Albrecht Becker after meeting his first lover
in 1924 at age 18 in a small German village.
He served a three-year prison term for homosexuality before joining the German
army in 1940. Photo courtesy of Schwules Museum, Berlin

Gad Beck (born 1923) in front of his school building, where his lover Manfred was imprisoned by the Nazis before being send to a concentration camp.

Albrecht Becker (born 1906) at his home in Hamburg with a self-portrait from the 50s.
After the War, he became an art director in
the German film industry.

Gad Beck was twenty-two in 1944, when he became the leader of his underground Jewish resistance group in Berlin.

Albrecht Becker (left), age 20, with
friends at the beach in Venice, Italy in 1926. (Schwules Museum, Berlin)

A snapshot of a German gay couple from the 1930's. Photo courtesy of Schwules Museum, Berlin.

After serving a three-year prison term for homosexuality, Albrecht Becker joined the German army. (photo credit: Schwules Museum, Berlin)

Rupert Everett (My Best Friends Wedding, An Ideal Husband) narrates PARAGRAH 175.