The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True, Life-And-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps

128 Pages·1994·18.213 MB·English

by  Heinz Heger

"One of the ten best books of the year."
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THE MEN WITH THE PINK TRIANGLE

THE
MEN
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PINK
TRIANGLE
THE TRUE, LIFE-AND-DEATH STORY OF
HOMOSEXUALS IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS
by Heinz Heger
TRANSLATED BY DAVID FERNBACH
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©1980byMerlin-Verlag,Hamburg,Germany.
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Translation 1980byGayMen'sPress,London,England.
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Introduction 1994byDr.KlausMuller.
FirstpublishedintheUnitedStatesasatradepaperbackoriginalby
M AlysonPublicationsInc.,P.O.Box4371,LosAngeles,California90078-4371.
FirstAlysonedition:September1980
Secondedition:October1994
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Heger,Heinz.
[MannermitdemrosaWinkel.English]
Themenwiththepinktriangle:thetrue,life-and-deathstoryofhomosexualsintheNazideath
camps/byHeinzHeger;translatedbyDavidFembach
introductionbyKlausMuller.—Rev.ed.
ISBN 1-555—83-006-4
1.Gaymen Germ—any—Biography. 2.Homosexuality,Male—Germany.
3.Concentrationcamps Germany. I.Title.
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Contents
Introduction 7
1. Imprisoned asa "Degenerate" 17
2. Arrival atSachsenhausen 27
3.A CampofTortureandToil 37
4. Flossenbiirg 46
5. The PolishBoysandthe GypsyCapo 56
6. Commander"Dustbag" 67
7. Burningsand Tortures 78
8.APink-Triangled Capo 88
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9. "Cure" forHomosexuality,andAirRaids 98
10. TheEnd, andHomeAgain 108
Glossary 119