The Agony of Love and Fear: Nazism and the German Queer Community, 1920-1945

Sydni Zastre

doi:https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum17

The Agony of Love and Fear: Nazism and the German Queer Community, 1920-1945

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The Nazis’ persecution of LGBTQ individuals is an often-overlooked topic in the wider study of the Second World War. This paper synthesises recent research on this subject to provide an introduction to queer life in Germany between 1920 and 1945; it deals largely with the lives and experiences of gay men, particularly their fight for legal equality in the interwar years and their mistreatment during the Nazi period. Although not aiming to break new ground in this field, this paper aims to raise awareness of and generate interest in this topic among a general, interdisciplinary audience, and also to remind readers that the struggles faced by the worldwide queer community neither began nor ended with the Third Reich.

Original language	English
Journal	Spectrum
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum17
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2018
Externally published	Yes

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