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Gays demand memorial to Holocaust

Monday 09 December 1996 00:02 GMT
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Berlin gays called at the weekend for their own memorial to mark the Nazis' attempt to wipe out homosexuals, stirring a lengthy debate over the building of a monument to Holocaust victims in the city.

The contentious discussion of how, or whether, to commemorate each of the groups targeted in Hitler's genocide has grown louder as each community attempts to raise awareness of its persecution. Reuter - Berlin

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