Pink Triangle

Across the street from the labyrinth Jewish Holocaust memorial in Berlin is a beautiful park with several small memorials and monuments strewn throughout.   I was on a mission to hunt down the memorial below.

Jewish people were obviously impacted by the Holocaust the most, but many people don't know that thousands of gay people were also put into concentration camps during this terrible time in history.  Instead of a yellow star that the Jews wore, gay people wore a pink triangle and that is why the pink triangle is one of the gay community's symbols today.  

It is not one of the popular structures to visit.  I stood near it for several minutes and only a couple came to look into the window which features a video of two men kissing.  I am glad though that this part  of history is being recognized.  It was truly an amazing,  emotional moment for me to get to see this. .