Gay Nazis on Campus? The Puzzling Evidence from Hamburg during the Third Reich
Friday, November 6th, 2009
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6, 2009 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
By a curious chance, the three professors who were brought into the University of Hamburg at the start of the Third Reich specifically in order to nazify the curriculum were all on different occasions a few years later arrested on separate charges of homosexual offences, and dismissed. Was this merely a coincidence, or does it indicate a tendency for National Socialist stalwarts to be gay? Or were the charges trumped up by opponents of the Nazis, in order to get rid of these ideological fanatics? The presentation explores this conundrum through a detailed examination of each case.
This seminar is part of Holocaust Education Week.
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