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05-02-2007, 04:08 PM
New Mexico Holocaust Museum Opens
Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 Exhibition
Contributed by: NM Publishers Association<br><br>
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX5_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=center alt="A man arrested in 1937, for suspicion of homosexuality"><br><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><b>German police file photo of a man arrested in October <br>1937, for suspicion of violating Paragraph 175 of the <br>German penal code that criminalized homosexuality. <br>Credit: Landesarchiv, Berlin</b></font></center><br>Albuquerque, NM. - On April 29, the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum opened the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's traveling exhibition, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945. During World War II, thousands of homosexuals, primarily gay men, perished at the hands of the Nazis in concentration camps, along with six million Jews and five million other victims who included Roma (Gypsies), Poles, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the handicapped.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX4_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=right alt="Beginning in 1943 homosexuals in concentration camps were exterminated.">The exhibition will run through June 16 at the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum's Albuquerque headquarters, 415 Central Avenue Northwest, next to the KiMo Theatre.
The exhibition contains 28 panels depicting the Nazi ideology of persecution of homosexuals, drawing on materials from more than 40 archives in eight countries. "The exhibition explores why homosexual behavior was identified as a danger to Nazi society and how the Nazi regime attempted to eliminate it," says curator Edward Phillips. "The Nazis believed it was possible to 'cure' homosexual behavior through labor and 're-education.' As their efforts to eradicate homosexuality grew more draconian, gay men were subjected to castration, institutionalization and deportation to concentration camps."
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX6_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=left alt="'Solidarity' Richard Grune lithograph.">Between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested for violating Germany's law against homosexuality and about 50,000 received sentences. Most spent time in regular prisons. An estimated 5,000 to 15,000 were sent to concentration camps where an unknown number of them perished.
Jerry Small, chair of the local organizing committee, says that the exhibition features a painting by Howard Cooper titled, IN HONOR OF THE ANCESTORS - IN PRAISE OF THE TRIBE, an artistic homage to the outstanding contribution homosexual, bisexual and transgender people have made to humanity throughout history, up to and including the present day. The painting, which will be shown to the public for the first time, measures 70" x 70", and the medium is spray enamel on canvas. "In honoring and praising these men and women and their contribution, we participate positively in the continuing quest <img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX2_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=right alt="A 1907 political cartoon depicting sex-researcher Magnus Hirschfeld."> for equal rights for all homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people." Small adds.
The exhibit's sponsors are Albuquerque Pride, KUNM-FM, albuquerqueARTS, New Mexico Voice, The Alibi, PFLAG New Mexico and Equality New Mexico.
Other Details:
The NM Holocaust & Intolerance Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.The Museum is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico. The Museum will pay for bus transportation from public schools in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. A teacher's guide will be provided to anyone bringing a school group. Middle or high school teachers can call 247-0606 to schedule a visit.
[Image Captions and Credits: Images displayed in this article were provided by New Mexico Publishers Association. Steppin' Out appreciates their help in the creation and publishing of this article. The copyright for each image remains the legal property of the individual or organization to whom credit is given below.<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX1_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=right alt="Sept 1931 issue of The Island, a magazine for homosexuals.">
1. Caption: German police file photo of a man arrested in October 1937 for suspicion of violating Paragraph 175 of the German penal code that criminalized homosexuality. Credit: Landesarchiv, Berlin
2. Caption: Prisoners at forced labor in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Beginning in 1943, homosexuals were among those in concentration camps who were killed in an SS-sponsored "extermination through work" program. Credit: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, courtesy USHMM Photo Archives.
3. Caption: "Solidarity" Richard Grune lithograph from a limited edition series "Passion des XX Jahrhunderts" (Passion of the 20th Century). Grune was prosecuted under Paragraph 175 and from 1937 until liberation in 1945 was incarcerated in concentration camps. In 1947 he produced a series of etchings detailing what he witnessed in the camps. Grune died in 1983. Credit: Courtesy Schwules Museum, Berlin
4. Caption: A 1907 political cartoon depicting sex-researcher Magnus Hirschfeld, ‘Hero of the Day,’ drumming up support for the abolition of Paragraph 175 of the German penal code that criminalized homosexuality. The banner reads, 'Away with Paragraph 175!’ The caption reads, ‘The foremost champion of the third sex!' Credit: Courtesy USHMM Photo Archives
5. Caption: Cover of the September 1931 issue of The Island, a magazine for homosexuals, edited by Martin Radzuweit. Although illegal, homosexuality was generally tolerated in pre-Nazi Germany, particularly in urban areas. Some 30 literary, cultural, and political journals for homosexual readers appeared during the Weimar era. Credit: Courtesy USHMM Photo Archives
6. Caption: In Honor Of The Ancestors - In Praise Of The Tribe This artistic homage to the outstanding contributions of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people will be shown to the public for the first time. It measures 70" x 70", and the medium is spray enamel on canvas. Credit: Howard Cooper]
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX7_Ancestors_Tribe.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=center alt="In Honor Of The Ancestors - In Praise Of The Tribe by Howard Cooper"><br><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><b> In Honor Of The Ancestors - In Praise Of The Tribe <br>by Howard Cooper<br>This artistic homage to the outstanding contributions <br>of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people <br>will be shown for the first time. It measures 70" x 70". <br>Medium: Spray enamel on canvas.</b></font></center>
Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 Exhibition
Contributed by: NM Publishers Association<br><br>
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX5_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=center alt="A man arrested in 1937, for suspicion of homosexuality"><br><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><b>German police file photo of a man arrested in October <br>1937, for suspicion of violating Paragraph 175 of the <br>German penal code that criminalized homosexuality. <br>Credit: Landesarchiv, Berlin</b></font></center><br>Albuquerque, NM. - On April 29, the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum opened the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's traveling exhibition, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945. During World War II, thousands of homosexuals, primarily gay men, perished at the hands of the Nazis in concentration camps, along with six million Jews and five million other victims who included Roma (Gypsies), Poles, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the handicapped.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX4_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=right alt="Beginning in 1943 homosexuals in concentration camps were exterminated.">The exhibition will run through June 16 at the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum's Albuquerque headquarters, 415 Central Avenue Northwest, next to the KiMo Theatre.
The exhibition contains 28 panels depicting the Nazi ideology of persecution of homosexuals, drawing on materials from more than 40 archives in eight countries. "The exhibition explores why homosexual behavior was identified as a danger to Nazi society and how the Nazi regime attempted to eliminate it," says curator Edward Phillips. "The Nazis believed it was possible to 'cure' homosexual behavior through labor and 're-education.' As their efforts to eradicate homosexuality grew more draconian, gay men were subjected to castration, institutionalization and deportation to concentration camps."
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX6_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=left alt="'Solidarity' Richard Grune lithograph.">Between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested for violating Germany's law against homosexuality and about 50,000 received sentences. Most spent time in regular prisons. An estimated 5,000 to 15,000 were sent to concentration camps where an unknown number of them perished.
Jerry Small, chair of the local organizing committee, says that the exhibition features a painting by Howard Cooper titled, IN HONOR OF THE ANCESTORS - IN PRAISE OF THE TRIBE, an artistic homage to the outstanding contribution homosexual, bisexual and transgender people have made to humanity throughout history, up to and including the present day. The painting, which will be shown to the public for the first time, measures 70" x 70", and the medium is spray enamel on canvas. "In honoring and praising these men and women and their contribution, we participate positively in the continuing quest <img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX2_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=right alt="A 1907 political cartoon depicting sex-researcher Magnus Hirschfeld."> for equal rights for all homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people." Small adds.
The exhibit's sponsors are Albuquerque Pride, KUNM-FM, albuquerqueARTS, New Mexico Voice, The Alibi, PFLAG New Mexico and Equality New Mexico.
Other Details:
The NM Holocaust & Intolerance Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.The Museum is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico. The Museum will pay for bus transportation from public schools in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. A teacher's guide will be provided to anyone bringing a school group. Middle or high school teachers can call 247-0606 to schedule a visit.
[Image Captions and Credits: Images displayed in this article were provided by New Mexico Publishers Association. Steppin' Out appreciates their help in the creation and publishing of this article. The copyright for each image remains the legal property of the individual or organization to whom credit is given below.<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX1_web.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=right alt="Sept 1931 issue of The Island, a magazine for homosexuals.">
1. Caption: German police file photo of a man arrested in October 1937 for suspicion of violating Paragraph 175 of the German penal code that criminalized homosexuality. Credit: Landesarchiv, Berlin
2. Caption: Prisoners at forced labor in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Beginning in 1943, homosexuals were among those in concentration camps who were killed in an SS-sponsored "extermination through work" program. Credit: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, courtesy USHMM Photo Archives.
3. Caption: "Solidarity" Richard Grune lithograph from a limited edition series "Passion des XX Jahrhunderts" (Passion of the 20th Century). Grune was prosecuted under Paragraph 175 and from 1937 until liberation in 1945 was incarcerated in concentration camps. In 1947 he produced a series of etchings detailing what he witnessed in the camps. Grune died in 1983. Credit: Courtesy Schwules Museum, Berlin
4. Caption: A 1907 political cartoon depicting sex-researcher Magnus Hirschfeld, ‘Hero of the Day,’ drumming up support for the abolition of Paragraph 175 of the German penal code that criminalized homosexuality. The banner reads, 'Away with Paragraph 175!’ The caption reads, ‘The foremost champion of the third sex!' Credit: Courtesy USHMM Photo Archives
5. Caption: Cover of the September 1931 issue of The Island, a magazine for homosexuals, edited by Martin Radzuweit. Although illegal, homosexuality was generally tolerated in pre-Nazi Germany, particularly in urban areas. Some 30 literary, cultural, and political journals for homosexual readers appeared during the Weimar era. Credit: Courtesy USHMM Photo Archives
6. Caption: In Honor Of The Ancestors - In Praise Of The Tribe This artistic homage to the outstanding contributions of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people will be shown to the public for the first time. It measures 70" x 70", and the medium is spray enamel on canvas. Credit: Howard Cooper]
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/HSX7_Ancestors_Tribe.jpg border=1 hspace=3 align=center alt="In Honor Of The Ancestors - In Praise Of The Tribe by Howard Cooper"><br><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><b> In Honor Of The Ancestors - In Praise Of The Tribe <br>by Howard Cooper<br>This artistic homage to the outstanding contributions <br>of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people <br>will be shown for the first time. It measures 70" x 70". <br>Medium: Spray enamel on canvas.</b></font></center>