USA World War II
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This page holds archives related to LGBTQIA+ history during World War II from the perspective of the United States.
Purge in Germany (1934)
- Waterbury Democrat, a newspaper in the State of Connecticut describes a Nazi purge and mass arrests in two articles in December 1934. Hundreds of gay citizens arrested in German cities.
- Another newspaper in the State of California, Imperial Valley Press, shares the alleged denial from the Nazi government.
German Tennis Player Tried (1938)
- The Evening Star, a newspaper for the Washington D.C., describes in May of 1938 the sentence of tennis player Baron Gottried von Cramm, "world's no. 2 amateur tennis player". He was allegedly sentenced to ten months in prison under section 175, which the Nazis used to criminalize gay relationships.
War Crimes in Germany (1945)
- A piece published across several newspapers in the USA in May of 1945 detailing war crimes being tried against the Nazis over the treatment of 40,000 prisoners, including gay prisoners.
