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".

Artifacts

While a lot of the information about the institution was destroyed, some of it can be pieced together from remaining records.

Staff

Richard Linsert (1899-1933); department head at the institute beginning in 1923; advocate for gay and transgender rights, sexual reforms

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"