• There visitors can read over persecutions during Nazism and under Paragraph 175, the law during the 1950s and 1960s that outlawed homosexuality.
  • The Memorial, designed by artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, is a moving tribute to the "forgotten" gay victims of Nazism.
  • ...Persecuted Under Nazism in Berlin, Germany: A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
  • +49 30 2639430. www.homo-denkmal.lsvd.de. Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted under Nazism on Foursquare.
  • The Memorial to the Persecuted Homosexuals pays tribute to those who were marginalized by Hitler's regime.
  • ...Holocaust Memorial and reflect upon stories of valor against inhumanity at monuments such as the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism.
  • There visitors can read over persecutions during Nazism and under Paragraph 175, the law during 1950s and 1960s that outlawed homosexuality.
  • On 12 December 2003, the German Bundestag decided to build the Memorial to the Persecuted Homosexuals under National Socialism.
  • Lesbians victimized under Nazism have not been documented, though there are instances recorded of lesbian pubs in cities like Berlin which were lost.
  • The memorial is located in the east of Tiergarten and just across the road from the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe so it is easy to spot.
  • Distance From Major Landmarks. Distance between Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism and Potsdamer Platz is approx 501 meters.
  • This monument stands in memory of the homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis as undesirables of civilization.