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[deleted] t1_j64ujki wrote

Before this did they pretend the Nazis were pro lgbt or is this just the first time they've been specifically named?

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xyious t1_j65suce wrote

It's just the first time they've been named....

Also as far as I know they weren't freed when concentration camps were because homosexuality was a crime so they just got taken to a normal prison for the duration of their sentence....

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kgb4187 t1_j667bhr wrote

I took a class on the Holocaust college course in California and the professor never taught anything other than what happened to the Jewish population.

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Marcudemus t1_j66hmf9 wrote

Yeah, I've found myself having to educate people who speak of the Holocaust in reference to the extermination of Jews with the somber reverence it deserves, but then go and spout homophobic bullshit immediately afterward.

I even had to remind a practicing Orthodox Jew that they weren't the only ones who were systematically targeted for genocide, and that I'm one of those people too. I knew it was a bold move, but she took the point well and I didn't press that point further. I wasn't intending to make a wound, but I needed her to know that I was yielding no ground in the argument that we deserve equal human rights in the pursuit of our own lives, liberties, and happiness.

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Rasta_Pasta_Mon t1_j662st5 wrote

No, but (very influential) Jewish groups have historically fought against official recognition of other victims of the holocaust.

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Kid_Parrot t1_j67w4ah wrote

No, but in Ger addressing other victims can sometimes be seen by some people as derailing the conversation.

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