The Pink Triangle

Plant, Richard

ISBN 10: 0805006001 / ISBN 13: 9780805006001

Published by Holt Paperbacks, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pink Triangle
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805006001
• ISBN 13: 9780805006001
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

“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

This is the first comprehensive book in English on the fate of the homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a German refugee, examines the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign against Germany's gays, as directed by Himmler and his SS―persecution 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 life is described through diaries, previously untranslated documents, and interviews with and letters from survivors, revealing how the anti-homosexual campaign was conducted, the crackpot homophobic fantasies that fueled it, the men who made it possible, and those who were its victims. This chilling book sheds light on a corner of twentieth-century history that has been hidden in the shadows much too long.

About the Author

Richard Plant (1910-1998) was born in Frankfurt and was a graduate of the University of Basel, where he earned his Ph.D. After emigrating to the United States in 1938, he contributed numerous articles to many publications, and taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He was the author of The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals.