Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld and his partner Li Shiu Tong pioneered LGBTQ+ science. Together they studied sexuality and gender as natural spectrums, defied Nazis, and preserved queer knowledge at great personal risk. #pinktriangleportraits #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #queerart #paragraph175
01.03.2026 22:31 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld and his partner Li Shiu Tong pioneered LGBTQ+ science. Together they studied sexuality and gender as natural spectrums, defied Nazis, and preserved queer knowledge at great personal risk. #pinktriangleportraits #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #gayart #paragraph175
26.02.2026 21:37 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Happy birthday to Henny Schermann, Born February 19, 1912. Here is my updated art of her, no longer in a concentration camp outfit and marked with a black triangle. #HennySchermann #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
19.02.2026 21:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Arrested for being gay, Willi Zimmt was forced through Buchenwald, Dora, and Bergen-Belsen, where he died in 1944. His mother kept searching for him.
#pinktriangleportraits #willizimmt #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
Ilse aided her Jewish friend Ruth in fleeing Nazi Germany, declaring her rejection of the Nuremberg Laws. Arrested and sent to Ravensbrück, she survived the war—and so did Ruth.
#pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175
Agnes Spindler lived openly as a lesbian, wearing men’s suits and loving freely. Repeatedly arrested by the Gestapo for defying gender rules, her fate after 1940 remains unknown.
#pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175
81 years on, its lessons endure: immigrants, POC, queer and disabled people are scapegoated, antisemitism persists, and inequality grows. Erasing the margins steals power. The fight isn’t over.
#pinktriangleportraits #holocaustremembranceday #pinktriangle #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
#resistance
Happy Birthday to Josef Kohout, one of the first pink triangle survivors to publish his story. To read more about his life visit my website!
#JosefKohout #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #wwii
Here are some additional sketches of Reed
23.01.2026 21:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reed Peggram (1914–82), a Harvard scholar & polyglot, fled U.S. racism for Europe. He & his partner Arne survived fascist camps, escaped together, & were rescued by Black U.S. soldiers. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175
23.01.2026 21:26 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
Gay Dutch artist Willem Arondéus led a queer resistance cell that forged IDs & destroyed Nazi records, saving thousands of Jews. Executed, his final words: ‘Homosexuals are not cowards.’ #pinktriangleportraits #gayart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175
11.01.2026 21:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Join me tomorrow for the next public exhibition of the Pink Triangle Portraits Project! Artist reception Jan. 7, 5:30-7:30pm at Bridgewater Public Library. Display is up for the month of January #pinktriangleportraits #gayart #queerart #holocaustremembrance
07.01.2026 03:53 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tennis legend Gottfried von Cramm faced persecution for being gay, defied Nazis, aided the resistance, and supported his lover’s escape—showing queer courage in a hostile world.
#pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
Feeling overwhelmed? Let’s focus on something positive: today is Kurt Bruhn’s birthday. This painting imagines him as his true, joyful self—honoring queer lives with possibility #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
20.12.2025 17:04 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Paul Gerhard Vogel, a gay survivor of Nazi and later GDR persecution, endured brutal imprisonment and later spoke publicly about his experiences, helping preserve queer history. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
01.12.2025 21:42 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Want to support queer artists on this small business Saturday? I have original portrait studies available, as well as prints of my portraits of the amazing queer individuals in my project. www.artpal.com/PinkTriangle
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21.11.2025 01:46 —
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Liddy Bacroff, a trans woman & writer persecuted in Nazi Germany, held fiercely to her identity. She was killed in Mauthausen in 1943. Today her memory endures. #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TDOR #pinktriangleportraits #LiddyBacroff #lgbtart #holocaust #pinktriangle #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
21.11.2025 01:46 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Read Hans' full bio
13.11.2025 21:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hans Scholl, a founder of the White Rose resistance after being persecuted for his queerness. He and his sister Sophie were executed in 1943 for defying the Nazis. #pinktriangleportraits #HansScholl #WhiteRose #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #wwii
13.11.2025 21:22 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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06.11.2025 21:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Herbert Fiß, born September 1901, was arrested in 1935 for violating Paragraph 175. After imprisonment at Neusustrum and Sachsenhausen, he died there in 1942.
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#HerbertFiß #HerbertFiss #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
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06.11.2025 21:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Louis Henry Zinn, born in 1870, was jailed in 1935 for being gay. Driven to suicide in 1938, his story reflects the countless lives shattered by Nazi persecution under Paragraph 175.
#pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
10.10.2025 19:49 —
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Gad Beck, a Jewish resistance fighter in Berlin, risked his life to save others and fought courageously throughout the war. Proudly gay, his bravery and resilience continue to inspire. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
10.10.2025 19:49 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Another face, another story erased. Only available information is this: Julius Schäfer, age 28, deported to Sachsenhausen. #JuliusSchäfer #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #wwii
07.10.2025 18:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
30.09.2025 18:41 —
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Annette Eick, a Jewish lesbian, escaped Nazi Germany thanks to a love letter and luck. She survived Kristallnacht, fled to England, & lived to 100—a story of love, loss, and resilience. #annetteeick #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175
30.09.2025 18:41 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
