Reviews

The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps by Heinz Heger

lukarounddd's review

informative sad fast-paced

5.0

c_claerchen's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

5.0

padancer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.75

This should be obligatory read at schools, everywhere in the world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

burchama's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

ellie_cripps's review

5.0

Powerfully brave, important and difficult to read.

sweaterdad's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

An incredible account that, although hard to read at times, is a vital testament to the atrocities endured by queer people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Outing, Sexual harassment, and War

spaghetti_noodle's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

The book is about gay men's experience in the Holocaust. When it comes to gay survivors, a lot of their experiences and history were silenced due to stigma and homophobia. Because of this, there is a whole element of the Holocaust that remains under-studied. Reading about Heger's experience taught me a lot about the everyday life in the concentration camps and what had to be done for survival. It was a difficult and emotional read, but I'm glad I got to read his story and learn about this part of history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

vanessacorwin's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: War

lady_trickster's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

jmontg18's review

informative

4.0