"Homosexuality and the Holocaust: A Forgotten History"
Sun, Nov 09
|Temple Kol Tikvah
In commemoration of the memory of Kristallnacht - Nov. 9-10, 1938, Temple Kol Tikvah has the honor of presenting Judy LaPietra, Director of the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center at Queens University of Charlotte.
Time & Location
Nov 09, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Temple Kol Tikvah, 605 South St, Davidson, NC 28036, USA
About the event
Judy LaPietra is an esteemed Holocaust educator with over 30 years of
study and experience.
The Holocaust is remembered for the Nazi regime’s brutal targeting of Jews, but other groups — including those accused of homosexuality — were also persecuted, silenced, and stigmatized. This presentation explores how homosexuality was criminalized under Nazi rule, the realities of those imprisoned and marked with the pink triangle, and the ways in which homosexual men and women were forced into secrecy and erased from memory.
Light refreshment will be provided.