Communist gay activist Rudolf Klimmer, modelling himself on Magnus Hirschfeld and his Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, campaigned in 1954 to have the law repealed, but was unsuccessful.
Komunistički aktivist za prava homoseksualaca Rudolf Klimmer zalagao se, po uzoru na Magnusa Hirschfelda i njegov Znanstveno-humanitarni odbor, za ukidanje tog zakona, iako s neuspješnim ishodom.