Albrecht Becker after meeting his first lover in 1924 at age 18 in a small German village. Photo courtesy of Schwules Museum, Berlin Albrecht Becker (born 1906) served a three-year prison term for homosexuality before joining the German army in 1940. Albrecht Becker (born 1906) at his home in Hamburg with a self-portrait from the 50s. After the War, he became an art director in the German film industry. Pierre Seel, born 1923 in Alsace-Lorraine, was 17 when the Nazis occupied his homeland. He was arrested and interrogated about his homosexuality before being sent to the internment camp at Schirmeck.  Albrecht Becker (left), age 20, with friends at the beach in Venice, Italy in 1926. (Schwules Museum, Berlin)