Homosexuality in the German Armed Forces A History of Taboo and Tolerance

"This present study by Klaus Storkmann - written by a serving officer and published by a Bundeswehr research institution - is, by its very existence, important evidence of the profound changes that have taken place since then. It represents the first attempt to comprehensively analyse how the military dealt with homosexual men (and later also women) in its own ranks." - Michael Schwartz in International Journal of Military History and Historiography 44 (2024) 2, 371

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"It is a rigorous work of scholarship deeply researched in institutional Archives, a testimony of lived experiences by members of the German Military community, and a work of direct, personal importance." - Andrew Wackerfuss (U.S. Air Force History Office, Washington, D.C.) in Military History 90 (2026) 1, 235-237