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05-15-1871Paragraph 175 is enacted
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1929Attempt to Repeal
An attempt to repeal Paragraph 175 foundered thanks to the rise of the Nazi party.
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1929The Pink List
The SS (Schutzstaffel) began compiling names of identified Homosexuals.
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01-30-1933Hitler is elected Chancellor
Within a week of his appointment all homosexual publications (over 25) were closed and night clubs (over 100) were closed.
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1935Rewriting of 175
Paragraph 175 is rewritten by the SS, arrest of homosexuals rose 10 full, many were immediately castrated.
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11-09-1938Kristallnacht
Beginning of the final solution.
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1945Concentration Camps are Liberated
Survivors try to find loved ones and begin to try to rebuilt their life’s.
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1947Re-arrestments Begins
Homosexual men who survived concentration camps began to be re-arrested and sentenced up to 10 years in prison. Time spent in concentration camps was not considered. Many took their own life when incarceration was imminent.
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03-10-1994Paragraph 175 is Repealed
No reparation was ever given to any homosexual survivor, an official apology was given by the German government 60 year after in 2002.