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BERLIN (AP) — A new Berlin memorial to the Nazis' murdered gay victims — including a video presentation showing same-sex couples kissing — should be ready within months, officials said Thursday.
"The $890,000 memorial to gay victims will be located in Berlin's Tiergarten Park, across from the memorial to the murdered jews of Europe", said Culture Minister Bernd Neumann.
Homosexuality was banned and illegal under the Nazis. Tens of thousands of people — primarily men — were arrested and many were sent to concentration camps.
With emancipation all holocaust victims were set free, except for homosexuals who were placed in prisons. After all homosexuality was still illegal!
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As a teacher who works instruction about the Holocaust into EVERY class I teach, I'm encouraged by this. So many of my students think the Holocaust is JUST a Jewish issue. My point is that it is a HUMAN issue and that a great many people suffered (and, to a certain extent, are still suffering) because of it, victims, perpetrators, and bystanders alike.
I'll be interested to see what this memorial looks like, and what the response to it is when it's unveiled. Keep us posted, Tom, and thanks!
Love!
Chili
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