It really was a twofer to paint both with the brush of sexual immorality. Weimar Germany was the center of a sexual reform movement that promoted birth control for women, equal rights for both sexes, acceptance of sexual minorities, legalization and regulation of sex work and more. It was really ahead of its time.

Then the Nazis came along and found common ground with the conservative religious groups to demonize and then victimize everyone involved.

It’s just… I know history doesn’t repeat itself, but goddamn does it rhyme.