Institute for Sex Research

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.

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Berlin Students Sack Institute (May 1933)

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• 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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• Library of Congress, Evening Star (1935), "Noted Refugee Dies"

Sources

1. German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Bestand)"
2. German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"
3. 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)