A collage of three black and white booking photographs of an older heavyset male with light skin tone and dark short hair. The photo on the left features a right facing profile with a sign underneath featuring booking information. He looks directly at the camera in the center photograph, while wearing a dark suit and tie. In the third photograph, he looks off to the left while wearing the same suit and a dark hat.
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Arrested for homosexuality

A waiter from Düsseldorf who was arrested by the Gestapo for allegedly having sexual relations with other men. Düesseldorf, Germany, 1938. [RW 58-61940]

The Nazi regime considered homosexuality a moral vice that threatened the current and future strength of the German people. They carried out a campaign against male homosexuality that included shutting down gay and lesbian meeting places and arresting men under Paragraph 175, the statute of the German criminal code that banned sexual relations between men.


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  • Nordrhein-Westfaelisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Duesseldorf

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