Pink Triangle: Nazi War Against Homosexuals - Softcover

Plant, Richard.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851580611 ISBN 13: 9781851580613

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 1987

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive book to appear in English on the fate of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a refugee from Nazi Germany, examines the climate and condtions that gave rise to a vicious campaign against Germany's gays, directed by Himmler and his SS - a war that resulted in tens of thousands of arrests and thousands of deaths.

In this Nazi crusade, homosexual prisoners were confined to death camps where, forced to wear pink triangles, they constituted the lowest rung in the camp hierarchy. The horror of camp like is revealed through diaries, documents never before translated from the German, and interviews with and letters from survivors.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Plant was born in Frankfurt and was a graduate of the University of Basel, where he earned his Ph.D. Since emigrating to the United States in 1938, he has contributed numerous articles to many publications, and teaches at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Review

“A powerful and painful account.” ―Martin Gilbert, author of The Holocaust

“A valuable contribution . . . the lesson that The Pink Triangle elicits from the Holocaust is the realization that we are still haunted by the specters of the Third Reich.” ―San Francisco Chronicle

“A strong book, not easy to put down . . . Mr. Plant writes convincingly, keeps clear of sentiment, and lays bare a particularly fearful corner of mid-twentieth century inhumanity.” ―The Economist

Edition details

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851580611
• ISBN 13: 9781851580613
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1