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| Location | Castro District, San Francisco, U.S. |
| Open | 2003 |
ThePink Triangle Park is a triangle-shaped mini-park located in theCastro District ofSan Francisco, California. The park is less than 4,000 square feet (370 m2) and facesMarket Street with 17th Street to its back. The park sits directly above theCastro Street Station ofMuni Metro, across fromHarvey Milk Plaza. It is the first permanent, free-standing memorial in America dedicated to the thousands ofpersecuted homosexuals in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust of World War II.[1]
Fifteen triangular granite pylons, or columns, are dedicated to the thousands of homosexual, bisexual, and transgender victims that were killed during Hitler's Nazi regime.[a] In the center of the park is a loose rock-filled triangle that includes rose crystals. Visitors are encouraged to take a crystal as part of the memorial experience. The triangle theme recalls the Nazis forcing homosexual men to wearpink triangles sewn to their clothes as an identifier and badge of shame. The Pink Triangle Park was dedicated on the United NationsHuman Rights Day, December 10, 2001,[3] by the Eureka Valley Promotion Association.[4] According to the non-profit that maintains the space, the Pink Triangle Park serves as "a physical reminder of how the persecution of any individual or single group of people damages all humanity."[5] The Castro serves as an LGBT neighborhood for the San Francisco and Bay Areas communities, as well as a tourist destination for its part in modern LGBT history.
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