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WASHINGTON (AP) - Nazi persecution of homosexuals came under the spotlight of the Holocaust Museum Friday, in the first of a series of exhibits on an estimated 5 million non-Jews - Poles, Soviet war prisoners, Gypsies, the handicapped and others - killed while Adolf Hitler ruled Germany. "Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945" will be open until March 16. It's a collection of photographs, news clippings, magazine illustrations and original German documents - with translations - documenting Nazi punishment of homosexuals. It also includes a chilling diagram with the colors and forms of the badges on concentration camp uniforms: yellow triangle...

Nation:Bush chooses Houston businessman to head Holocaust Memorial Council HOUSTON (March 10, 2002 6:34 p.m. EST) - President Bush has chosen a Houston businessman to be the new chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Fred S. Zeidman, a venture capitalist who also is involved with several Jewish organizations, will succeed Rabbi Irving Greenberg, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday. quot;I could not be more excited. It's a tremendous challenge and I'm just excited to take it on,quot; Zeidman said about his appointment to the council, the parent organization of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Calls to Zeidman and...