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Nazi Germany: first official recognition in 2023
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In 2022, the Regional Court of Cologne ruled that denying that trans people were targeted by the Nazis qualifies as "a denial of Nazi crimes".<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 11, 2022 |title=Vollbrecht-Tweet darf als Leugnung von NS-Verbrechen bezeichnet werden |trans-title=Vollbrecht tweet can be described as a denial of Nazi crimes |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/marie-luise-vollbrecht-verliert-streit-um-meinungsaeusserung-a-fabb1812-5a5c-4b52-8982-590f5b0e6f2f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616221935/https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/marie-luise-vollbrecht-verliert-streit-um-meinungsaeusserung-a-fabb1812-5a5c-4b52-8982-590f5b0e6f2f |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |access-date=December 31, 2022 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de}}</ref> |
In 2022, the Regional Court of Cologne ruled that denying that trans people were targeted by the Nazis qualifies as "a denial of Nazi crimes".<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 11, 2022 |title=Vollbrecht-Tweet darf als Leugnung von NS-Verbrechen bezeichnet werden |trans-title=Vollbrecht tweet can be described as a denial of Nazi crimes |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/marie-luise-vollbrecht-verliert-streit-um-meinungsaeusserung-a-fabb1812-5a5c-4b52-8982-590f5b0e6f2f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616221935/https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/marie-luise-vollbrecht-verliert-streit-um-meinungsaeusserung-a-fabb1812-5a5c-4b52-8982-590f5b0e6f2f |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |access-date=December 31, 2022 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de}}</ref> |
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On {{date|27 January 2023}}, the German government dedicated its annual Holocaust memorial commemoration to [[LGBTQ]] victims of the Holocaust. This marked the first time the German government had granted official recognition to transgender people as victims of the Holocaust.{{sfn|Anarte|2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wiggins |first=Christopher |date=27 January 2023 |title=LGBTQ+ Holocaust Victims Remembered for the First Time by German Parliament |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/holocaust-lgbtq-victims-german-parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317034808/https://www.advocate.com/news/holocaust-lgbtq-victims-german-parliament |archive-date=2024-03-17 |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref> In a speech given at the commemoration, German [[Bundestag]] President [[Bärbel Bas]] stated "For our remembrance culture, it's important that we tell the stories of all victims of persecution, that we make their injustice visible, that we recognize their suffering."{{sfn|Anarte|2023}} Transgender people have also been recognized or commemorated as victims of the Holocaust by the [[Human Rights Campaign]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lhant |first=Violet |date=26 January 2022 |title=HRC Observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day |url=https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-observes-international-holocaust-remembrance-day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406153151/https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-observes-international-holocaust-remembrance-day |archive-date=2024-04-06 |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=www.hrc.org |publisher=[[Human Rights Campaign]]}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Munir |first=Maria |date=27 January 2019 |title=Remembering the Holocaust: The murder of LGBTI people is not yet history |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/lgbti-network/remembering-holocaust-murder-lgbti-people-not-yet-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317041423/https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/lgbti-network/remembering-holocaust-murder-lgbti-people-not-yet-history |archive-date=2024-03-17 |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=www.amnesty.org |publisher=[[Amnesty International]]}}</ref> the [[European Parliament]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasikowska-Schnass |first=Magdalena |date=January 2024 |title=International Holocaust Remembrance Day: The fragility of freedom |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757610/EPRS_BRI(2024)757610_EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407071837/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757610/EPRS_BRI(2024)757610_EN.pdf |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=17 March 2024 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |publisher=[[European Parliament]]}}</ref> the [[Museum of Jewish Heritage]],{{sfn|Museum of Jewish Heritage|2022}} and the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite speech |last=Guterres |first=António |author-link=António Guterres |title=Attempts to 'Deny, Distort and Rewrite' Holocaust History Gaining Global Currency, Secretary-General Warns, Calling for Facts on International Remembrance Day |event= International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust |date=27 January 2021 |publisher=[[United Nations]] |url=https://press.un.org/en/2021/sgsm20556.doc.htm |access-date=17 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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