Persecution Of Gays

Furthermore, legal prosecution of homosexuals had been around for thousand years before the Nazis, during the Third Reich, and for many years after. This makes the significance of these policies over time quite small because the attitudes towards gay's has always been harsh. The stigma against homosexuals was still very much prevalent after the war. Many holocaust survivors who were homosexual were forced to serve out their terms of imprisonment, regardless of how long they spent in the camps. Shockingly, it took till the year 2000 that an actual apology came and to recognise them as victims of the Third Reich. Although they might have been free from the torments of the Nazi's, many found themselves ostracized from society. Overall, we see