Categorization in concentration camps as a collective fate: a comparison of homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and political prisoners.
Using socio-historical data some critical features of Nazi Concentration Camps are discussed: uniqueness vs. normality; extermination vs. re-education of gay prisoners. The special fate of the Pink Triangle in comparison to other non-Jewish victims is demonstrated. The determinative qualities of life and death conditions in the camps are: the National Socialist interpretation of the prisoner category; the repressive content of social control; the marginalisation in general society. The relative strength of a single influence cannot be separated one from the other.
Universität Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D002835:Christianity / Q000266:history*; D003209:Concentration Camps / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D011056:Political Systems / Q000266:history*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons / Q000266:history*