Page "Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust" Paragraph 16

Gay men suffered unusually cruel treatment in the concentration camps.

They faced persecution not only from German soldiers but also from other prisoners, and many gay men were beaten to death.

Additionally, gay men in forced labor camps routinely received more grueling and dangerous work assignments than other non-Jewish inmates, under the policy of " Extermination Through Work ".

SS soldiers also were known to use gay men for target practice, aiming their weapons at the pink triangles their human targets were forced to wear.