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Remembering the Pink Triangles: The Forgotten Stories of Queer Suffering in the Holocaust Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we reflect on one of the darkest chapters in human history – not just to remember the millions who perished but to honour the often-overlooked stories of queer individuals who suffered under the Nazi regime. Among the countless lives destroyed, a specific group bore a unique mark of hatred: the pink triangle. The pink triangle, now reclaimed as a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride and resilience, was once a badge of unimaginable horror. It marked gay men in Nazi concentration camps – men whose only “crime” was their love, identity, or defiance of societal norms. Their stories, silenced for decades, deserve to be told, heard, and remembered. Being Gay Under t...

For many of us, YomHaShoa - or day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Shoha - is a sad, almost mournful time every year. But then… why is it important to remember if it can hurt so much? As a gay and Jewish person, Remembering (and honouring) the victims of the Shoah is something I do almost every day, it is a good exercise for the memory, but also for my own sense of thankfulness: how lucky are we to be living in so much comfort and peace, in our houses, now? Certainly one could say that we do still have that feeling of “something’s still missing in my life”… but hey! We are here, we are safe, we are alive, and - again - in the full comfort of our own houses. My Grandmother - when still alive - used to remind me of how during deportation she had to flee her city, her parents escaped a...

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We can’t forget, we won’t forget: The Holocaust and the Pink Triangles.

Shoah: when remembering gives us hope for a better future.