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