Hidden Holocaust? Gay and lesbian persecution in Germany 1933-45

The persecution of lesbians and gay men by the Nazis is a subject that has been constantly debated during the last decade. Until recently the discussion has remained speculative: most of the relevant documents were stored in closed East German archives, and access was denied to scholars and researchers.
As a result of the unification of East and West Germany, these archives are now open. This book demonstrates that the eradication of homosexuals was a declared goal of the Nazis even before they took power in 1933, and provide proof of the systematic anti-gay campaigns, the methods used to justify discrimination, and the incarceration mutilation and murder of gay men and women in Nazi concentration camps.