"On Holocaust Memorial Day, the world remembers the millions of people murdered and persecuted by the Nazi regime, including those who were targeted for being queer. The Holocaust is a dark stain on humanity's history - the Nazis murdered six million Jewish people as well as millions of others they considered to be subhuman. This included people targeted because they were Roma, Slavic, Black, disabled or gay."
"Mie Astrup Jensen, a PhD candidate in gender and sexuality as well as Hebrew and Jewish studies at UCL, said the Nazis believed people could be "trained or educated out of their homosexuality". "It was the belief that, if the men did what was considered 'manly' work they could 'make them a man' by doing very hard or difficult work," she told PinkNews."
Millions were murdered by the Nazi regime, including six million Jewish people and many others deemed subhuman, such as Roma, Slavic, Black, disabled, and gay people. Over 50,000 gay men received severe prison sentences under Nazi rule; most went to police prisons and an estimated 10,000–15,000 were sent to concentration camps. Queer life in Weimar Germany included bars, a functioning scene, and an institute for sexual research. After 1933, the Nazis destroyed that scene, compiled lists of homosexuals, and prompted many to flee or marry. The regime sought to train or educate homosexuality and forced gay men into brutal manual labor.
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