SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - In Nazi Germany, some gay men were castrated and prosecuted under draconian laws prohibiting homosexuality. Others were subjected to crude medical experiments designed to "correct" their sexual orientation. Gay men in concentration camps were singled out with distinctive pink triangle badges and assigned backbreaking labor that often killed them.
A traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum uses photographs, documents and artwork to chronicle the Nazis' arrests and persecution of tens of thousands of gay men from 1933 to 1945.
The exhibit, which is on display through the end of the month at the University of Rhode Island, gives voice to what its curator describes as "one of the lesser-known stories of the Nazi era."
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I am associated with the Holocaust Museum through my work with the Cohen Center. They're a remarkable resource. I've not seen this exhibit, but I plan to look into it as the summer fellowship I'm participating in doesn't have a program devoted to the plight of GLBTQ people during the Holocaust.
That's great news.
Hope you're doing well.
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