The gays would have been more alone than the rest of their fellow prisoners. But even their fellow inmates despised them, scolding them for the indecency of preferring the same sex. The gay prisoners were considered prime targets by the guards. They were predominately gay men – which is perhaps why pink became socially branded as a girl’s colour around the same time. It would be coloured yellow unless they were also part of one of the other minorities.Īnd then there were the homosexuals, branded with a bright pink triangle for all to know. The gypsies, the political prisoners, the immigrants, the Mormons, the anti-socials… They each had their own coloured triangle a badge that marked their dishonour.įor the Jews, they were branded with two triangles that formed the Star of David. Indeed, antisemitism has become so synonymous with the concentration camps of Nazi Germany that we forget the other outcasts who stood (and died) alongside them. The pink triangle represents the agonizing struggle for freedom during a time of unfathomable evil.
