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Paragraph 175

2000, Movie, NR, 81 mins

Paragraph 175: Review

This eloquent, deeply disturbing documentary shines some much-needed light on the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany. The title refers to the section of a 1871 German penal code that made sex between two men punishable by imprisonment. Only 10 of the estimated 15,000 gay men who were sent to concentration camps during the Third Reich are known to be alive today, and filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have done the remarkable of job of locating — and interviewing — a number of them. Read the complete review for Paragraph 175