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2024-03-13 19:32:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EF406436F934E1753E37F19760A80A45CCC953FB3EA611ADCF6C25CEB274FABE
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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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