Although the Allies liberated concentration camps and freed the people there, there was still a German law (Paragraph 175) that criminalized homosexuality. That law put many gay men back in prison even after being freed from Nazi imprisonment.
Notably, East Germany quickly switched to a narrower definition of “criminal homosexuality”, which meant that it was less likely to be enforced. It also stopped enforcing the law in 1957 and abolished it entirely in 1968. On the other hand, West Germany used the Nazi’s version of the law and arrested 100,000 men and convicted 59,000. The punishments were not as harsh as they were under the Nazis, including shorter prison sentences or only fines, but the law stayed on the books even after the government “deemphasized enforcement” in 1969.
Paragraph 175 was fully removed in 1994 when East and West Germany reunited.
Ironically, you misunderstood whataboutism. A few definitions for context:
“the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offense committed by another is similar or worse” (Merriam-Webster
“the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense of the original accusation.” Wikipedia
“a conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless” Dictionary.com
The specifics of the definition change, but the broad idea is consistent. Your example of “but what about the USA” is a perfect example of whataboutism because not only does it not address or defend Russia’s “bad thing” but it also attempts to redirect the accusation to a different country.
But simply calling something “whataboutism” doesn’t mean the person bringing up someone or something else doesn’t have a point. It’s frustrating seeing someone say “oh you used a whataboutism, you have no argument” because it’s still good to note if the pot is calling the kettle black.
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I did some digging and wanted to add context.
Although the Allies liberated concentration camps and freed the people there, there was still a German law (Paragraph 175) that criminalized homosexuality. That law put many gay men back in prison even after being freed from Nazi imprisonment.
Notably, East Germany quickly switched to a narrower definition of “criminal homosexuality”, which meant that it was less likely to be enforced. It also stopped enforcing the law in 1957 and abolished it entirely in 1968. On the other hand, West Germany used the Nazi’s version of the law and arrested 100,000 men and convicted 59,000. The punishments were not as harsh as they were under the Nazis, including shorter prison sentences or only fines, but the law stayed on the books even after the government “deemphasized enforcement” in 1969.
Paragraph 175 was fully removed in 1994 when East and West Germany reunited.
Sources: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/paragraph-175-and-the-nazi-campaign-against-homosexuality#paragraph-after-the-nazi-era-6 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/gay-men-under-the-nazi-regime https://www.thepinktriangle.com/history/symbol.html