- EAN13
- 9789287188762
- Éditeur
- Conseil de l'Europe
- Date de publication
- 18/09/2018
- Langue
- anglais
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At the height of the Second World War, Switzerland decriminalised
homosexuality. At the same time, France chose to introduce a law punishing
homosexual relationships in certain circumstances. These two examples
illustrate contradictory attitudes adopted by European states towards
homosexuals during the Second World War. Going beyond the issue of the
persecution of homosexuals and the central role played by Nazi Germany between
1939 and 1945, this book is the first to examine the daily lives of homosexual
men and women in wartime. By bringing together European specialists on the
subject, it relates a different history, one which was indeed marked by
repression but also by enlistment in armies at war and resistance groups, not
to mention collaboration. Chapter by chapter, it enables us to better
understand why the Second World War was a turning point for gays and lesbians
in Europe and why our continent is a leader in the fight against
discrimination. For the Council of Europe, this book contributes to two
separate programmes, the Passing on the Remembrance of the Holocaust and
Prevention of Crimes against Humanity programme and the Promoting Human Rights
and Equality for LGBT People programme, within the framework of Committee of
Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 on combating discrimination on grounds
of sexual orientation or gender identity programme. It also continues work
towards acknowledging all of the victims of the Nazi regime. Régis
Schlagdenhauffen is a lecturer at the École des hautes études en sciences
sociales (EHESS), head of the gender-based social history department, member
of the Laboratory of Excellence “Writing a new history of Europe” (LabEx EHNE)
and co-author of the Council of Europe pedagogical factsheets for teachers
entitled “Victims of Nazism. A mosaic of fates” (2015).
homosexuality. At the same time, France chose to introduce a law punishing
homosexual relationships in certain circumstances. These two examples
illustrate contradictory attitudes adopted by European states towards
homosexuals during the Second World War. Going beyond the issue of the
persecution of homosexuals and the central role played by Nazi Germany between
1939 and 1945, this book is the first to examine the daily lives of homosexual
men and women in wartime. By bringing together European specialists on the
subject, it relates a different history, one which was indeed marked by
repression but also by enlistment in armies at war and resistance groups, not
to mention collaboration. Chapter by chapter, it enables us to better
understand why the Second World War was a turning point for gays and lesbians
in Europe and why our continent is a leader in the fight against
discrimination. For the Council of Europe, this book contributes to two
separate programmes, the Passing on the Remembrance of the Holocaust and
Prevention of Crimes against Humanity programme and the Promoting Human Rights
and Equality for LGBT People programme, within the framework of Committee of
Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 on combating discrimination on grounds
of sexual orientation or gender identity programme. It also continues work
towards acknowledging all of the victims of the Nazi regime. Régis
Schlagdenhauffen is a lecturer at the École des hautes études en sciences
sociales (EHESS), head of the gender-based social history department, member
of the Laboratory of Excellence “Writing a new history of Europe” (LabEx EHNE)
and co-author of the Council of Europe pedagogical factsheets for teachers
entitled “Victims of Nazism. A mosaic of fates” (2015).
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