WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PINK TRIANGLE?
The Pink Triangle was used by the Nazis to signify homosexuals. Although, homosexuals were only one of the groups targeted for extermination; unfortunately it is the group that history often excludes. The Pink Triangle defies anyone to deny history. In 1935 Hitler revised the German Law, Paragraph 175, prohibiting homosexuality, by including kissing, embracing, and gay fantasies as well as sexual acts. Convicted offenders—an estimated 25,000 from 1937 to 1939—were sent to prison and later transferred to concentration camps. They were to be sterilized, most often by castration. Hitler changed his policy on homosexuality to include death in 1942. Concentration camp prisoners were designated into groups by colored inverted triangles; which set up a social hierarchy among prisoners. A green triangle marked the wearer as a regular criminal; a red triangle denoted a political prisoner. Two yellow overlapping triangles forming a Star of David denote Jewish prisoners. The Pink Triangle was for
