LGBTQI+ Persecution and the Holocaust

An Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Perseverance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvAlexis Herr,USA) Herr, Alexis (University of San Francisco

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Gives voice to the experiences of LGBTQI+ persons prior to, during, and after the Holocaust, showing how the Nazi regime instituted a violent, oppressive, and murderous attack on LGBTQI+ life, culture, and identity.Hitler and the Nazis' reign of power had dire and long-lasting consequences for LGBTQI+ persons in Germany, Europe, and arguably the world. This survey of key topics and themes within the greater landscape of Holocaust and genocide studies helps identify how deep-seated prejudices against LGBTQI+ persons evolved into eliminationist ideology under the Nazis. Entries consider the lives of the persecuted and the persecutors alongside examinations of the attitudes and ideas that shaped their present and prejudices; in short, how the German society at large came to condone, and at times participate in, the forceful arrest, disappearance, and murder of thousands of their fellow citizens. Considering also the resistance movement, profiles of key individuals tell the story of those who resisted the Nazi assault on LGBTQI+ persons. A chronology of key events, perspective essays, primary sources, and survivor testimony further help shed light on the resilience and resistance of the community and the evolution of their persecution under and after the Nazis.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-10-30
Mått180 x 256 x 22 mm
Vikt700 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798216169758

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Alexis Herr is a scholar, educator, and activist specializing in comparative genocide studies. She serves as Executive Director of the Cambodian Genocide Resource Center and holds a Ph.D. in Holocaust History from the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. She is the author of The Holocaust and Compensated Compliance in Italy (2016) and editor of several acclaimed reference guides, including Darfur Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide (ABC-CLIO, 2020) and Rwandan Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide (ABC-CLIO, 2018). Her work explores the enduring impact of prejudice, resilience, and memory across global histories of mass violence.

AcknowledgmentsChronology of Key EventsIntroductionIntroductory EssaysLGBTQI+ Persons and the German Empire, 1871-1914LGBTQI+ Persons and the Weimar Republic, 1914-1933LGBTQI+ Persons and the Nazi Regime, 1933-1945LGBTQI+ Persons after 1945A–Z EntriesArondéus, Willem (1894-1943)“Asocial” PrisonersAuschwitz Concentration CampBeck, Gerhard (Gad) (1923-2012)Belinfante, Frieda (1904-1995)Book Burning, NaziBuchenwald Concentration CampCabaret (1972)Compensation for LGBTQI+ VictimsConcentration Camps, Treatment of LGBTQI+ PersonsDamenklub Violetta, BerlinDegeneration and SexualityDrag (“Cross-Dressing”) in Nazi GermanyEick, Annette (1909-2010)Eldorado Night Club, BerlinEugenics in Nazi GermanyFlossenbürg Concentration CampForced/Coerced SterilizationFuhlsbüttel Concentration Camp and PrisonGirls in Uniform (1931)Grese, Irma (1923-1945)Grune, Richard (1903-1983)Himmler, Heinrich (1900-1945)Hirschfeld, Magnus (1868-1935)Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)Homosexual Is Not Perverse, but, Rather, the Situation in Which He Lives, The (1971)Institute for Sexual Science (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft)Kitzing, Fritz (1905-?)Kohout, Josef (Heinz Heger) (1915-1994)Kosinski, Teofil (Stefan) (1925-2003)Lesbianism in Nazi GermanyLGBTQI+ NazisMemorials and Monuments to LGBTQI+ VictimsMen with the Pink Triangle, The (1972)Night of Long Knives/Röhm PurgeNuremberg Race LawsParagraph 175Pink Lists/Pederast ListsPink Triangle Propaganda, NaziRavensbrück Concentration CampReich Central Office to Combat Homosexuality and AbortionRöhm, Ernst (1887-1934)Röhm Scandal Sachsenhausen Concentration CampScientific-Humanitarian Committee (Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee, WhK)Seel, Pierre (1923-2005)Transgender Persons in Nazi GermanyTransvestite PassportUlrichs, Karl Heinrich (1825-1895)Vaernet, Carl Peter (1893-1965)Volksgemeinschaft (People’s Community)Von Mahlsdorf, Charlotte (1928-2002)Waldoff, Claire (1884-1957)Primary Source Documents1. Gad Beck Oral History2. Photograph of German Students Rallying Outside the Institute for Sexual Science (May 6, 1933)3. Nina Kaleska Oral History4. Paragraph 175 A. 1871B. 1935C. 1969D. 19735. Teofil (Stefan) Kosinski Oral History6. Transgender in Nazi Germany: Gerd Katter (born Eva Katter)A. Medical Certification Signed by Magnus Hirschfeld Defining Katter as a “Transvestite” B. Identification Card That Gives Gerd Katter Permission to Dress in Male ClothingC. Photograph of Gerd Katter in Male Clothing, 19297. United Nations Genocide Convention (1948)8. Crimes Against Humanity, Rome Statute, Article 7 (1998)9. Susan Dregely Oral HistoryPerspective Essays1. Do you consider the Nazi persecution of LGBTQI+ Germans during the Holocaust a genocide? Why or why not? Perspective 1, W. Jake Newsome (independent scholar, United States)Perspective 2, Amy H. Shapiro (Alverno College, United States)2. In your opinion, why didn’t bystanders do more to defend, rescue, and/or support LGBTQI+ victims during and/or after the Holocaust?Perspective 1, W. Jake Newsome (independent scholar, United States)Perspective 2, Amy H. Shapiro (Alverno College, United States)3. Why is it important to remember what happened to the LGBTQI+ community during the Holocaust? What must we remember, and what can we learn from this history? Perspective 1, W. Jake Newsome (independent scholar, United States)Perspective 2, Amy H. Shapiro (Alverno College, United States)GlossaryBibliographyAbout the Author and ContributorsIndex