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1/5 Josef Kohout, 24, was young and in love. When he sent a Christmas card to his boyfriend in 1938, he had no idea that it would end up in the hands of the Vienna Gestapo and he would be arrested months later. #PrideMonth Image
2/5 Josef spent six years in prisons and concentration camps. He was one of 5,000–15,000 men sent to concentration camps for allegedly having sexual relations with other men. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
3/5 In 1972, the book “The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story” about Josef's experiences during the Nazi era was published by Heinz Heger, a pseudonym. Josef was not named to protect him from the ongoing discrimination against gay people during that time. Image
4/5 Until then, there were few accounts of the persecution of gay men during the Holocaust. Josef's story helped bring this dark chapter of history to light. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
5/5 In 1994, the Museum obtained Josef Kohout's collection shortly after his death. ushmm.org/collections/th…

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