• SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Wackerfuss states that Reichstag conspiracy appealed to antifascists because of their preexisting belief that “the heart of the Nazis’ militant nationalist politics lay in the sinister schemes of decadent homosexual criminals”.

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    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Yeah, early antifascists kinda sucked too. It didn’t help that the leader of the SA was openly gay, so a lot of antifascists latched onto that as an attack and a rallying cry.