Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945

Description

The University of Missouri-Kansas City, in partnership with
the Kansas City Museum, presents
Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945

A Traveling Exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


February 16-April 10 | Free Admission
Hours: Su 1-11 p.m.; Mon-Thurs 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dean’s Gallery, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC Volker Campus
800 E. 51st Street (at the intersection of 51st Street & Rockhill Road)
Metered parking at UMKC is available Monday - Friday in the lot directly North of Miller Nichols Library at Rockhill Road and 51st Street. Parking is open and free on Saturdays and Sundays.


From 1933-1945, Germany’s National Socialist government attempted to eradicate those who did not fit its idealistic model of a “master Aryan race.” Jews were the primary victims and six million were murdered in the Holocaust. Millions of others were persecuted for racial and political reasons, including homosexuals.

Visitors to this informational exhibition will learn about the Nazis’ attempt to eradicate homosexuality and terrorize German gay men into social conformity with arrests, convictions and incarcerations of tens of thousands of men in prisons and concentration camps.

Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 is presented in support of the Spring concert of Heartland Men’s Chorus, Falling in Love Again, March 23-24, 2013 at the Folly Theater. Details and ticket information are available at hmckc.org

The presentation of the exhibition is a project of GLAMA: the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America, a partnership of the Kansas City Museum and the LaBudde Special Collections Department of UMKC Libraries.


The UMKC-KCM-Heartland Men’s Chorus partnership Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 is presented concurrently with the Kansas City Museum exhibit Ours to Fight For: Kansas City during World War II.


The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibitions program is supported in part by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.