Homos to dykes: GET OFF OUR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

[Martinus]

Lesbian Kiss at Gay Holocaust Memorial Draws Protest
A gay Holocaust memorial that plans to display a video of a lesbian kiss is drawing protests, not from antigay activists, but from historians
By Advocate.com Editors


A plan to exchange an image of kissing men with kissing women at a gay Holocaust memorial in Berlin is drawing protest from some scholars.

Erected in May 2008, the memorial to the estimated 5,000 to 15,000 homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis is a gray concrete slab designed by Ingar Dragset and Michael Elmgreen, and features a window through which viewers can see a looping video, currently of two men in an eternal kiss.

The original plans included changing the sex of the embracing couple in the video every two years, but Alexander Zinn and other Holocaust experts have protested via a letter to culture minister Michael Neumann and gay Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, claiming the proposed lesbian kiss video would distort history. The protestors claim that lesbians were not targeted for persecution in the Holocaust.

Neumann defends the planned video, set to debut in May 2010, saying in a statement, "The option of using a lesbian film motif in the memorial is in no way meant to put on the same level the persecution of homosexual men and women under the Nazi regime. Research shows that the persecution of lesbian women by the Nazi regime was not comparable to that of homosexual men. This is also clearly explained in a plaque on the memorial."

A decision based on the complaints is anticipated in the coming weeks.

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The protesters are largely correct, but still I thought this is kinda funny. 

[Josephus]

Where can I see this lesbian film? And is it real lesbians or the cute made-for-porn lesbians?

[Josquius]

Expect visitor numbers at the memorial to rise soon

[Alexandru H.]

An anti-gay Auschwitz-type camp should have continued after the war, as a joint Soviet-American project of good will.

[CountDeMoney]

The protestors claim that lesbians were not targeted for persecution in the Holocaust.

And rightfully so.

[Iormlund]

Expect visitor numbers at the memorial to rise soon

And not just their numbers ...

[Kleves]

The Nazis only bagged 15,000 gays? FAIL. 

[Eddie Teach]

The Nazis only bagged 15,000 gays? FAIL. 

They should have taken pointers from the Iranians.

[Agelastus]

The Nazis only bagged 15,000 gays? FAIL. 

But, but...I've seen Allo Allo. All the German gays were in the army, including most of the generals!!! It was on TV, so it must be true!!! How did they even find 15000 to kill???

[sbr]

If it was 10% of the population back then they came up 585,000 short.  Sounds like the gays got off easy.

[jimmy olsen]

If it was 10% of the population back then they came up 585,000 short.  Sounds like the gays got off easy.

I though that 10% was recognized as being too high.

[Mr.Penguin]

If it was 10% of the population back then they came up 585,000 short.  Sounds like the gays got off easy.

I though that 10% was recognized as being too high.

10% is wishful thinking by the gays...

[Alexandru H.]

If it was 10% of the population back then they came up 585,000 short.  Sounds like the gays got off easy.

I though that 10% was recognized as being too high.

10% is wishful thinking by the gays...

It's more like Martinus and some homeless guy that accepts money for getting his dick sucked...

[Jaron]

If it was 10% of the population back then they came up 585,000 short.  Sounds like the gays got off easy.

I though that 10% was recognized as being too high.

10% is wishful thinking by the gays...

It's more like Martinus and some homeless guy that accepts money for getting his dick sucked...

Lame. Is this the best Romania has to offer?

[Martinus]

The protestors claim that lesbians were not targeted for persecution in the Holocaust.

And rightfully so.

Is this "rightfully so" to "the protesters claim" or "lesbians were not targeted"?