persecution of homosexauls

Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

In November of 1932, the Nazi party won 33 percent of the vote, which was more than any other party, in the German Election. Due to this, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler, who was the head of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI Party), the new chancellor of Germany.that he could make people do things

Reichstag Fire Decree

Feb 28, 1933

This law was put into place by President von Hindenburg. This law took away freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right for people to assemble. This meant that the government now could control what was being published to citizens of Germany. They took away the right to speak of how they feel

Enabling act

Mar 23, 1933

Hitler could make anything a law without having to check with other people. This means that Hitler had the power. He could have taken the right away from people to be themselves

Burning of the “Un-German” books

May 10, 1933

People burned books that didn’t talk positive about the Germans. There could been homosexauls that made the books

Press censorship law

Oct 4, 1933

The German Propaganda Ministry kept registries of “racially pure” editors and journalists. New reporters had to register and show they were not Jewish. They could show if they were jew or not

Hitler becomes fuhrer

Aug 2, 1934

There were no limits or restraints on Hitler’s authority. Germany became a complete dictatorship. He was against homosexauls

Mandatory military service

Mar 16, 1935

This law was created by the German Government. This law took away the right for Jews to serve in the Military. They could send anyone to war including homosexuals.

Revision of paragraph 175

Jun 28, 1935

People could not be homosexual and if you were caught doing any of that act you would get punished or persecuted. This shows that they could punish homosexauls for being them

Harry pauly

1936

Arrested for being homosexual

First prisoners arrive at auschwitz

Jun 14, 1940

The SS opened a large concentration camp near the town of Oswiecim to be killed in mass shootings and worked to death. They took homosexauls here to kill them most likely

Mass murder begins at Chelmno

Dec 8, 1941

To carry out the mass murder of Europe's Jews, the SS established killing centers devoted exclusively or primarily to the destruction of human beings in gas chambers. Chelmno was among these killing centers. They would also being killing homosexauls