That literally was not a policy of the Nazis until he betrayed them at the request of the existing military on the Night of Long Knives. Their initial policy was open acceptance of gays. And lots of Nazis were closeted gays, especially in the SS.
The Night of Long Knives (and the new policy) was mainly an excuse to get rid of Ernst Rohm and the other top gays in the SA (Brownshirts) that had been so critical in Hitler’s rise to power, but which were an impediment to acceptance by the professional military and that Hitler viewed as a threat to his power, due to their popularity.
In the SA not the SS. Ernst Rohm SA chief was a flagrant homosexual. During “Long Knives” he was arrested in bed with his SA toy boy. His closeness to Hitler from the early days to “Long Knives” plus some other not well documented evidence points to Hitler as a homosexual masochist.
Consider the way Castro arrested and imprisoned his most zealous “freedom fighters” the moment he seized power in Cuba. His reasons were the same as the NAZIs when they turned on Rohm and his Brown-Shirts.
A totalitarian regime will not suffer the existence of any group who has demonstrated the willingness and capability of overthrowing and existing government.
"The Pink Swastika" used to be available to read online, but when I tried to look at it, it didn't seem to work anymore.
I've read through what was available online, and the book makes it clear that they preferred homosexuals to do their dirty work. They wanted the most sadistic, brutal and perverted men they can find. They wanted men who would not hesitate to break any of societies rules, and they found such men in the homosexual community.
They made them commanders and camp guards of the concentration camps, and some of the disgusting things they did to young boys in the camps is the fuel of nightmares.
The book had numerous quotes from various Nazi commanders about their preference for homosexuals. The brownshirts were mostly gangs of homosexuals willing to perpetrate violence on anyone who did not support the Nazi cause.
Modern propaganda tries to distance the Nazis from their Homosexual roots, but the book has exposed just how entwined the Nazis were with homosexuality.
In the SA not the SS. Ernst Rohm SA chief was a flagrant homosexual. During “Long Knives” he was arrested in bed with his SA toy boy. His closeness to Hitler from the early days to “Long Knives” plus some other not well documented evidence points to Hitler as a homosexual masochist.
In the SA not the SS. Ernst Rohm SA chief was a flagrant homosexual. During “Long Knives” he was arrested in bed with his SA toy boy. His closeness to Hitler from the early days to “Long Knives” plus some other not well documented evidence points to Hitler as a homosexual masochist.