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Summary: A classic holocaust biography.
Review: Heinz Heger's book has become the definitive story of life as a 'pink triangle' in a concentration camp. Sadly this is partly because the Nazi's deliberate policy of murder of this group ensured few survived and also due to the understandable fear of those who did survive to tell their story. If you have read Primo Levi you should read this. It is more immediate than Levi's writings, and there is less analysis, making it all the more horrifying. He simply tells what happened, mentioning only his amazement at the hypocrisy and cruelty exhibited by his German captors. The only other book that comes near to it is 'Liberation Was For Others', by Pierre Seel, an autobiographical tale of life in Schirmeck-Vorbruch. Seel continues his story to the post-war period, pointing out that for homosexuals suffering did not end in 1945.
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Summary: A story that needs told more
Review: I figure we teach school kids about the Jews suffering in the Holocaust, and the blacks struggle for Civil Rights. It would make sense that kids learn the dangers of homophobic bigotry, by reading this book. It will open your eyes! The same anti-gay stereotypes then, are the same ones now. This book is about a gay man who survived the Pink Triangle, and took him over 25 years to tell his story, as their were still many anti-gay laws on the books there. This man never wanted any public or economic gains from telling his story. In fact the Nazis had more contempt for the gays than they did the 'inferior racial groups' they persecuted.
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Summary: A story that needs told more
Review: I read this short book in one sitting and was so moved I had to re-read it again the next evening. All people, I feel, will identify with the story on some level. I have passed this book around my circle of friends, and their emotions ranged from anger and disgust toward the Nazis to profound sadness and sympathy towards the writer. This book is not for the depressed or overly sensative! Oftentimes, one forgets the impact of Nazi aggression on those who experienced torture firsthand. I only wish more was known about the Third Reich's war on gay men.
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Summary: This book profoundly touched me
Review: I read this short book in one sitting and was so moved I had to re-read it again the next evening. All people, I feel, will identify with the story on some level. I have passed this book around my circle of friends, and their emotions ranged from anger and disgust toward the Nazis to profound sadness and sympathy towards the writer. This book is not for the depressed or overly sensative! Oftentimes, one forgets the impact of Nazi aggression on those who experienced torture firsthand. I only wish more was known about the Third Reich's war on gay men.
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Summary: great read - informative, chilling and emotional
Review: I truly enjoyed this book. The fact that it was written in the first-person and not glossed over by a biographer makes it feel more real - more raw. It manages to be touching and chilling at the same time.
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Summary: This book documents immeasurable pain for thousands.
Review: I've never read a book in which I did NOT want to know what happened next until reading The Men With the Pink Triangle. It's harrowing, it's graphic, it's told with great humility, and it's moving. It's also a warning for the glbt community everywhere. It's our history and we must claim it, even if Germany refuses to apologize to the families of (as well as) gay survivors. This book is a lesson in combatting hatred and staying alive. It's only secondarily about pride and love. The speaker talks to you about sexual abuse, about the expendability of gay prisoners, and the unity that he found within the camp. I've been reading the accounts of other groups in Nazi death camps; why had I not read anything about my own heritage? This book should be on some list somewhere as a must-read historical text.
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Summary: Unusually intelligent and heart-wrenching
Review: Skillfully woven between the horror of experience and the constant questioning of unexplainable reasons for being "selected" because of sexual preference, the author speaks with chilling candor. Many detailes packed this book. Receiving brutal physical and physological treatment and forced to undergo humilations due to his homesexuality, the author despairs his treatment by "normal" men. Excellent reading.
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Summary: MUST BUY!
Review: This book was excellant. It was very easy reading and told of the horrid life in the concentration camps under Nazi Germany. Grips the heartstrings while being educational and informative. Not many books are written on this subject and this one is definately a gem
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Summary: a definite book to read for all people not just gays
Review: This book was unique in the way it was written and you did not want to put it down. And to realize that some of the same prejudices are in place even today under the disguise of "law" that is little used unless if you or homosexual. Can the same things that happened then happen now?
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