Let Us Never Forget...

May 6, 1933 – Nazis ransacked the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin and thousands of books pertaining to homosexuality were deemed “un-German” and were removed from the Institute’s library and thrown into a huge bonfire as part of a public ceremony. Hitler had condemned homosexuals shortly after taking power and viewed gay people as being “socially aberrant”.
During 1933-1945 over 50,000 men were sentenced for the crime of homosexuality in Nazi Germany. Most of the men served their time in regular prisons, but an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 were sent to concentration camps. All prisoners within the camps wore marks of various colors and shapes on their uniforms to allow the guards to identify them by category. Homosexual prisoners.  Over 75% of those interned “Pink Triangle” homosexuals died in the concentration camps.