The Gay Mm Berl sets an example for tolerance and diversy. Changg exhibns provi thentic sights to queer inti.
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Gay Memorial. Jt across the street om the Memorial to the Murred Jews of Europe, this stere grey cuboid that ss a quiet rner of Berl’s Tiergarten was missned to pay tribute to the long-ignored thoands of homosexual dividuals who were imprisoned, tortured, and murred the Holot. Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime rried out a mpaign agast male homosexualy.
They harassed Germany’s gay muni and arrted thoands of gay men unr Paragraph 175, the statute of the German crimal that banned sexual relatns between men. More than 50, 000 men were nvicted of the “offense” of homosexualy, and between 5, 000 and 15, 000 were sent to ncentratn mps.
GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
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After World War II, the homosexual victims of Nazi Germany were not officially regnized.
On the si of the memorial, visors n look through a small wdow where a vio showg gay upl kissg is displayed on a loop. Once ed to intify gay men Nazi ncentratn mps, the pk triangle has been reclaimed as a symbol of LGBTQ pri, rilience, and ristance.
He was one of tens of thoands of gay men victimized unr Brish law. Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Unr NazismBerl, GermanyThoands of gay men were imprisoned ncentratn mps Nazi Germany, where many died of disease, starvatn, torture, and targeted killgs. Travel tip: Don’t fet a trip to the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm) for an extensive look at Berl’s queer Legacy WalkChigo, Illois Stretchg half a e across the North Halsted rridor, the Legacy Walk is an outdoor history mm showsg signifint moments LGBTQ history.