Christopher Clevenger
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And FWIW, it was a gay man who broke the Nazi Enigma code in WWII.
Alan Turing, an English mathematician, logician and cryptographer developed the device that would break the Nazi encryption used to send messages and battle plans around the globe.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
Alan Turing, an English mathematician, logician and cryptographer developed the device that would break the Nazi encryption used to send messages and battle plans around the globe.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
Alan Turing: The codebreaker who saved 'millions of lives' - BBC News
Alan Turing's codebreaking activities in the Second World War may have saved millions of lives.
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March 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
And FWIW, it was a gay man who broke the Nazi Enigma code in WWII.
Alan Turing, an English mathematician, logician and cryptographer developed the device that would break the Nazi encryption used to send messages and battle plans around the globe.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
Alan Turing, an English mathematician, logician and cryptographer developed the device that would break the Nazi encryption used to send messages and battle plans around the globe.
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
“This meant that many men serving sentences for allegedly violating Paragraph 175 remained in prison after the war.
Tens of thousands more were convicted in the postwar era.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Tens of thousands more were convicted in the postwar era.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Gay Men under the Nazi Regime
The Nazi regime carried out a campaign against male homosexuality and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“This meant that many men serving sentences for allegedly violating Paragraph 175 remained in prison after the war.
Tens of thousands more were convicted in the postwar era.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Tens of thousands more were convicted in the postwar era.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
“In spring 1945, Allied soldiers liberated concentration camps and freed prisoners, including those wearing the pink triangle.
But the end of the war and the defeat of the Nazi regime did not necessarily bring a sense of liberation for gay men.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
But the end of the war and the defeat of the Nazi regime did not necessarily bring a sense of liberation for gay men.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Gay Men under the Nazi Regime
The Nazi regime carried out a campaign against male homosexuality and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“In spring 1945, Allied soldiers liberated concentration camps and freed prisoners, including those wearing the pink triangle.
But the end of the war and the defeat of the Nazi regime did not necessarily bring a sense of liberation for gay men.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
But the end of the war and the defeat of the Nazi regime did not necessarily bring a sense of liberation for gay men.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
In Buchenwald concentration camp, some pink triangle prisoners were subject to inhumane medical experiments.
Beginning in November 1942, concentration camp commandants officially had the power to order the forced castration of pink triangle prisoners.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Beginning in November 1942, concentration camp commandants officially had the power to order the forced castration of pink triangle prisoners.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Gay Men under the Nazi Regime
The Nazi regime carried out a campaign against male homosexuality and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In Buchenwald concentration camp, some pink triangle prisoners were subject to inhumane medical experiments.
Beginning in November 1942, concentration camp commandants officially had the power to order the forced castration of pink triangle prisoners.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Beginning in November 1942, concentration camp commandants officially had the power to order the forced castration of pink triangle prisoners.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
“Sometimes pink triangle prisoners were assigned the most grueling and demanding jobs in the camp labor system.
They were often subjected to physical and sexual abuse by camp guards and fellow inmates.
In some cases they were beaten and publicly humiliated.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
They were often subjected to physical and sexual abuse by camp guards and fellow inmates.
In some cases they were beaten and publicly humiliated.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Gay Men under the Nazi Regime
The Nazi regime carried out a campaign against male homosexuality and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“Sometimes pink triangle prisoners were assigned the most grueling and demanding jobs in the camp labor system.
They were often subjected to physical and sexual abuse by camp guards and fellow inmates.
In some cases they were beaten and publicly humiliated.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
They were often subjected to physical and sexual abuse by camp guards and fellow inmates.
In some cases they were beaten and publicly humiliated.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
“The pink triangle called attention to this prisoner population as a distinct group within the concentration camp system.
According to many survivor accounts, pink triangle prisoners were among the most abused groups in the camps.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
According to many survivor accounts, pink triangle prisoners were among the most abused groups in the camps.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Gay Men under the Nazi Regime
The Nazi regime carried out a campaign against male homosexuality and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“The pink triangle called attention to this prisoner population as a distinct group within the concentration camp system.
According to many survivor accounts, pink triangle prisoners were among the most abused groups in the camps.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
According to many survivor accounts, pink triangle prisoners were among the most abused groups in the camps.”
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...