Eve Adams was jailed and deported for publishing Lesbian Love, then murdered at Auschwitz with her partner Hella Olstein. Remember her courage, resilience, and proud queer identity. #pinktriangleportraits #EveAdams #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

Happy Birthday to Gad Beck, the driving inspiration to this project. Today he would have been 103 years old. #GadBeck #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #wwii

4 of 9 Bakker siblings were queer men who resisted the Nazis. Among them was Dutch couturier Sjoerd Bakker, who forged IDs, sewed resistance uniforms, and died wearing his favorite pink shirt. #pinktriangleportraits #SjoerdBakker #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

For Pride Month, I’m honoring Fredy Hirsch & Jan Mautner. Fredy, a gay teacher, protected children in Theresienstadt & Auschwitz, creating hope & dignity. Jan survived; Fredy did not.#pinktriangleportraits #FredyHirsch #JanMautner #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

Julius Schäfer defied the Nazis despite persecution for being queer and imprisonment in 2 concentration camps. #JuliusSchäfer #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #wwii

Leopold Obermayer, a gay Jewish lawyer, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1935 and abandoned by Switzerland. After Dachau and years of abuse, he died in Mauthausen in 1943. I portray him as he was: vibrant and proud. #pinktriangleportraits #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart

Kurt von Ruffin, a gay actor and Nazi camp survivor, bravely shared his story in a 1994 doc. Tortured but spared, he exposed Nazi cruelty toward queer people. He died in Berlin at 95 in 1996. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

One goal I've had is to show more queer couples together. First is Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld & partner Li Shiu Tong. Their around the world adventures no doubt brought them closer together. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175

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

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

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

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

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

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Alumnus Paints Portraits of Victims of Nazi Persecution

Fritz Kitzing was first arrested for simply wearing gender non-conforming clothing. Josef Kohout’s “crime”? Mailing a Christmas card to his boyfriend.Kitzing and Kohout were among thousands of LGBT pe...

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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

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

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

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

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 #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #pinktriangle #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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

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

Herbert Fiß, born September 1901, was arrested in 1935 for violating Paragraph 175. After imprisonment at Neusustrum and Sachsenhausen, he died there in 1942. Post 1/2 #HerbertFiß #HerbertFiss #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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

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

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