Germany to annul post-Second World War homosexuality convictions for thousands

Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill that would annul the convictions of thousands of gay men under a law criminalizing homosexuality that was applied zealously in post-Second World War West Germany.The decision also clears the way for compensation for those still alive who were convicted under the so-called Paragraph 175 outlawing sexual relations between men.The legislation was introduced in the 19th century, toughened under Nazi rule and retained in that form by West Germany, w