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| Tel Aviv unveils first memorial to gay Holocaust victims | Tel Aviv unveils first memorial to gay Holocaust victims |
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| Tel Aviv has become the first Israeli city to unveil a memorial in honour of gay and lesbian victims of the Nazi Holocaust. | Tel Aviv has become the first Israeli city to unveil a memorial in honour of gay and lesbian victims of the Nazi Holocaust. |
| The monument in the centre of the city is designed around a pink triangle - the symbol gay prisoners were forced to wear in the concentration camps. | The monument in the centre of the city is designed around a pink triangle - the symbol gay prisoners were forced to wear in the concentration camps. |
| As many as 15,000 homosexuals were killed in the Nazi camps. | As many as 15,000 homosexuals were killed in the Nazi camps. |
| Similar monuments in their memory have been erected in Amsterdam, Berlin, San Francisco and Sydney. | Similar monuments in their memory have been erected in Amsterdam, Berlin, San Francisco and Sydney. |
| Atrocities | Atrocities |
| Writing on the monument in English, Hebrew and German reads: "In memory of those persecuted by the Nazi regime for their sexual orientation and gender identity." | Writing on the monument in English, Hebrew and German reads: "In memory of those persecuted by the Nazi regime for their sexual orientation and gender identity." |
| It is the first Holocaust memorial in Israel that deals with both Jewish and non-Jewish victims alike, according to local reports. | It is the first Holocaust memorial in Israel that deals with both Jewish and non-Jewish victims alike, according to local reports. |
| "In addition to the extermination of Europe's Jews, the Nazis committed many atrocities, in an attempt to destroy anyone who was considered different," said Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai. | "In addition to the extermination of Europe's Jews, the Nazis committed many atrocities, in an attempt to destroy anyone who was considered different," said Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai. |
| "This monument reminds us all how important it is for us to respect every human being," he said. | "This monument reminds us all how important it is for us to respect every human being," he said. |
| The monument, unveiled on Friday, will stand outside the Municipal LGBT Community Centre in Tel Aviv's Meir Park (Gan Meir). | The monument, unveiled on Friday, will stand outside the Municipal LGBT Community Centre in Tel Aviv's Meir Park (Gan Meir). |
| German ambassador Andreas Michaelis said: "It is important that we put up monuments and name streets, in order to remember things that happened in the past. But they must be first and foremost reminders for the future." | |
| The Nazis branded homosexuality an aberration threatening their perception of Germans as the master race, and the Gestapo kept a special register of around 100,000 gay people. | The Nazis branded homosexuality an aberration threatening their perception of Germans as the master race, and the Gestapo kept a special register of around 100,000 gay people. |
| Thousands were sent to Nazi concentration camps in the 1930s and 1940s. | Thousands were sent to Nazi concentration camps in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| Tel Aviv has a vibrant gay scene and hosts an annual gay pride festival. | Tel Aviv has a vibrant gay scene and hosts an annual gay pride festival. |