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(28,295 posts) Mon Mar 31, 2025, 11:18 PM Mar 31

Institut fr Sexualwissenschaft [View all]

The first serious, scientific center on human sexuality.

Established by Magnus Hirschfield in 1919

Closed and destroyed by the Nazis in 1933

Gee, what regime is currently using these tactics to keep us from learning about human sexuality in an unbiased, science-based manner?

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Institut fr Sexualwissenschaft [View all] Coventina Mar 31 OP

Isn't that the way it is? The louder someone pushes "freedom", the more likely they are ... marble falls Mar 31 #1

Shoes for industry!!!! BurnDoubt Apr 1 #3

Shoes for the dead! Get a hair cut! marble falls Apr 1 #7

Nazi youth burned the books/research of the Institute as part of Hitler's censorship campaign. Solly Mack Mar 31 #2

Fuck That!!!!!! BurnDoubt Apr 1 #4

That sounded like an odd name for a German, so I looked him up DFW Apr 1 #5

Yes, he was Jewish. Behind the Aegis Apr 1 #6

And shame on me...he was also targeted because he was gay. Behind the Aegis Apr 1 #8

In those days, it was a dangerous admission to make DFW Apr 1 #10

The books in the well-known book-burning photos came from this institute and its destruction is one of the main WhiskeyGrinder Apr 1 #9