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Silencing the People
Nazi Germany burned books and photos of gay men and women in public. The Nazis banned gay men and women from making gay groups. Ernst Rohm was killed. -
Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175 is rewrote making homosexuality illegal. Start of persecution of gay men. -
Arresting Gay Men
Heinrich Himmler had lists made of all known homosexuals. The Reich Central Office for the Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion was founded. Around 100,000 men were arrested with crimes of homosexuality. -
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Homosexual Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp that contained mainly gay men with very few others. Camp opens in 1936 and closes in 1945. -
Experiments on Gay Men
Experiments to make gay men straight begin. Human experimentation is seen as okay since it benefits the state. -
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Peak
The peak years in which most gay men were arrested, sent to concentration camps, or killed. -
Heinrich Himmler Speech
Himmler gave a speech talking about many things including the curse of homosexuality and how it won't contribute to the "superior race". -
Re-revised Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175 is revised again. This time to undo the revision made by the Nazis. Lead to relief of LGBT but the discrimination in society remained.