Poster: The Pink Triangle: A Gay Community Holocaust Memorial, June 24, 1976
Date1976 June 24
Mediumpaper, printed ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 17 × 11in. (43.2 × 27.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThompson R. Harlow Fund
DescriptionPoster advertising an event titled, The Pink Triangle: A Gay Community Holocaust Memorial, held at The Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford on June 24, 1976.
Printed black text on white paper: "PINK TRIANGLE / do you know what the pink triangle was? / it was the patch the nazis forced gay people / to wear in the concentration camps. / gays were rounded up in germany and the / occupied countries of europe and sent to / their deaths at dachau, auschwitz and / sachsenhausen. an estimated 250,000 / souls, victims of hate and oppression. / HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION: AN EDUCATIONAL / PROGRAM IN TRIBUTE TO THE 250,000. SPONSORED BY / METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. OPEN TO ALL. / MEETING HOUSE -- 50 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE, HARTFORD. / THURSDAY JUNE 24, 1976 at 7:45 p.m."
Printed black text on white paper: "PINK TRIANGLE / do you know what the pink triangle was? / it was the patch the nazis forced gay people / to wear in the concentration camps. / gays were rounded up in germany and the / occupied countries of europe and sent to / their deaths at dachau, auschwitz and / sachsenhausen. an estimated 250,000 / souls, victims of hate and oppression. / HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION: AN EDUCATIONAL / PROGRAM IN TRIBUTE TO THE 250,000. SPONSORED BY / METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. OPEN TO ALL. / MEETING HOUSE -- 50 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE, HARTFORD. / THURSDAY JUNE 24, 1976 at 7:45 p.m."
Object number2025.5.5
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1976 July 16-17
Mardon Walker
