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2024-03-13 14:59:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4AB132421C138901451F308825D7A7B7689C0EE658D8A12A9B5749E9396857AE
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Books belonging to the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft were burned by the Nazis in 1933, many of these books relating to LGBT+ issues and research. The institute was targeted in large part for it's work in gender and sexual identity. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/ https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/6-may-1933-looting-of-the-institute-of-sexology/
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