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A review by bookcadaver
Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington
5.0
I don’t even know how to start this review, hell, could this even be called a review? I’m going to go with “personal outlook” instead.
This book hit something deep. I tend to hold back with my emotions when it comes to nonfiction, due to how devastating they can be, but by the end of this, my throat felt tight and I was on the verge of tears.
As someone who’s queer, reading accounts and the atrocities that happened to our community, before, during and after the war sickened me. I already knew a fair amount of the things that happened pre-war and during the war, but the things that happened after were the things that were making me the most devastated and it’s shameful that we are taught about this.
I didn’t know that it wasn’t until 2001 that Germany recognised gays as victims of the Nazi Regime. I didn’t know that queer folk still had to carry out their prison sentences after being “saved” by the allies, even after all they’d been put through. Queer folk didn’t receive any help for their trauma, didn’t receive compensation or help from programs made for survivors, all because who they were, was still a crime.
This book sickened me, it made me angry, upset, devastated, but it also opened my eyes to the fact that living in 2022, I have it so much easier and so much better, and that I hope our community never has to face something like this ever again.
This is a very important part of queer history, and everyone should read it.
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This book hit something deep. I tend to hold back with my emotions when it comes to nonfiction, due to how devastating they can be, but by the end of this, my throat felt tight and I was on the verge of tears.
As someone who’s queer, reading accounts and the atrocities that happened to our community, before, during and after the war sickened me. I already knew a fair amount of the things that happened pre-war and during the war, but the things that happened after were the things that were making me the most devastated and it’s shameful that we are taught about this.
I didn’t know that it wasn’t until 2001 that Germany recognised gays as victims of the Nazi Regime. I didn’t know that queer folk still had to carry out their prison sentences after being “saved” by the allies, even after all they’d been put through. Queer folk didn’t receive any help for their trauma, didn’t receive compensation or help from programs made for survivors, all because who they were, was still a crime.
This book sickened me, it made me angry, upset, devastated, but it also opened my eyes to the fact that living in 2022, I have it so much easier and so much better, and that I hope our community never has to face something like this ever again.
This is a very important part of queer history, and everyone should read it.
INSTA | TWITTER