Willem Arondeus begins an underground periodical as part of the Dutch Resistance.
1943
Allied forces invade the island of Sicily and store munitions in the Addaura Cave. The munitions explode, revealing previously undiscovered rock art.
Willem Arondeus joins force with another underground publication in order to increase their circulation.
March 27: Willem Arondeus leads the bombing of the Amsterdam Public Records Office, in order to hinder Nazi efforts to root out Jews in the area.
July 1: Willem Arondeus is executed by Nazis. His last message is: “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
1945
Christine Jorgensen — still living as a man — graduates high school and enlists in the Army, serving during the end of World War II.
Willem Arondeus is awarded a posthumous medal and buried at Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal.
Alan Turing begins working on the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE).
1946
King George IV awards Alan Turing with the Order of the British Empire — his classified work with codebreaking during World War II is estimated to have saved thousands of lives.
1947
The Sex Perversion Elimination Program begins in the United States.
1948
Alfred Kinsey publishes “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male”.
1949
Herman Weber attempts to restart the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee. This group ultimately becomes the Committee for the Reform of Sexual Criminal Laws.
