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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tiemon Hofman was arrested at 16 for being gay under Nazi occupation. In 1990, he became the only known queer survivor officially recognized and awarded reparations for Nazi persecution. #pinktriangleportraits #TiemonHofman #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Richard Grüne was a gay artist & Bauhaus student who survived 10 years in Nazi camps. After liberation, he documented his experiences with art, creating an early testimony of queer persecution. #pinktriangleportraits #RichardGrune #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Annette Eick, a Jewish lesbian, escaped Nazi Germany thanks to a love letter and luck. She survived Kristallnacht, fled to England, & lived to 100—a story of love, loss, and resilience. #annetteeick #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Adolf Feiling, born May 29, 1912, was arrested in 1939 and sent to Flossenbürg, where he was forced to sign his own castration order. He died there on March 29, 1944, at age 31. #adolffeiling #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Thank you to all who came to the opening of my 1st show last night! It is wonderful to see all these faces I’ve gotten to know so well shown all together. I hope I did justice to their stories and that they would be happy. The display will be up for Sept. @thegallerybar in New Bedford, MA

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Alfred Ledermann, jailed at 18 for being gay, escaped a Nazi camp, was later re-arrested, and murdered in Sachsenhausen on July 12, 1942 during a mass killing of queer men. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #holocaustremembrance #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Exciting announcement! The Pink Triangle Portraits Project will be on display together for the 1st time starting this September at Gallery Bar in New Bedford. Opening reception and talk on Sept. 6 at 5-8 pm! #pinktriangleportraits #queerart #gayart #rosawinkel #art #newbedford

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Robert Ölbermann, co-founder of the Nerother Bund, was a filmmaker, author, and advocate for queer rights. Arrested in 1936 for being gay and opposing the Nazis, he was imprisoned & later murdered at Dachau. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Josef Kohout, the first pink triangle prisoner to publish his story of survival, helped reclaim the pink triangle as a symbol of pride. His legacy lives on at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Frieda Belinfante, a queer Dutch cellist & WWII resistance hero, forged IDs, helped bomb Nazi records, escaped, saved lives, and later founded a U.S. orchestra. She shared her story before her death in 1995. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Selling signed artist prints to fund my ongoing project with 50% of profits donated to The Trevor Project. Queer/trans youth are under attack, and support matters more than ever. Prints of all work & commissions available—DM for details. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #pinktriangle #queerart

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Karel Pekelharing was a Dutch dancer, writer, & gay resistance fighter. He opposed the Nazis, joined the armed resistance, & was executed in 1944. A Stolperstein was placed in his honor in Amsterdam in 2021. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Just back from my first Europe trip. A surprise stop in Amsterdam led me to the Homomonument—powerful and moving. My second monument after the Pink Triangle Memorial in San Fran, I keep a pink quartz from there on my desk. Someday, I hope to visit Berlin, Sydney, and Sitges too.

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Thérèse Pierre, a queer teacher and French Resistance leader, led a cell of 100 soldiers, launching attacks on the Gestapo. She was posthumously honored for her courage and sacrifice. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Günter Pieka, born January 24, 1920, in Brice, Slovakia, was deported to Auschwitz on May 23, 1941, for being gay. He disappears from the record after that, his fate lost to history. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Heinz Dörmer, featured in Paragraph 175, spent 10 years in Nazi camps. Denied reparations in 1982, his testimony remains a stark reminder of past atrocities & the ongoing fight for Queer rights. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Willi Kühlen, born in 1912, was a salesman turned artist, persecuted for being gay under the Nazi regime. Arrested, imprisoned, forced into military service, he was killed in May 1945. #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Johann Scheff, arrested by the Nazis at 16. Despite the terror, he smirked—a quiet act of defiance against a regime that sought to erase him. #JohannScheff #pinktriangleportraits #lgbtart #art #holocaust #pinktriangle #rosawinkel #gayart #queerart #paragraph175

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Pink Triangle Portraits @pinktriangleart.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Excited to finally be able to share my new website! Featuring my own work as well as a full look at the Pink Triangle Portraits project and my work there. Please check it out and follow me! www.BryanSharland.com #pinktriangleportraits #pinktriangle #gayart #queerart #paragraph175 #holocaust

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