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unusual facts about Magnus Hirschfeld


Magnus Hirschfeld

On his 65th birthday, 14 May 1933, Hirschfeld arrived in Paris, where he would live in a luxurious apartment building at 24 Avenue Charles Floquet, facing the Champ de Mars.


Francis Turville-Petre

In 1928 he moved to Berlin, Germany and stayed at the Institute of Sexual Research, run by Dr Magnus Hirschfeld.

LGBT history in Germany

1919 – In Berlin, Germany, Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld co-founds the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sex Research), a pioneering private research institute and counseling office.


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LGBT history in Germany

Nazis burn the library of Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Research, and destroy the Institute