(ANSA) - ROMA, 31 GEN - epa11115360 A member of the Jewish
community wears kippa as he attends a Commemoration Ceremony for
the victims of Nazi Germany in the Reichstag building, the seat
of the German federal parliament (Bundestag), in Berlin,
Germany, 31 January 2024. Since 1996, when former German
president Roman Herzog declared the 27th January a National Day
of Remembrance, the Bundestag commemorates the Nazi regime's
victims, as the 27 January marks the day of the liberation of
former concentration camp Auschwitz, by the Soviet red army, in
1945. Many Jews, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals, Slavs, handicapped
individuals, political prisoners and others were killed in the
Nazi genocide, prior to the beginning and during World War II.
This year's Bundestag commemoration focuses on people who were
persecuted under National Socialism because of their sexual
orientation or gender identity. EPA/FILIP SINGER (ANSA).