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Germany to overturn convictions of gay men prosecuted after war
Source: The Guardian
Germany to overturn convictions of gay men prosecuted after war
Men who are still alive will get compensation for what they
suffered under Paragraph 175 against homosexuality
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Wednesday 22 March 2017 15.38 GMT
Germany’s cabinet has approved a bill to overturn the convictions of thousands of gay men who were prosecuted after the second world war.
Gay men convicted between 1949 and 1969 who are still alive are expected to be given financial compensation for the suffering they endured under the legislation, known as Paragraph 175, which forbade sexual relations between men.
The law was first introduced in the 19th century, before being made stricter in 1935 during the Nazi era and subsequently kept on the statute books by West Germany, whose authorities avidly implemented it.
Although homosexuality was decriminalised in East Germany in 1968 and in West Germany in 1969, the legislation was not discarded completely until 1994.
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Men who are still alive will get compensation for what they
suffered under Paragraph 175 against homosexuality
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Wednesday 22 March 2017 15.38 GMT
Germany’s cabinet has approved a bill to overturn the convictions of thousands of gay men who were prosecuted after the second world war.
Gay men convicted between 1949 and 1969 who are still alive are expected to be given financial compensation for the suffering they endured under the legislation, known as Paragraph 175, which forbade sexual relations between men.
The law was first introduced in the 19th century, before being made stricter in 1935 during the Nazi era and subsequently kept on the statute books by West Germany, whose authorities avidly implemented it.
Although homosexuality was decriminalised in East Germany in 1968 and in West Germany in 1969, the legislation was not discarded completely until 1994.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/22/germany-approves-bill-to-pardon-gay-men-convicted-before-1969
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