The Institute for Sexual Science
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The Institute for Sexual Science

The Institute for Sexual Science was founded in Germany by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a leading researcher of sex, sexuality, and gender. In 1933, the Nazis looted the institute and forced it to close. Photo published in 1924.

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culture gay men under the Nazis medical professions Weimar Germany
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Magnus-Hirschfeld Gesellschaft

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