The "Jews" of the Antifascist Left
Homosexuality and the Socialist Resistance to Nazism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3667944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry Oosterhuis (0000-0002-3016-0721, a Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 227-257 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v29n02_09 |
| PMID | 8666756 |
| OpenAlex | W2325593468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
In the early 1930s, German Social Democrats and Communists seized upon the homosexual orientation of some Nazi leaders, especially Ernst Röhm, with the aim of discrediting the entire National Socialist movement. In Western Europe as well as the Soviet Union, there was a general tendency among socialists in the 1930s to identify homosexuality with Nazism. Antifascist leftists created the impression that homosexuality was widespread in Nazi organizations. Such socialist theorists as Wilhelm Reich tended to view homosexuality sociologically and psychologically as a typical rightist, nationalist, and above all fascist aberration. Leftist aversion to homosexuality was not only an expression of political opportunism. Prejudices against homosexuality were part and parcel of socialist thinking and became even more deep-rooted among leftists as a consequence of the ideological and moral confrontation with National Socialism. Against the presumed immortality and perversion of the Nazis, the antifascists stressed their own rationality and purity
Communism · Gulag · Homosexuality · Ideology · Left-wing politics · Nationalism · Nazi concentration camps · Nazism · Perversion · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · European history and politics · Gender Studies · German legal, social, and political studies · German Social Sciences and History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |