The reimprisonment of homosexuals in Germany after WWII

[Fudge Factors]

After the end of World War II in Europe, homosexual prisoners of
liberated concentration camps were refused reparations and some
were even thrown into jail without credit for their time served
in the camps. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:

After the war, homosexual concentration camp prisoners were not
acknowledged as victims of Nazi persecution, and reparations
were refused. Under the Allied Military Government of Germany,
some homosexuals were forced to serve out their terms of
imprisonment, regardless of the time spent in concentration
camps. The 1935 version of Paragraph 175 remained in effect in
the Federal Republic (West Germany) until 1969, so that well
after liberation, homosexuals continued to fear arrest and
incarceration.

After 1945, it was no longer a crime to be Jewish in Germany,
but homosexuality was another matter. Paragraph 175 of the
German Criminal Code had been on the books since 1871. An
English translation of the earliest version read simply:

Unnatural fornication, whether between persons of the male sex
or of humans with beasts, is to be punished by imprisonment; a
sentence of loss of civil rights may also be passed.

In Germany, homosexuality was considered a crime worthy of up to
five years of imprisonment until Paragraph 175 was voided in
1994.

Update: I missed this while writing the post: Paragraph 175 was
amended in 1969 to limit enforcement to engaging in homosexual
acts with minors (under 21 years). (thx, eric)

http://kottke.org/15/02/the-reimprisonment-of-homosexuals-in-
germany-after-wwii