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There was a whole system of badges that were required to be worn by the prisoners in Nazi Germany prison camps. The badges were mostly inverted triangles (flat side up, pointy side down) of different colours. Jewish prisoners had to wear a non inverted yellow triangle with another inverted triangle superimposed, over the top to form a star.
Red triangles signified political enemies; green professional criminals; blue forced labour or emigrants, purple bible students; black for asocials and brown for gypsies. The colour for sex offenders was pink. Most of these happened to be homosexual men. So a homosexual Jew would wear a star comprising a pink triangle over a yellow triangle.
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∙ 10y agoThe Nazis had a complex color and shape code used to identify the various groups of people held in German concentration camps. The men who wore the "Rosa Winkel" -- pink triangle -- were considered the lowest of the low. The color pink was probably chosen to represent femininity and weakness; the triangle was originally the letter A, which represented a vulgar German term for a gay man. Beyond simple identification, this color code was used to humilate homosexuals and separate them from other people.
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What color did homosexuals have in the holocaust?
Homosexuals were made to wear pink triangles in concentration camps.
What symbol did homosexuals have to wear during the Holocaust?
Homosexuals had to wear a pink triangle. However, many of the homosexuals in concentration camps had not been convicted of any crime, but were simply sent there by the Gestapo on the basis of gossip.
Where did Nazis send groups of Gypsies the mentally impaired etc?
Gypsies, mentally impaired, communists, transexuals, homosexuals, Jews, etc--they all went to the death camps. (They all had to wear different symbols: the yellow star for Jews, a pink triangle for Gay, etc)
Why did the clothes that the Jewish people wore have the Star of David on it at the Nazi camps?
yes in the concentration camps the Jews still had to wear the star of david it was one of the ways the German Nazi's could futher degrade the Jews and also tell them apart from local folk near by.
How did the Nazis discriminate the gays?
Most countries did not allow homosexuals to serve in the military, in fact homosexuality was illegal in most countries during this period.MORE In Nazi Germany (convicted) homosexuals were required to wear a pink triangle and many were sent to camps.MORE In Nazi Germany homosexuals were required to wear a pink triangle and many were sent to camps as well as gas chambers. When the war first started the German SS death squads would experiment with the fastest way to kill a large amount of people. The first people they used were from the mental institutions, homosexuals, and disabled. They first tried loading people into the back of an enclosed truck and then hooking up the exhaust from the truck into the back. When this didn't kill them fast enough and when they couldn't do a lot of people they began to think of other faster ways._________________________________________Only homosexuals convicted of a crime (generally homosexual acts) were required to wear a triangle, 90% of homosexuals successfully evaded the Nazis' grasp. None were sent to the gas chambers. There were no people walking around outside of the penal system with a pink triangle akin to the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear.SS death squads were at (or just behind) the front lines and did not take part in the experiments of mass execution.The T-4 programme was responsible for these experiments, which involved closing (physically and mentally) disabled people in a room and filling it with exhaust fumes, no person was included for being homosexual. Later this method would be employed in the gas vans for other groups of people.
What color did homosexuals have in the holocaust?
Homosexuals were made to wear pink triangles in concentration camps.
What symbol did homosexuals have to wear during the Holocaust?
Homosexuals had to wear a pink triangle. However, many of the homosexuals in concentration camps had not been convicted of any crime, but were simply sent there by the Gestapo on the basis of gossip.
What were homosexuals labeled with during World War 2?
A pink triangle
Who had to wear the pink triangle badge in Nazi Germany?
Homosexuals had to wear a pink triangle badge (with the base at the top and the point at the bottom) in Nazi Germany.
What was the color for the gay triangle the Nazis used in the concentration camps?
Pink
Where did Nazis send groups of Gypsies the mentally impaired etc?
Gypsies, mentally impaired, communists, transexuals, homosexuals, Jews, etc--they all went to the death camps. (They all had to wear different symbols: the yellow star for Jews, a pink triangle for Gay, etc)
How does a Pink Triangle symbolizes lesbians?
The pink triangle symbolizes all gay people, men and women, and was created by the Nazis during the holocaust era. It is a variation of the Jewish star, with only one triangle instead of two.In modern times, the pink triangle symbol has been "reclaimed" and is seen as a positive symbol.
What was the color of the star that homosexuals were forced to wear during the holocaust?
It was actually an upside down pink triangle, which is where the modern-day symbol came from.
Why do gay people often wear pink clothes?
They don't. This is a stereotype. However, the color pink is associated with the gay rights movement, possibly originating from the pink triangle that the Nazis required gay people to wear.
How many homosexuals were killed in world war 2?
There can be no answer to this question because the number of homosexuals serving in the armed forces and the number of civilian homosexuals killed by enemy action (or by 'friendly fire') is unknown. It may be interesting for you to ask yourself why that is so. If your question refers specifically to homosexuals imprisoned in Nazi 'Death Camps' I suggest you request the book "The Men with the Pink Triangle" from your library.
What does an upside down pink triangle mean?
It shouldn't be in the geometry section but...The pink triangle is a symbol for the homosexuals that were oppressed, mainly starting in the Holocaust. It carried on through the ages though.A symbol of gay pride. Reclaimed from the right-side up pink triangles used in Nazi concentration camps to designate gay prisoners.It's a sign for sexual equalityIt was a Nazi Concentration Camp badge for anyone considered a sexual deviant, including homosexuals, zoophiles, pedophiles, and rapists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camp_badges
What type of star did the Jews have to wear?
The Nazis forced the Jewish prisoners to wear the Star of David so they could be easily identified. This badge was yellow. That Nazis gave different badges to different groups (Eg, Homosexuals wore pink triangles, Jehovah's Witnesses wore purple triangles, ect).
