Here's a documentary about homosexuals during the Third Reich and their persecution under Nazi Germany, with a voice-over commentary by Rupert Everett.
Paragraph 175 was not not unique to Nazi Germany. It was part of the German Empire's legal code, originally passed in 1871, and it was not repealed until 1994. It had its parallels in many other nation's codes of law; the Nazis stepped up prosecution after the laxity of Weimar Germany, although lesbians were not prosecuted. Instead, they married, often gay men. This movie focuses, albeit not exclusively, on gay Jews in the era, and the language is often surprisingly guarded; old men talk about their memories as "uncomfortable" -- that's a translation of the testimony given in German.
Paragraph 175 was not not unique to Nazi Germany. It was part of the German Empire's legal code, originally passed in 1871, and it was not repealed until 1994. It had its parallels in many other nation's codes of law; the Nazis stepped up prosecution after the laxity of Weimar Germany, although lesbians were not prosecuted. Instead, they married, often gay men. This movie focuses, albeit not exclusively, on gay Jews in the era, and the language is often surprisingly guarded; old men talk about their memories as "uncomfortable" -- that's a translation of the testimony given in German.