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grandfather in the Nazi party, my father’s father, that’s the way it was inGerman families back then. It cut both ways. But in my father’s case I amfortunate enough to be sure that he would certainly have supported somethinglike this memorial.Petra Hörig:I would say, in the political climate in which we live, in which we can talkso openly about it, my father would certainly have supported this memorialand he would also certainly have contributed to the project.Dieter Zimmer:I would like to volunteer one more point of view if you don’t mind. I havebeen observing this event quite closely since yesterday evening and I havenoticed that discussions have naturally focussed on homosexual victims,both inmates and inmates who died in captivity. What hasn’t been discussedenough is that relatives were victims, too. The case I told you aboutwas relatively rare. I think only a minority of homosexuals were married withchildren, but there were cases like that. But the fact that it had devastatingconsequences for families, under the conditions of the Third Reich, thatparents, sometimes even siblings, were exposed to serious disadvantages.I think this aspect should be given more consideration in general deliberations.Translated by: Don Mac Coitir134