Gay soldiers the Wehrmacht - Axis History Fom

Contents:

• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
• HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• ERNST RöHM, THE HIGHT-RANKG GAY NAZI
• ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary. In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters. But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.

Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy. But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal. John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron. Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy.

HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL

But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. Gay soldiers the Wehrmacht. A topic on gay bars the "Life the Third Reich"-sectn ma me thk of this:.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

How hard was life for gay soldiers the Wehrmacht? Of urse they uldn´t be openly gay, thats for sure, but I gus now and then, people would fd out. I have once talked to a gay man who was drafted to the Kriegsmare (the Navy-cliché).

So is there any on how gay soldiers where treated by their fellow soldiers?

ERNST RöHM, THE HIGHT-RANKG GAY NAZI

durg the occupatn of Norway, the German soldiers were popular among many girls and women, but ls known - also by the gay ghetto environments. Numero ntacts were ma between German soldiers and Norwegian homosexuals. There are also known exampl of "secret" gays appearg as Norwegian SS volunteers.

Re: Gay soldiers the Wehrmacht. The Nazi regime rried out a mpaign agast male homosexualy between 1933 and 1945. It is unclear how many of the men publicly or privately intified as gay or were part of gay muni and works that had been tablished Germany before the Nazi rise to power.

They also arrted large numbers of gay men unr Paragraph 175. It is important to note that not all of the men arrted and nvicted unr Paragraph 175 intified as gay. Intifyg as a gay man was never explicly crimalized Germany.

ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

However, the Nazi mpaign agast homosexualy and the regime’s zealo enforcement of Paragraph 175 ma life Nazi Germany dangero for gay men. Gay men Germany were not a monolhic group, nor did the Nazi regime view them as such. Beg gay uld and often did rult persecutn.

However, other factors also shaped gay men’s liv durg the Nazi era. This diversy meant that gay men had a wi range of experienc Nazi Germany. For example, gay men active anti-Nazi polil movements risked beg arrted as polil opponents.

And gay Jewish men faced Nazi persecutn and mass murr as Jews. Gay Men Germany, cir 1900. Already the mid- to late-neteenth century, there were ditns of nascent and growg gay muni Germany.