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Module 2: Gender and Sexuality

2. Sexuality

A Jewish man and an Aryan woman are publicly humiliated for their sexual relationship by being forced to hold signs in Germany, 1033. The signs read: “As a Jewboy, I always invite only German girls up to my room!” and “I am the biggest sow in town and only have dealings with Jews.”
Oskar Dankner, a Jewish businessman, and Adele Edelmann, a Christian woman, are humiliated in public for having an intimate relationship. The signs read: “As a Jewboy, I always invite only German girls up to my room!” and “I am the biggest sow in town and only have dealings with Jews.” Cuxhaven, Germany, July 27, 1933. Yad Vashem Archives 101EO9. Yad Vashem.

Module 2, Part Two: Sexuality

  1. “Sex & Sexuality: Nazi Ideology” interrogates how the Nazis and their supporters used sex, sexuality, and gender to persuade the public to support Nazi ideology and persecute Jews.
  2. “Sexual Violence” explores the historical problem of sexual violence and the Holocaust. Why has it taken so long to normalize and acknowledge accounts of sexual violence against Jewish victims?
  3. “Nazi Ideology and the Persecution of LGBTQ+ Persons” provides an explanatory context for the Nazi persecution of LGBTQ+ persons as well as the difficulty in tracing the history of Jewish LGBTQ+ victims.

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