Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Branded By The Pink Triangle



Branded By The Pink Triangle  by Ken Setterington        
  155 pages
This is an account of the gay men who were persecuted and sent to concentration camps under the Nazi regime.  Written for children, the book tones down some of the suffering but seems to be a pretty accurate portrayal of some of the men’s lives.  The books gives a lot of general facts but also chronicles what happened to six different men, specifically.  Because the suffering of this group of people was largely ignored by the general community until recently, many people who survived didn’t feel comfortable coming forward after the war.  By the time the general public began acknowledging the tragedy in the homosexual community, many survivors had died from other causes, so many people’s stories were lost.  Overall, this was a good book that gave a lot of information.  Teen and preteen readers who want to know more about World War II and this aspect of the concentration camps will want to read this book.

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