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Hello everyone. My name is Wesley Levesay from the History of the Second World War podcast.

Join me on a journey to the most destructive conflict in human history,

a journey that will take us not just through the famous campaigns and cataclysmic battles,

but also to the lesser well-known corners of the war that touched millions all over the world,

as we try and answer not just the questions of what and where, but how and why.

You can find History of the Second World War on all major podcast platforms or at

History of the Second World War.com.

Warning. This episode addresses contentious issues of gender politics and includes discussion of

private anatomy, both clinical and delicate, though hopefully never crude. I've marked the episode

explicit to warn parents who may not want their children overhearing such discussion.

Any adults who take offense, though, are likely just affronted by my point of view,

for which I offer no apologies.

In the 1890s, German medical doctor Magnus Hirschfield noticed a disturbing trend among his homosexual patients.

Many of them attempted suicide, and many more bore scars from suicide attempts.

When one young military man left behind a suicide note urging Dr. Hirschfeld to, quote, contribute a future when the

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