I watched Paragraph 175 today

[dsc]

For those who haven't seen it, it is a HBO documentary which features interviews with the handful of gay survivers of the Holocost which remain interspersed with historical images and narration. One of the more interesting parallels to today in it was the use of homosexuality (of Rohm) to attack Hitler. It was for hypocracy, of course, just like what we hear about Bush. It is a very compelling movie and I highly recommend it.

[knowbody0]

1. i have seen this film

i do believe we are walking backwards these days, and absolutely need to remain strong.

[dsc]

2. There were some quite scary parallels

but I do think we have rounded a corner which will be hard for our enemies to make us go back around.

[Ian David]

7. Don't be so confident

Up until The Holocaust, gay people had begun to live more openly and freely in Germany. It was pretty much a "golden age" for their gay community.

And even after Hitler started to crack-down on homosexuality, certain gay bars and clubs were allowed to stay open.

That way, it was more easy to round them all up when the day came.

We could be sitting in the eye of the storm right now.

[mitchtv]

3. very sad stories

I wondered about those who refused to particpate, after I saw it.

[dsc]

4. my guess is that they were probably in poor health

The minimum age of these survivors would have been around 75. Plus those awful war years would have taken quite a toll. It is amazing to me they got as many of them to agree to participate as they did.

[jonnyblitz]

5. oh I have to see this one.

thanks for mentioning it. :thumbsup:

[dsc]

6. It was

There is an exhibit based on the work of the person behind the documentary at the Holocost museam in DC.

[Ian David]

8. Pictures