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A german law forbidding any sexual act between men. -
Nazi's start shutting down the gay bars in Germany to reinforce paragraph 175 and exclude gays from society.
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A few weeks prior to Hitlers seize to power, all gay institutes were suddenly declared illegal and a special gestapo was set up to find gay men. This being done by using contact information from German police.
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During the Reichstag, Hitler was given extended power due to the Enabling Act of 1933.
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In May the Institute for Sexual Science was ransacked by the Nazi’s and over 12,000 of its books were publicly burned.
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In 1937 the upside down pink triangle was introduced amongst other colours. It labeled gays, bisexuals and transgender people.
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In 1942, forced castration of gays without their consent was introduced.
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Over 9,000 gays are killed in the work or extermination camps.
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The law which discriminates sexual acts between men, leads to approximately 50,000 arrests.
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