Why did they kill gay men in the Holocaust?

Answer 1

He killed so few, If he captured an enemy soldier that was homosexual he would send them to a concentration camp them give them a not trial but would decide their fate, all would stay until 'cured' and as I said about the fate thing some could be free but most would be killed he hated them I'm not sure of because he hated religion, so it was a common enemy for religion, he also was an "alpha male" meaning he was really sexual rather than romantic maybe meaning he hated their views although its not a view its genetics

Answer 2

A basic principle of Nazi ideology was "racial purity." Men who were seen as effeminate (and therefore not "father" material), were considered to be racially corrupt, because no "true Aryan" would be a homosexual. (This despite the facts that a number of early Nazis had been seen at Magnus Hirschfeld's clinic in Berlin, and that Nazi art was remarkably homoerotic.) Homosexuals were seen as potential seducers of "real" men and therefore a threat to the state.

Homosexuality was also seen as a "disease of the city," and Goebbels used hostility to the "sin of homosexuality" among rural Germans to break up the leftist coalitions in Berlin and other major cities.

Answer 3

Penal Code article l75 targeted homosexual activities/. It was also applied to Law enforcment officers ( mostly SS men) and their counterparts in the Armed forces. Homosexuality was taken as a serious problem. Himmler ( Head of the Waffen-SS) was concerned about possible homoerotic tones in such sports as Wrestling and tried to have it banned as an off-duty recreational sport ( within the SS) Many Homosexuals were locked up, dragged into forced-labor projects ( this was heavy stuff such as bridge construction, not license plate manufacture) and many did pay the ultimate pride for their activity. How many were actually executed in Prison camps is unknown. Lesbians, unless violent, were treated more cautiously.

Answer 4

The Nazis had all the hard-line right-wing prejudices of the time in a big way. There were many parts of Europe (and surely the US, too) where even the mere mention of homosexuality was enough to send people into a rage or a panic.

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Because they weren't like Hitler. Hitler hated everyone that was not of "his kind".

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The backbone of the Nazi party consisted of veterans from World War I. These men were steeped in macho, military values. Most of them were also filled with the prejudices of their time, and in a very extreme form. This didn't prevent some leading Nazis from practising homosexuality. The ideal 'Nordic' type wasn't only supposed to be blonde and blue-eyed but also obedient, immune to Marxist thinking and sexually as straight as a Poker. Even masturbation was a no-no.

The Nazis made a great song and dance about the Latin slogan 'Mens sana in corpore sano' - 'A healthy mind in a healthy body' - or as critics said at the time:

'A servile mind in a body fit for military service or child-bearing'.

Homosexuality was seen as 'degenerate', Communist and - without any evidence - also as Jewish (!), as some deliberate conspiracy to undermine the 'manliness' and 'military fitness' of the German people ... It figured prominently in those conspiracy theories that the Nazi leadership took so seriously.
They were regarded as flawed, and Germans believed in survival of the fittest.

Answer 5

There are no real answers, But I think it was because Hitler blamed the Jews for everything wrong in society at that time.

Don't quote me as I may be wrong, But perhaps his father was a Jew, and I do know that his father was very abusive towards Adolph, and This could have lead him to despise people of Jewish faith.

As for Homosexuals, There is a rumour that Hitler was Gay and was ashamed of himself. However he could have simply been homophobic and thought that life should be with a man and a woman, as The Bible says.

As I said, Don't quote me. But Hitler also began to push the limits and began thinking that people without Blondie hair and blue eyes were tainted.

Answer 6

Well, why did they kill Jews in the Holocaust...it's the same thing. nobody can get inside Hitlers twisted mind and play the games that he once played.