Do they along with the Gypsies,Mentaly ill,Handicapped,Jehovah Witness and the Polish have a place in the Holacoust Museams and if not why not they suffered the same fate as the Jewish People
2007-02-15 13:36:12 · 6 answers · asked by molly 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The pink triangle represents (homosexuals) the black one represents (lesbians)...and together they form the shape of the star of david. This is significant because...
Way back when.. Hitler revised one of the clauses in German law, Paragraph 175, which at the time prohibited homosexual relations. He added a prohibition on kissing, embracing, and gay fantasies as well as sexual acts. As with many such acts, lesbians were not acknowledged in the Paragraph, but nevertheless, were seen as non-Aryan, unGerman and therefore to be weeded out of society.
Those who violated the law were sent to prisons, concentration camps, and had horrible things done to them and sometimes had their bodies mutilated.
The pink and black triangles were resurrected in the 1970s by gay liberation groups, who saw them as recognisable symbols of persecution and historical intolerance. Once a symbol of shame and marginalization, the pink and black triangles now reflect pride and remembrance.
2007-02-15 15:08:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know that their are exhibits in various Holacoust focused musems dedicated to various groups affected. I watched a documentary made about the Purple triangle(Which was assigned to Witnesses) which used allot of info from one such museum.
2007-02-16 04:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who was persecuted by the Nazi have the same rights, if you ask me. I will have to admit that I have not heard of the Pink and Black Star, but I assume that you mean homosexuals.
2007-02-15 22:10:57 · answer #3 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses in most cases could simply have signed a document renouncing their religion in order to obtain release from Hitler's concentration camps. Almost unanimously, they refused to compromise their Christian faith.
During Hitler's years in power, Jehovah's Witnesses more than doubled their numbers in Germany.
2007-02-16 09:53:51 · answer #4 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uh...they are represented there. At least at the one in Washington. Germany only recently acknowledge homosexuals as victims of the holocaust.
2007-02-15 21:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by God 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are represented.
2007-02-15 23:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋