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LetMyPeopleVote

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2. Between 1933 and 1945, the German police arrested around 100,000 men suspected of the crime of homosexuality.

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Sat Mar 15, 2025, 06:01 PM

Mar 15

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Between 1933 and 1945, the German police arrested around 100,000 men suspected of the crime of homosexuality. Half were sentenced and sent to normal prisons. Between 5,000 and 15,000 of these were interned in concentration camps and marked with a pink triangle.

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Trump shared an article with a pink triangle symbol: Why critics are alarmed [View all] Eugene Mar 15 OP

A sitting President of the United States, using a literal NAZI symbol. LetMyPeopleVote Mar 15 #1

Between 1933 and 1945, the German police arrested around 100,000 men suspected of the crime of homosexuality. LetMyPeopleVote Mar 15 #2