Holocaust Homosexuals Essay

Throughout history, there have been many wars and much oppression of certain groups worldwide. One of the world’s most famous and cruelest oppressions was the Holocaust. Near the end of World War II, America dropped the first two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki which brought the end of the war. Some historians may argue that the Holocaust was more about liberating the people in concentration camps and giving those people freedom from Hitler and his dictatorship. Other may argue that not much is known about other groups beside the Jews that were affected by the Holocaust. One group was the homosexuals. Due to the fact that many people do not know that homosexuals were affected, make it a topic that needed to be research on. Also, some can learn a hidden side of the Holocaust, one that only a few knows. Some may ask; how were homosexuals treated in the Germany throughout the Holocaust? Why were they a target along with the Jews? For starter, being homosexual was not legal in Germany due to paragraph 175 written in 1871 and was rewritten by the Nazis to target homosexuals. Like the Jews, Homosexuals were treated harshly and cruelly which left scars lasting up until …show more content…
The Nazi party always had condemned homosexuality but it was not until Hitler was elected Chancellor that he took a stand against homosexuals.4 In 1932, the Nazis enforced laws to closes down all the homosexuals clubs and bars in Berlin.5 This was a direct hit to homosexuals because they had no place left to go or to hang out anymore. It was the beginning of the man hunt for them. Furthermore, some homosexuals were not able to fight against the Nazis or Nazi youths because they were outnumbered, had no means of defensing themselves and they were not as strong as the Nazi or their youth.6 Another fact is