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The Institute for Sex Research (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) was founded in 1919 by Dr. [[Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)]] in [[Germany]]. It was significant in its progressive attitudes towards queer and transgender communities. It was plundered and closed in 1933 under the Nazi government as it was deemed "Jewish, social-democratic, and immoral". | The Institute for Sex Research (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) was founded in 1919 by Dr. [[Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)]] in [[Germany]]. It was significant in its progressive attitudes towards queer and transgender communities. It was plundered and closed in 1933 under the Nazi government as it was deemed "Jewish, social-democratic, and immoral". | ||
= | == History == | ||
== Staff == | === Staff === | ||
Richard Linsert (1899-1933); department head at the institute beginning in 1923; advocate for gay and transgender rights, sexual reforms | Richard Linsert (1899-1933); department head at the institute beginning in 1923; advocate for gay and transgender rights, sexual reforms | ||
= Sources = | == Gallery == | ||
=== "Birth Control Clinic Opens In Germany" (March 1924) === | |||
* The Daily Worker describes the opening of a birth control clinic at the [[Institute for Sex Research]] under Magnus Hirschfeld. | |||
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File:1924-03-04-daily-worker-institute-for-sex-science-germany.png | |||
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=== Berlin Students Sack Institute (May 1933) === | |||
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File:1933-04-27-daily-worker-huge-burning-of-books.png | |||
File:1933-05-26-brownsville-herald-berline-university-students-seize-books-for-bonfire.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
* Library of Congress, The Daily Worker (1933), "Burning of Books May 3 Germany: Nazi Culture!" | |||
* Library of Congress, Brownsville Herald (1933), "Berlin University Students Seize Books for Bonfire" | |||
=== Magnus Hirschfeld's Death (May 1935) === | |||
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File:1935-05-17-evening-star-noted-refugee-dies.png | |||
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* Library of Congress, Evening Star (1935), "Noted Refugee Dies" | |||
== Sources == | |||
# German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), [https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/T4L3XOMZNYRO4EFLFGZUJWW5ERH7EGPP?lang=en&offset=0&rows=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=1 "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Bestand)"] | # German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), [https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/T4L3XOMZNYRO4EFLFGZUJWW5ERH7EGPP?lang=en&offset=0&rows=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=1 "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Bestand)"] | ||
# German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), [https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/VUAQL7AQZ5SOG67UTAAUZST5CYSE5BFS?lang=en&offset=0&rows=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=3 "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"] | # German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), [https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/VUAQL7AQZ5SOG67UTAAUZST5CYSE5BFS?lang=en&offset=0&rows=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=3 "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"] | ||
# German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), [https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/Q4KUWSWO6J6SWGYMIAISXEYDMETDYZRN?lang=en&offset=0&rows=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=4 "Linsert, Richard, Abteilungsleiter am Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"] | # German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), [https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/Q4KUWSWO6J6SWGYMIAISXEYDMETDYZRN?lang=en&offset=0&rows=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=4 "Linsert, Richard, Abteilungsleiter am Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"] | ||
== External Resources == | |||
* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, [https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa26351 "German students and Nazi SA plunder the library of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld"] (Photograph) | |||
Latest revision as of 22:27, 15 December 2022
The Institute for Sex Research (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) was founded in 1919 by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) in Germany. It was significant in its progressive attitudes towards queer and transgender communities. It was plundered and closed in 1933 under the Nazi government as it was deemed "Jewish, social-democratic, and immoral".
History
Staff
Richard Linsert (1899-1933); department head at the institute beginning in 1923; advocate for gay and transgender rights, sexual reforms
Gallery
"Birth Control Clinic Opens In Germany" (March 1924)
- The Daily Worker describes the opening of a birth control clinic at the Institute for Sex Research under Magnus Hirschfeld.
Berlin Students Sack Institute (May 1933)
- Library of Congress, The Daily Worker (1933), "Burning of Books May 3 Germany: Nazi Culture!"
- Library of Congress, Brownsville Herald (1933), "Berlin University Students Seize Books for Bonfire"
Magnus Hirschfeld's Death (May 1935)
- Library of Congress, Evening Star (1935), "Noted Refugee Dies"
Sources
- German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Bestand)"
- German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"
- German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Linsert, Richard, Abteilungsleiter am Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"
External Resources
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "German students and Nazi SA plunder the library of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld" (Photograph)
