Germany commemorated the victims of Nazi persecution on the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, placing a focus Friday on people who were incarcerated and killed because of their sexual orientations and gender identities. Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people were arrested and thrown into camps during Adolf Hitler’s…
BERLIN (AP) Germany commemorated the victims of Nazi persecution on the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp , placing a focus Friday on people who were incarcerated and killed because of their sexual orientations and gender identities.
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BERLIN, Germany The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity.
Wreaths have been laid in front of the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism (Denkmal für d