Paragraph 175

The country will now pay $1700 to people who were held in prison on suspicion of being gay.

Despite his arrest and prison time, he was never compensated by the German government.

The antigay law that dated back to the 19th century was used to vigorously prosecute gay men in the post-war era.

Thousands of gay men were convicted under a law criminalizing homosexuality that was applied zealously in post-World War II West Germany.