The Reichstag fire was in February ‘33, the institute was raided in May of ‘33.
My original position was that fighting against communists helped bring Hitler to power, and those clashes occurred first, from street fighting to attempted uprisings by various communist factions within Germany. There is plenty of history out there on this. So yes, they still “came for the communists first” in the context of this discussion. I don’t say this to detract from historic persecution of LGBTQ people in any way.
The institute was targeted by Nazis as early as 1920.
From about the early 1920s onward, Hirschfeld became a target of the far-right in Germany, including the Nazi Party. He was physically attacked during multiple incidents, including an incident in Munich on 4 October 1920 in which he was badly injured… By 1929, frequent targeting by Nazis made it difficult for Hirschfeld to continue with his appearances in public.
lone_fairie is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_für_Sexualwissenschaft
If you want to discuss technicalities:
The Reichstag fire was in February ‘33, the institute was raided in May of ‘33.
My original position was that fighting against communists helped bring Hitler to power, and those clashes occurred first, from street fighting to attempted uprisings by various communist factions within Germany. There is plenty of history out there on this. So yes, they still “came for the communists first” in the context of this discussion. I don’t say this to detract from historic persecution of LGBTQ people in any way.
If you really want to discuss technicalities:
The institute was targeted by Nazis as early as 1920.