Statement from ILGA World on Holocaust Remembrance Day

An estimated 100,000 people were sent to concentration camps for violating laws against homosexual behaviour during the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. “Today we remember their lives and honour their memory,” ILGA World said in a statement.

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

It is known that during the Nazi regime in Germany between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 100,000 people were arrested and sentenced to prison or were marked with pink triangles in concentration camps for violating the law against homosexual behavior.

ILGA World shared a message on its social media accounts regarding Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating homosexuals who were arrested and sent to concentration camps during the Nazi regime:

“Between 1933 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, an estimated 100,000 people were arrested for violating the law against homosexual behavior. Many of these people were sentenced to prison or were sent to concentration camps, where they were marked with pink triangles.

In addition to those marked with pink triangles, studies show that lesbian women were marked with black triangles and classified as “asocials,” a broad category that included misfits, homeless people and others who had escaped Nazi rule, and were subjected to harsh treatment and medical experiments. Today we remember their lives and honor their memories.”

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