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irisblue

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Mon Aug 26, 2024, 01:58 PM Aug 2024

On this date 26 August 1905 Rudolph von Mayer was born- from @Auschwitz twitter






26 August 1905 | A German, Rudolf von Mayer, was born in Waldenburg (today Wałbrzych in Poland). An assessor.

In #Auschwitz from 30 May 1941.
No 16962
He perished in the camp on 19 August 1942.
One of gay men imprisoned in Auschwitz for homosexuality.

At least 77 men with pink triangles were imprisoned in Auschwitz & another 25 could have been initially arrested for their real or alleged homosexuality, but had a different prisoner category. Some scholars speak of up to 140 prisoners persecuted for their sexual orientation.

Memory 4.0 is a set of scenarios & online materials dedicated to the fate and persecution of the various groups deported to the German camp Auschwitz: political prisoners, Jews, Roma, Soviet POWs, Jehovahs Witness & gay men. https://thinglink.com/scene/1512465622422781953
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