A noted German music writer he spent considerable time during the war under arrest or surveillance by the Gestapo; he was homosexual. He was repeatedly tortured in the Gestapo headquarters in Prinz-Albrecht-Straße but was released because his music was seen as helpful to the war effort. The clip below is "kann denn liebe sünde sein?" ("can love be a sin") -- the subtext was not lost on everyone in wartime Germany -- his songs became anthems for homosexuals imprisoned in concentration camps.
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