Monument to gay victims of Nazis vandalised

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BERLIN (AFP) — A monument dedicated to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and tortured by the Nazis has been vandalised in Berlin less than two months after it was unveiled, police said Saturday.

The monument -- a grey concrete slab that stands around five metres (16 feet) high -- contains a window through which viewers can watch a video of a "never-ending" kiss between two men.

The window had been smashed by unknown assailants, police said, adding the incident was being investigated.

The monument is located in the heart of the capital close to the main Holocaust monument.

Hitler outlawed homosexuality in 1936 and convicted around 50,000 people for "unnatural" behaviour deemed unbecoming of the Aryan "master race."

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