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Survivors Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp Transgender Woman LILI ELBE first known recipient sexual affirmation surgery
Transgender

How Nazi Germany Persecuted Transgender People

New research shows how transgender Germans suffered under Hitler's regime.

A Holocaust memorial in Berlin.
Crime

Holocaust Monument for LGBTQ+ Victims Vandalized in Berlin

The public prosecutor is investigating it as a potential hate crime.

Rainbow Parade Participants in Vienna
Hate Crimes

Terrorist Attack on Vienna Pride Parade Thwarted

Three young people sympathetic to the so-called Islamic State were arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack a Vienna Pride celebration.

Johann Mauler, a gay German man who was imprisoned and executed at Auschwitz concentration camp for being homosexual.
News

Auschwitz Museum Remembers Gay Men Who Were Murdered in the Holocaust

Between 77 and 200 estimated prisoners were persecuted for their sexual orientation, scholars believe.

Memorial for Malte C.
Crime

Transgender Man's Killer Ordered to Rehab

Because the defendant admitted his crime, suffers from substance abuse disorders, and had a history of boxing, German prosecutors said he didn’t intend to kill the victim.

Gay men during the Holocaust, lined up wearing prison jumpsuits with upside-down pink triangles (the photo is black and white)
News

LGBTQ Holocaust Victims Remembered for First Time by German Parliament

For the first time, the German Bundestag dedicated its annual Holocaust remembrance to LGBTQ+ people who were killed under Hitler's rule.