Of course, many Nazis were virulently homophobic. One of the most powerful of all, SS leader Heinrich Himmler, saw homosexuals as a threat to German manhood and the moral fiber of Teutonic peoples, for a “homosexual sissy” would not procreate or make a good soldier. Himmler’s homophobia and sexism came together when he announced: “If a man just looks at a girl in America, he can be forced to marry her or pay damages … therefore men protect themselves in the USA by turning to homosexuals. Women in the USA are like battle-axes—they hack away at males.”11 Thus spoke one of the great minds of
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