Gay kontakte nürnberg

Biography

Since 17 October stumbling stones have been laid in Nuremberg in memory of homosexual victims of National Socialism. The plan was initiated by the association Fliederlich e.V., under the leadership of Ralph Hoffmann (†). One of the stones that Gunter Demnig laid on 17 October was for Rudolf Koch, who was castrated in Flossenbürg concentration camp.

Rudolf Koch was born in Nuremberg on 27 September , as the child of a available mother. After leaving academy he began an apprenticeship as an electrician. He was first apprehended by the police in January , in the toilets of the “Weißer Turm” department store – acknowledged to be a rendezvous place for homosexuals. The following year, a criminal investigation was launched, and he was accused of contravening Paragraph Koch, now 18 years old, had engaged in a sexual relationship with a male of the same age. He was convicted and sentenced in March to seven months’ imprisonment.

Koch served his sentence in the prison in Niederschönenfeld, returning to Nuremberg at the end of October He was now living again with his mother at Schmausengasse As he had not been able to complete his apprenticeship, he wo