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Stone 154

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY 

After the Nazis seized power in 1933,
The persecution of homosexuals
intensified in Germany. In 1935, the
law That in 1871 criminalized
homosexual acts (Penal Code
Paragraph 175) was expanded. In 1936
the Police Task Force to Combat
Homosexuality and Abortion was
formed.

 Around 50,000 men were convicted
under Paragraph 175. Thousands of
male Homosexuals were incarcerated
in concentration camps, where
many died, victims of harsh
conditions, hard labor, medical
experimentation, beatings or murder.
Some had to wear pink triangles for identification.

 After the war, homosexuals
continued to be arrested and prosecuted
under Paragraph 175
until its repeal in 1969.