Johann Karl Kirchknopf
Ausmaß und Intensität der Verfolgung weiblicher Homosexualität in Wien während der NS–Zeit

Johann Karl Kirchknopf
Degree and intensity of the persecution of female homosexuality in Vienna during National Socialism

Perspectives on the documents by the persecuting administration from legal history and quantitate research

English abstract

There are debates in the research on the persecution of homosexuals by the National Socialist regime in how far lesbians were subject to these persecutions. Without doubt the persecution of homosexual women differed in form and degree com­pared to homosexual men. The article reports recent regional studies on the degree and intensity of the persecution of female homosexuality in Vienna during National Socialism. The author argues that NS–specific measures and the increased pressures from the National Socialist regime on the control of male homosexuality also influenced the intensity of the persecution of female homosexuality, which was already systematically prosecuted by the Austrian law enforcement agencies before the National Socialist period. The analysis from a legal history perspective documents well that NS–specific measures of the prosecution of homosexuals concerning criminal law in Vienna were also exercised towards women. Quantitate analysis also shows that activities of the Vienna law enforcement agencies concerning women already prosecuted as homosexuals increased significantly.




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