{"id":133280,"date":"2025-05-17T12:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T12:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/france-honors-lgbtq-victims-of-deportation-with-a-memorial\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T12:13:13","slug":"france-honors-lgbtq-victims-of-deportation-with-a-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/france-honors-lgbtq-victims-of-deportation-with-a-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"France honors LGBTQ+ victims of deportation with a memorial."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n        <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/17\/0\/0\/4692\/3123\/556\/0\/75\/0\/e9cd475_sirius-fs-upload-1-mzpcdzvve5ic-1747480681106-000-1847m2.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/17\/0\/0\/4692\/3123\/600\/0\/75\/0\/e9cd475_sirius-fs-upload-1-mzpcdzvve5ic-1747480681106-000-1847m2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/17\/0\/0\/4692\/3123\/664\/0\/75\/0\/e9cd475_sirius-fs-upload-1-mzpcdzvve5ic-1747480681106-000-1847m2.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/17\/0\/0\/4692\/3123\/700\/0\/75\/0\/e9cd475_sirius-fs-upload-1-mzpcdzvve5ic-1747480681106-000-1847m2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/17\/0\/0\/4692\/3123\/800\/0\/75\/0\/e9cd475_sirius-fs-upload-1-mzpcdzvve5ic-1747480681106-000-1847m2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"La mairie de Paris, le 4 ao\u00fbt 2018.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source>\n        <\/picture>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/17\/0\/0\/4692\/3123\/664\/0\/75\/0\/e9cd475_sirius-fs-upload-1-mzpcdzvve5ic-1747480681106-000-1847m2.jpg\" alt=\"The town hall of Paris, August 4, 2018.\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The town hall of Paris, August 4, 2018. <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Lucas Barioulet \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">A **memorial** in tribute to the **homosexual victims** of deportation and the **LGBT+ victims** titled **&#8221;Through History&#8221;** was inaugurated on Saturday, May 17, in Paris, coinciding with the **International Day to Combat LGBTPHOBIES**.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">\u201c**Recognize it happened** and say **we don\u2019t want it to happen again**,\u201d said the mayor of Paris, **Anne Hidalgo**, during the inauguration. She emphasized the need to **fight against negation or attenuation**. This work is all the more **powerful** given that today, there are \u201c**extremely dangerous winds** that would like to deny this diversity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Designed by artist **Jean-Luc Verna**, the memorial is a massive black steel star weighing over three tons, installed in the **gardens of the Port de l&#8217;Arsenal** near **Place de la Bastille**. \u201cThe black side of the star represents the **bodies that have been charred**, symbolizing mourning. It also signifies a shadow warning us that such events can occur again,&#8221; explained the artist. \u201c**The other side**, the mirror, reflects the present, adorned with the colors of time passing, and the **changing sky of Paris**, which evolves as swiftly as public opinion,\u201d Verna elaborated.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Include Current Victims<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Unlike monuments in **Sydney**, **Barcelona**, or **Amsterdam**, the decision to use a memorial shaped like a **pink triangle**\u2014a symbol sewn by Nazis onto the uniforms of homosexual prisoners\u2014was dismissed in favor of **including current victims**. \u201cIt is essential that this memorial does not serve merely as a symbolic tribute but as an act of **transmission, public recognition,** and a space for questioning both past and present discrimination,\u201d emphasized **Jean-Baptiste Trieu**, president of the association **Les Forgotes de la M\u00e9moire**. He insisted this space serves to \u201c**remind us that rights are never definitively acquired, that hatred can reinvent itself, and our responsibility is to stand together**.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Estimates suggest that between **5,000 and 15,000 individuals** were deported across Europe by the Nazi regime during World War II due to their homosexuality. For France, estimates from organizations and historians range between **sixty and 200 deported homosexual individuals**.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The inauguration of this memorial marks a significant step in the recognition of this aspect of history, which was long **overlooked**. It follows the official acknowledgment by former Prime Minister **Lionel Jospin** in 2001 and former President **Jacques Chirac** in 2005.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\">\n            <span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"catcher__desc\">\u201c**Homosexuals and lesbians in the face of Nazism**, on France 5: the long march of these forgotten deportees\u201d<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<p>\n            <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Read later\" aria-describedby=\"article-title-3372356\" data-article-id=\"3372356\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/culture\/article\/2024\/05\/12\/homosexuels-et-lesbiennes-face-au-nazisme-sur-france-5-la-longue-marche-de-ces-deportes-oublies_6232830_3246.html\" data-status=\"\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">\n            <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">\n        Reuse this content<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">Breaking News General &#8211; 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town hall of Paris, August 4, 2018. Lucas Barioulet \/ AFP A **memorial** in tribute to the **homosexual victims** of deportation and the **LGBT+ victims** titled **&#8221;Through History&#8221;** was inaugurated on Saturday, May 17, in Paris, coinciding with the **International Day to Combat LGBTPHOBIES**. \u201c**Recognize it happened** and say **we don\u2019t want it to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2230,1309,17388,22162,2621,2693],"class_list":["post-133280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-deportation","tag-france","tag-honors","tag-lgbtq","tag-memorial","tag-victims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}