Wolfgang Lauinger (1918 – 2017), top and bottom left, has died this week. He was imprisoned in a concentration camp for being homosexual, by the Nazi Regime. Like other homosexuals when the camps were liberated he was sent to a German state prison to complete his sentence, being released in 1951. He was arrested for being homosexual again within a couple of years. However he was released when the key witness refused to testify against him.
In June 2017 a law was passed in Germany to grant compensation and rehabilitation to gay men who had suffered in the past. His application for this was refused two months ago, due to his acquittal in 1951, and his suffering under the Nazis and during the post war years was ignored.
We all remember the evils of fascism against gay men.
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