Oosterhuis H
Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Netherlands.
J Homosex. 1995;29(2-3):227-57. doi: 10.1300/J082v29n02_09.
In the early 1930s, German Social Democrats and Communists seized upon the homosexual orientation of some Nazi leaders, especially Ernst Röhm, with the aim of discrediting the entire National Socialist movement. In Western Europe as well as the Soviet Union, there was a general tendency among socialists in the 1930s to identify homosexuality with Nazism. Antifascist leftists created the impression that homosexuality was widespread in Nazi organizations. Such socialist theorists as Wilhelm Reich tended to view homosexuality sociologically and psychologically as a typical rightist, nationalist, and above all fascist aberration. Leftist aversion to homosexuality was not only an expression of political opportunism. Prejudices against homosexuality were part and parcel of socialist thinking and became even more deep-rooted among leftists as a consequence of the ideological and moral confrontation with National Socialism. Against the presumed immortality and perversion of the Nazis, the antifascists stressed their own rationality and purity.
20世纪30年代初，德国社会民主党人和共产党人抓住一些纳粹领导人的同性恋取向，尤其是恩斯特·罗姆，目的是诋毁整个纳粹运动。在西欧以及苏联，20世纪30年代社会主义者中普遍存在一种将同性恋与纳粹主义划等号的倾向。反法西斯左派给人造成一种印象，即同性恋在纳粹组织中很普遍。像威廉·赖希这样的社会主义理论家倾向于从社会学和心理学角度将同性恋视为一种典型的右派、民族主义的，尤其是法西斯的畸变。左派人士对同性恋的厌恶不仅是政治机会主义的表现。对同性恋的偏见是社会主义思想的一部分，并且由于与纳粹主义的意识形态和道德对抗，在左派人士中变得更加根深蒂固。为了对抗纳粹假定的不道德和堕落，反法西斯主义者强调他们自己的理性和纯洁。
