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Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people

  • Written by Laurie Marhoefer, Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor of History, University of Washington
Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans peoplePatrons at the Eldorado, a popular LGBTQ cabaret in Berlin during the Weimar years.Herbert Hoffmann/ullstein bild via Getty Images

In the fall of 2022, a German court heard an unusual case.

It was a civil lawsuit that grew out of a feud on Twitter about whether transgender people were victims of the Holocaust. Though there is no longer much debate...

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