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It's pretty widely accepted that Frederick the Great was gay, and it was somewhat of a scandal in his time thanks to Voltaire. How did he then become lionized as a Nazi symbol? Was his homosexuality public knowledge? How did the Nazi regime deal with that?

by /u/whythecynic in /r/AskHistorians

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