Magnus Hirschfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German physician and sexologist
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Place of Birth: Kołobrzeg, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
About Magnus Hirschfeld
- Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a German physician and sexologist educated primarily in Germany; he based his practice in Berlin-Charlottenburg during the Weimar period.
- An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee.
- Historian Dustin Goltz characterized this group as having carried out "the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights".
- "Hirschfeld's radical ideas changed the way Germans thought about sexuality." Hirschfeld was targeted by the right-wing for being Jewish and gay, he was beaten up by völkisch activists in 1920, and in 1933 his Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was sacked and had its books burned by the Nazis, forcing him into exile.
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