The Gradual Increase of Nazi Persecution of the Homosexuals

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    This event shows persecution against homosexuals because everyone was now under Hitlers power, they didn't know that he was a bad person
  • Reichstag Fire Decree

    This law shows persecution against homosexuals because they were against the Nazis, there might have been some that agreed with Nazi’s but most didn't. Anyone against the Nazis would've arrested people for not being on Hitler's side.
  • Dachau Concentration Camp Opens

    This event shows persecution against homosexuals because anyone who opposed the Nazi’s was imprisoned, even though this was early into the Holocaust, people still opposed Nazi’s and Hitler
  • Enabling Act

    This law shows persecution against homosexuals because they were forced to make propaganda for Hitler which then lead to having to vote for him.
  • Burning of the "Un-German" Books

    This event shows persecution against homosexuals because when a ton of books were gone, they couldn't know what Hitler was doing because all they had to read was Pro-Nazi / Hitler books
  • Law Against Criminals

    This law shows persecution against homosexuals because if anyone was seen as “dangerous” they could be put in jail. Hitler disliked homos and most likely saw them as dangerous.
  • Hitler Becomes Fuhrer

    This event shows persecution against homosexuals because once Hitler became president, he started persecuting people who weren't seen as Aryan Race.
  • Mandatory Military Service

    This law shows persecution against homosexuals because when nobody volunteered to be in the Military, they would pick random Men, they didn't specifically target homos but maybe Hitler wanted them to die in the war so they got picked.
  • Revision of Paragraph 175

    This law shows persecution against homosexuals because homos were seen as bad, Hitler and the Nazis thought Homosexual men were corrupting “German Values” because they couldn't add to the population, but since lesbians can have children they weren't killed.
  • Harry Pauly gets persecuted

    Harry Pauly was put into a Labor Camp because he was gay.
  • First Prisoners Arrive at Auschwitz

    This event shows persecution against homosexuals because a ton of people were taken to concentration camps to work, be tested on, or killed. Anyone not seen as the Aryan Race was taken to these concentration camps.