Yehuborim gay in nazi Germany

[Ol argedco luciftias]

There were some high level officers who were gay. Being gay was not a problem.

What was punished were pedophiles, rapists, criminals.

 

[Akitu]

There were some high level officers who were gay. Being gay was not a problem.

What was punished were pedophiles, rapists, criminals.

Thanks for the answer. So closing specific newspapers and bars was Not Something against gay but against pédophiles ecc..gay pédophiles and other I presume

 

[Akitu]

There were some high level officers who were gay. Being gay was not a problem.

What was punished were pedophiles, rapists, criminals.

I think That could have been done (closing gay Bars ecc) to remove the "categorization" of gays, why a gay bar or a gay newspapers? It was Like they we're different. They are normal people Like Others. Maybe that was the point, treat thèm Not as différent people or specific kinds of people.

 

[Sindweller]

The Nazi regime also arrested and tried thousands of gay men under Section 175 of the German Criminal Code.

The paragraph 175 was about sex offenders, not homosexuals in general. Read it closely:

Paragraph 175: A male who commits a sex offense with another male or allows himself to be used by another male for a sex offense shall be punished with imprisonment. Where a party was not yet twenty-one years of age at the time of the act, the court may in especially minor cases refrain from punishment.

Paragraph 175a: Penal servitude up to 10 years or, where there are mitigating circumstances, imprisonment of not less than three months shall apply to: (1) a male who, with violence or the threat of violence to body and soul or life, compels another male to commit a sex offense with him or to allow himself to be abused for a sex offense; (2) a male who, by abusing a relationship of dependence based upon service, employment or subordination, induces another male to commit a sex offense with him or to allow himself to be abused for a sex offense; (3) a male over 21 years of age who seduces a male person under twenty-one years to commit a sex offense with him or to allow himself to be abused for a sex offense; (4) a male who publicly commits a sex offense with males or allows himself to be abused by males for a sex offense or offers himself for the same.

Paragraph 175b: An unnatural sex act committed by humans with animals is punishable by imprisonment; the loss of civil rights might also be imposed.

Note that it all talks about committing sex offenses, not merely having sex. Sex offenses are things like incest, rape, pedophilia e.t.c.

Compare it to the original paragraph 175 that existed before the National Socialists came to power:

An unnatural sex act committed between persons of male sex or by humans with animals is punishable by imprisonment; the loss of civil rights might also be imposed.

So, this clearly talks about an "unnatural sex act" not a "sex offense". Note that this wording is the same as the paragraph 175b above while the part above it talks about "sex offenses" with animals. Do you not think that they would keep that wording if they wanted to condemn homosexuality in general?

 

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