were murred ath mps and 2, 000 mted suici or died attemptg to activists believe gay victims have been overlooked. From a young age, he was a talented artist and his parents enuraged his creativy, until he me out as homosexual at age 17.

In a time when nearly all gay people were the closet, Willem’s parents uld not accept his choice to live openly. Willem’s last words before beg executed July, 1943 were, “Let be known that homosexuals are not wards. He was the son of theater stume signers and one of six children, but beme tranged om his fay after he me out as gay at the age of seventeen.

At a time when homosexualy was still illegal and eply taboo, Aron spoke openly about . Aron said he hoped that by his life and ath, he uld prove that “homosexuals are not wards.

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AFTER THE WAR, YOU HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE DUTCH GAY RISTANCE FIGHTERS

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