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ì THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & q BENT:
A TIMELINE
ìq1918 End of WWI - Formation of Nazi Party
ìq1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor
q1933-1945 Nearly 100,000 men arrested in Germany for
homosexuality; nearly 15,000 sent to concentration camps; death rate
nearly 60%; gay men used for experimentation in camps; considered the
lowest level of prisoners
q1934 SA (Storm Troopers) purged in the “Night of the Long Knives”
(June 30 - July 2) - many high ranked SA leaders arrested and executed
including Karl Ernst and Ernst Rohm; Hitler declares himself Chancellor and
President following death of President Hindenburg. Rohm’s death removes
any hope of avoiding persecution for homosexuals
ì1935 Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of civil rights;