German Persecutions
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The persecuted of World War II at the hands of the German Nazis included many categories of individuals aside from Jews. Also part of the “Final Solution” of Nazi Germany were blacks, Homosexuals, Gypsies, criminals and political prisoners (typically from among the intelligentsia). There were concentration camp barracks for all of these types of prisoners, and they were all assigned colored triangles to label them for ready identification. The Gypsies were signified as such by brown triangles, while homosexuals were made to wear pink. Regardless of what color filled in the triangle, these groups were as persecuted, tortured and killed as the Jews, albeit in less overall numbers. Many of them, particularly the homosexuals, were even more ostracized within the camps, not only despised by the Nazi officials but also looked upon with contempt and suspicion by other prisoners. Medical experiments of all manner of cruelty were performed on these groups as they had been on the Jews. This analysis will discuss the persecution of these groups, including various tortures and medical experiments to which they were routinely subjected. The conclusion will address how the experiences of these concentration camp victims were similar and different when compared to the experiences of Jews.The ideology of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi regime included the belief of the undesirability of various types of individuals, especially blacks, Homosexuals, Je
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ntration camp inmates, and POWs, blacks experienced varying degrees of racism. Most of their encounters with such Nazi racists as members of the Gestapo and SS, ended in torture and murder” (Berenbaum et al. 363).
Homosexual victims of the Holocaust have long been a forgotten group of victims. There are many reasons for this. First, many of the alleged 1.5 to 2 million homosexuals in Germany were murdered. Second, when the time of retribution came, no recriminations came to those responsible for crimes committed specifically against homosexual groups. For example, at the Nuremberg trials and trials of medical doctors accused of torture and experimentation, no charges were invoked based on crimes committed against homosexuals. Third, many survivors, like Pierre Seel quoted above, were unable to come forward with their tales of brutality, torture and murder until decades after the end of the war. While homosexuals did not suffer any more or less than other groups in the concentration camps, they did endure a unique experienced based on their status as homosexuals. This unique status came in two forms. The first difference was that their experiences with other prisoners were more isolating than those of other groups, like
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