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This section needs additional citations for verification. Magnus Hirschfeld has a cameo in the film and partially funded its production. 1919 - Different from the Others, one of the first explicitly gay films, is released.Its library of thousands of books was destroyed by Nazis in May 1933. 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.Bolshevik leaders reportedly say that "homosexual relationships and heterosexual relationships are treated exactly the same by the law."
34 men were arrested and 12 brought to trial on sodomy charges 7 men received sentences ranging from 4 to 20 years in prison.