Magnus Hirschfeld
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Different from the Others (1919)
Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for...
Verbotene Liebe - Queere Opfer der NS-Diktatur (2024)
Sexual minorities were oppressed, imprisoned and murdered by the Nazis. Paragraph 175 criminalized homosexual men during the Nazi era – but the...
The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality (2004)
In September 2001, respected German historian Lothar Machtan dropped a bombshell on the world of Hitler studies: Hitler was secretly homosexual. His...
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927)
A documentary by Magnus Hirschfeld, which contains a shortened version of Different From the Others (1919).
Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (2023)
A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler’s rise...
Paragraph 175 (2000)
During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code....
Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927)
A documentary by Magnus Hirschfeld, which contains a shortened version of Different From the Others (1919).
Different from the Others (1919)
Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for...