I appreciate your choice of topic and your attitude, "I don't want to judge who was right and who was wrong". I've never used the exact same phrase, but repeatedly suggest it. Even in Afghan or Iraq issue, there is neither the good side nor the bad side, needless to say about the WW2.
>(Paragraph 175 was the sodomy provision of the German penal code dating back to 1871)
Most of people tend to believe that it was adopted during Nazi era, but in fact, since 1871 until 1994 when it was abolished finally. I've written about this issue again and again on my blog. So that it was used to accuse the abuse of human rights during that era as well as Holocaust. As a result, people have missed the point. Still in 1987, 117 people were convicted under Paragraph 175.
Dörmer's life tells everything. His first arrest was after the purge of homosexual men in SA (as you know, I'm obsessed by this incident). But after the WW2 he was arrested again. The government of West Germany kept this law, saying it was not influenced by National Socialist(Nazi) politics. Surely he wasn't regarded as dangerous, otherwise, he and his group have been wiped out in 1934. That is his tragedy, because there was no political or ideological element in his activity. If I were living in those days, certainly I'd have been shot dead by this very day 74 years ago :P
The photo is very nice :) New layout is nice as well, only I get used to your pink background!
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>(Paragraph 175 was the sodomy provision of the German penal code dating back to 1871)
Most of people tend to believe that it was adopted during Nazi era, but in fact, since 1871 until 1994 when it was abolished finally. I've written about this issue again and again on my blog. So that it was used to accuse the abuse of human rights during that era as well as Holocaust. As a result, people have missed the point. Still in 1987, 117 people were convicted under Paragraph 175.
Dörmer's life tells everything. His first arrest was after the purge of homosexual men in SA (as you know, I'm obsessed by this incident). But after the WW2 he was arrested again. The government of West Germany kept this law, saying it was not influenced by National Socialist(Nazi) politics. Surely he wasn't regarded as dangerous, otherwise, he and his group have been wiped out in 1934. That is his tragedy, because there was no political or ideological element in his activity. If I were living in those days, certainly I'd have been shot dead by this very day 74 years ago :P
The photo is very nice :)
New layout is nice as well, only I get used to your pink background!