[ 13. September 2003, 08:43 PM: Message edited by: Crapgame ]

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Interesting story! Homusexuals are still today regarded as mentally ill and the homophobia is spread out all over the world. There's still many things to do...

By the way, I think this is my 100 post (actually it's my 103 but who counts?).

regards

[ 20. November 2002, 09:56 AM: Message edited by: charlie don't surf ]

Congratulations, Charlie! We need a lot more!

And about Hitler being gay: that a complete lie. Just some matter that can sell many books... There are no real facts that prouve it. And even if he was gay, nothing changes.

And it is contradictory that the paragraph 175 prosecuted homosexuality, but Hitler himself did not care at all about it. He didn't like it, but he respected the people's private lifes. There are also studies of some very 'colourful' SS officers' parties... And really it doesn't matter. There were for sure many homosexuals within the Armed Forces who were not sent to prisons nor anything else. Homosexuality is a hard thing to hide, but if you were a young lieutenant and had your boyfriend among the troops you lead you were professional and not treat him specially, but still the men respected you and obbeyed you. And actually, many homosexuals in prisson were appointed to penal regiments during the war where they served as any other man in the Wehrmacht. It is a very contradictory thing. I think it was much worse if you were a non-German gay prissoner. Then the problems started... This is very hard for me to talk about, considering that this might have been my own situation during the war...

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[ 13. September 2003, 08:44 PM: Message edited by: Crapgame ]

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