The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals
by Richard Plant
Book Summary Information
Author: Richard PlantEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1988-02-15
ISBN: 0805006001
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Book Reviews of The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals
Book Review: A good place to start learning an important part of queer history
Summary: 4 Stars
Under the Nazi regime, homosexual men were confined to death camps where they were forced to wear pink triangles as a symbol of their crime. They were at the bottom of the camp hierarchy, brutalized and abused past the point of human endurance. In this book, the horror of life in the Nazi's concentration camps is revealed through diaries, interviews with, and letters from survivors.
Every school child learns that the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jews. Few are told of the other segments of "undesirables" who were forced into the same fate. The Roma (Gypsies), political prisoners, and homosexual men were among those also targeted for extinction.
So many young gay people today don't realize the important significance of the pink triangle ~ they think it just another symbol of pride, and don't realize that it has been reclaimed from a horrific history in which many men died for their sexuality. This book helps the common reader understand why Hitler began his hateful anti-homosexual campaign.
Through the survivor's stories, it paints a vivid portrait not only of the despicable depths of hatred to which men can sink, but it also shows us the undefeatable spirit of the human race to withstand and move on from such adversity. I cannot recommend this book enough ~ it is only through realizing what we have been through that we learn what we will be able to overcome.
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