Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)
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Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) was a researcher on sex, venereal disease, sexuality, and gender.
Institute for Sex Research (1919-1933)
Hirschfeld's founding and leadership with the Institute for Sex Research (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) was its progressive attitudes towards queer and transgender communities. It was plundered and closed under the Nazi government as it was deemed "Jewish, social-democratic, and immoral".
Sources
- German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Bestand)"
- German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"