After reading the German and English version I am a little puzzled, since the German version says, that they were kept and transvestites stayed unharmed when not homosexual while the English version says:
After the Nazis came to power, most passes were revoked or German police refused to recognize them.
The German original source says the following:
Sofern Trans*personen den „gegen sie erhobenen Homosexualitätsverdacht entkräften konnten, lässt sich in keinem Fall eine Strafverfolgung nachweisen. "
Which translates to:
If trans*persons “could invalidate the suspicion of homosexuality, there is no evidence of criminal prosecution.”
Fascists: Interrupting drag shows since 1938!
Actually
notit’s complicated.Fascinating as it may sound, transvestites were mostly allowed in the third reich, when they weren’t homosexual.
The even got their own pass:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transvestite_pass
After reading the German and English version I am a little puzzled, since the German version says, that they were kept and transvestites stayed unharmed when not homosexual while the English version says:
The German original source says the following:
Which translates to: