ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, germany remembers nazi victims. the, remember the ceremony takes place in germany's parliament with a particular focus on those persecuted for their sexual orientation during the nazi era. also coming up, israel retaliated to rocket fire from gods up its air strikes,

hits militant targets in mid rising tension following and is rarely rayed on the occupies west spac and ukraine asks for fighter jets after successful petitions for tanks. key looks for air support to repel the russian invasion. fuss olympic controversy as the events committee says that russian athletes should be allowed to compete in next year's games that's caused outrage and ukraine. we meet one athlete who tells us you can't separate sports from war. ah, murdered by the nazis during world war 2. other groups will are, were also persecuted by the nazis. this year ceremony focused on people targeted due to of sexual orientation or gender identity life. our bonus tag,

president deborah boss said that during the nazi regime in tens of thousands were accused of homosexuality and in prison. prosecuted, jared, the ceremony actors read out the accounts of sexual minority victims is also affect the victims and survivors of the holocaust were honored in speeches and musical interludes. should kiner, hey i must hear by then in law ceremony was also attended by members of the queer community who shared their experiences. shonda thought, shame, a mortal sin thus in crimes. these were terms i heard in mind, not only from my parents, which bout, i built an illusory world around me, became mute. basil suffered from depression and even physical pain. for decades.

don't mind it through little emergency, but my feelings could not be turned off or suppressed to nothing. but inside me, i kept hold of a dream of a free and normal life. encouraged by years of act of as to work and bold role models. and i decided late in life to finally come out as a gay man to take these swa this i was the liberation, not the after, which i felt for the 1st time that i was really made. and standing by for us in the bond is target d w's political correspondent to hands brands hands. you were there at the ceremony . give us your impressions is i think what's most impressive that this was a very simple, solemn occasion commemoration. not spectacular in any way. and yet still

very deeply moving, and you could feel that in the audience, which was full as it really is here, and the bundles talk in attendance. we're also all the top representatives of the german state, the german president. for instance, if you have a chance, a lot of shots, and then there were special groups of visitors from the jewish community internationally, especially also from ukraine, jewish, jewish community from ukraine, and representative of the queer community as you mentioned. and of course, the diplomatic representatives that are normally here for such occasions and very large groups of young people because the bonus talked to germany, parliament is trying to transmit the message of this communication also to a new generation. so a very solemn, but very moving. so ceremony and the ceremony had a special focus on those persecuted for their sexual orientation of gender identity . tell us a little bit more about that. yes. as to day sir,

international hollow caused remembrance day in other words, remembrance of the 6000000 jews murder during nazi times. but there were also many other groups ever persecuted by the nazis a for various reasons. one of them were people who were persecuted for their sexual identity, homosexuals, for instance, or child transgender people. and this was a special, a who tell about a special ceremony to commemorate their suffering as well. and what was important about that is that the laws that were used during natalie times to persecute, for instance, queer men, continued to be in force after the end of the nazi era and germany well into the time of modern german of the modern german state. so that there is a sense of continuation from that times to to day and hands out for years and sexual minorities have been fighting for recognition. i want to have

a closer look. now d. w met with an activist from the queer community who is working for that cause it's the day looks van dyke has been fighting for in 2018 the historian and teacher petition to the bundis, doug for the 1st time, his goal to get the highest political levels to recognize the persecution of queer people. the reason why we never gave up to have hope that this recognition on the highest government liver will happen is not only because it has a big meaning, a strong meaning of 14 meaning um, for our minorities. but it means also that germany as a country has reached the level of humanity of democracy where different voices are heard in 2022 parliament finally decided to commemorate l g b t q victims of the nazi regime. male homosexuality was banned long before hitler

came to power in 1933. but the nazis ramped up persecution. gay men were imprisoned and sent of concentration camps, where they had to wear the pink triangle. around 10000 gay men were murdered. recent research on other queer people also shows systematic persecution and legislation outlawing homosexuality and germany was only fully dropped in 1994. if i look back in my own life, when i was 14 um, the paragraph still existed. and i grew up in as a society where i was a criminal boy. if i were to have been honest in berlin van dyke meets for a discussion on why remembrance for sexual minorities has been such a struggle. both audience and panelists agree, research for many types of victims, remain scant. for van dyke, the battle is only getting started. i thought to find the chief men in trickier

encouragement to go on and to look in those to those countries where it's too dangerous odd, need life threatening to view sexual minority van dyke will continue to fight argue and build coalitions because the struggle for remembrance and against persecution goes on and back with corresponding hands. brown hands. there were a number of speeches given, including one from a holocaust survivor, in testimonies from others who suffered at the hands of the nazi regime. what stood out for you. i think what's really important is how relevant all of these story from more than 70 years, almost a 100 years ago. some of them off are still today. the holocaust survivor was a rosette cut woman who as a young baby was given by her jewish parents to a dutch family. when her jewish parents were deported and later killed in auschwitz,

and if she had to draw a parallel, it took her decades to acknowledge her jewish identity, and drew parallel knowledge of the persecution of minorities today, including people who are being still discriminated against across the world. for their sexual identity. and then there were 2 testimonies. read by actors of a lesbian woman and a gay man and their experiences during the nazi times and really are moving. was that these stories that are so old that took place such a long time ago? still remained shocking to the stay and i think that was the point that these stories should not be forgotten that we should listen to them and that we should draw lessons from them for to day t w political correspondent hands. but standing by for us in the german bunder style where the ceremony of remembrance for the victims of national socialism has just

concluded. hands, thank you for your reporting or germany's remembrance for the victims of national socialism coincides with holocaust. remember and stay on this day 78 years ago, soviet forces liberated the nazi death camp at auschwitz. to that end, 3 women filmmakers to have turned to virtual reality to provide people with a simulated tour of nazi concentration and extermination camps. they want to help those who can't visit the sites, understand the scale of the nazi cripes, a virtual reality with a powerful message. these movie go as in central jerusalem, being taken on the confronting journey. the brain child of 3 young is writing filmmakers who felt this new technology will help keep the past from slipping away. the 1st thing we said is,

let's take this technology and bring this emotional, super powerful experience to so many people who cannot go. we understood that with this technology, we can read, you know, put life and hit into history. the history of ash with canal, for example, as seen in one of these head sits for years now in israel, a concern has been growing. how to maintain awareness of the holocaust as its last survivors disappear. sarah and shlomo hardly needed a reminder. they escape and not the extermination plan is children. you don't have quite a bit of do we watched it? we couldn't sleep that night. after we saw it or who the emotions flooded in to see what we were saying from our money doesn't come with me. a scale of it. this industry of sarah and her family were on a train,

headed for outfits when their fate took a different turn. me see michelle my she miracles from above, bombed the railway a lot. so instead we would take into a walk camp. and this is a myra co from god that we managed to escape this hel, i feel that we didn't. den delta the we survive. and bill to family ha, for the developers building the experience is an act of remembrance, you know, and i feel after the survivors, after all this of i was, i watched this movie, i feel that day feel and they know that they can leave this world. and we're not gonna forget them. immersive nature of this technology makes her very powerful and intimate experience . developers hope that it will also resonate with young audiences like this one

assume replied not just here in israel, but around the world to help keep the memory of the holocaust alive for future generations. and now we're going to have a look at some other stories making headlines. u. s. authorities have charged 5 police officers with the murder over the death of a black man. tyree nichols died in a memphis hospital earlier this month after being beaten during a traffic stop. the officers have been charged with 2nd degree murder. they were all removed from duty last week in hades, capital for the prince. more than $100.00 police officers in civilian clothes have blocked streets in protest against the killing of their colleagues. the caribbean nation has been ripped by violence and political chaos with 18 police officers killed by armed gangs in the past month. israel's military says that it has

carried out air strikes on militant targets in gaza. the strikes come ours, after rockets were launched from the palestinian territory. israel says most of the rockets were intercepted by the iron dome air defense system. no casualties have been reported on either side. the escalation comes after the israeli military conducted a deadly raid in the west bank city of janine, the palestinian authority says 9 people were killed in the operation, which israel says was intended to thwart an eminent attack. palestinians blocked the streets of janine to bury their dead. they say one of the victims was a 60 year old woman. this video released by his real shows, troops moving in on a house in the janine refugee camp and a rare daytime raid. israel said the house was being used by suspected militants plotting an attack against israelis. this is what was left of the home after the

military said at detonated explosives being used by the suspects. the 3 hour rate is being described as the deadliest israeli operation in the west bank. in 2 decades, the janine refugee camp is considered a stronghold for the militant palestinian organization islamic jihad, islamic jihad is designated as a terrorist organization by the you. one of the groups leaders bout defiance after the raid or resistance will carry on. we will not back down from confronting the occupier. we will not be intimidated by the raid quickly triggered palestinian protests and clashes with israeli police. israel's bar, right, national security minister praised the mission and reiterated that troops have the government's full backing. it was a volley. i want to congratulate the anti terrorism forces. the shin bet yes. who carried out a successful operation last night that we support

a soldiers in the war against terrorists against the militancy neg of them hugley. israel has put its forces on heightened alert during more attacks. palestinian anger has been on the rise since israel's new governing coalition. the most bar right ever took power last month. us secretary of state antony blink, and is due to visit both israel and the palestinian territories next week in a bid to help deescalate tensions. and for more we are now joined by sammy cellphone freelance journalist in jerusalem semi, are there any science that tensions are easing now after this flareup of violence between israel and the palestinian territories? indeed he do see the size, but i continued as a lot of anger on the palestinian side. the palace, things are calling the event a yesterday and you need a massacre and the palestinian authority as a now 3 days of morning at to day we had the a funeral of the palestinian news killed yesterday in the romanella area in the

town of alarm. we saw a very big sooner and people were quoting, so revenge. and they were expecting more from the if factions in the gaza strip. and what we've seen from the gaza strip was 10 rocha to be launch. and there were some of them intercept that some of them were landing in clear area, so they caused no damage. and then we saw these riley response and a because there were no casualties on both sides. it seems that after all were entering towards a quiet period now, it today has been also relatively calm. and there has been anger, but we haven't seen any casualties. we will say if that if that holds on. but in the meantime, the palestinian authority says it has halted security cooperation with israeli authorities. what, what consequences could that have? slowly indeed, when the philistine los archie stops and will stop this kind of quarter nation.

this means that it will be more difficult for his road to thwart attacks that are planned by militants in the west bank. and this means that israel will have to have more forces in the west bank. and this of course is the formula for more friction between the israelis and the palestinians. i can tell you that on these early side, there is a hope that this coordination will come back. they're saying that this coordination will come back slowly, slowly because it is in the interest of both israel and the palestinian authority. how could israel's new hard line far right government affect the israeli palestinian relations in the future? well, i can tell you they're ready today. we've heard very strong statements from members of the coalition who think that the israeli strikes in the gaza strip weren't powerful enough. they want to see palestinians being killed in gaza and they're

very open about it. they're saying that the israeli response today was similar to previous governments responses and they're saying that we're a new government and we have to have a new policy. it with 0 tolerance towards any kind of rocket that's launch from the gaza strip. they of course, also want to intensify the settlements in the west bank and they want to visit the elect thomas compound known to jews as temple mount. so differently, we have elements within this government that are trying to push towards an escalation. he said, bob caught the other hand. we have a prime minister, nathaniel, and the minister of defense who might be able to keep the situation as iss semicircle, freelance, journalist and to wrestle him. st. ukrainian president bellotta mere zalinski has renewed his appeal for f. 16 fighter jets less than a week after securing heavy tanks from western backers, poland says it would support

a nato effort to send the jets to ukraine. now officials from france and the u. s. say they have not ruled out the option. but german chancellor, olaf schultz has drawn a red line over supplying keith with combat aircraft and for more we are joined by the fence expert to marina myron from the war studies department at kings college of london. welcome to the program and thank you for joining us. soleski once fighter jets and missiles, do you expect him to get them? it is quite a difficult question now, after supplying or agreeing to supplies pangs, and you know, rushes reaction diplomatically. i see it as a very challenging task because well, 1st of all, we don't know how russia will react to the tank deliveries. and the 2nd thing we also have to think about when those aircraft would reach ukraine. and that would mean that there would have to be some sort of major involvement because it will

take a long time to train the pilots to operate even something like an app 16 which is not as sophisticated. the apps are the 5, and obviously the fighter jets would be vulnerable to russian, a ground based era defense systems. so that's another issue we're facing. and we also have the crews that are important. it's not just a pilot, we have to train entire crews. so how long will it take a year or 2 years? and another question is, wearables planes be fielded in ukraine? that would mean that there will need to be engineers trained or offend to ukraine to do the maintenance to and sustainment of the airplane. so there are all sorts of issues at 1st. it was ok, i mean, it's highly speculative at this point because we know that no country has agreed to send those. but we had the announcement of the past week that tanks are heading

toward ukraine. so tell us about the logistical challenges that that now poses for the ukrainians and their partners in terms of logistics or will need to be new. a supply lines established for each of those 3 very unself tanks, including a fuel. for instance, the abrams tank uses jet fuel as opposed to a diesel that is used by the lab for 2. then they all use different types of ammunition. abrams, we'll need to put depleted uranium rounds, the challenger to has the so called hash rounds and the 120 millimeter. he drones for as elaborate. so there is quite a lot of logistical foot friends at us and wove than this whole thing as a training aside. and so that it will create a very heavy logistical footprint. 2 fields, those tanks,

the 3 kinds of tanks in ukraine and, you know, i, i believe it will take 2 to 3 months to deal just was a logistics. how about the fear of escalation? because we've heard russia come out and basically say that this is indeed what they see as a provocation. are. are you concerned about the potential that ukraine's partners might be now seen as direct parties to the conflict? i think russia has been receiving ukraine's partners as parties to the conflict for a while now. so this would be nothing new. ah, we might see more nuclear rhetoric being used by the kremlin. but i think every, we are all expecting some sort of escalation on the battlefield. however, i think we'd have to look at a little bit of a broader picture and it shows diplomatic efforts to secure allies and to secure support to counterbalance the west. so i think the response, the oral response will be much more nuanced and is planned for

a long term rises. i'm kind of a short escalation on the battlefield, which might still take place. marina myron, from the war studies department at kings college london. thank you. thank you very much. russian and bella, mercy and athletes look set to compete at next year's paris olympics. the io see said that no athlete should be prevented from taking part because of their nationality, but some ukrainian athlete say it quote endorses russia's invasion of ukraine. the w spoke with one of them or withdraw him or her chick is back to doing what she does best. he's one of the world's top high jumpers. a bronze medal is to the tokyo olympics in 2021. and she'll be hoping for even better in paris next year. but now who jake is adam and she doesn't want russian and better roost? him athletes? fair with her. say died for me. really. i don't. they don't exist in my life.

like before, from 21st february because all changed for all ukrainian people for all the award for all ukraine and we continue fighting for our lives. the international olympic committee sees things differently. last year, it recommended russian and belushi in athletes be excluded from international competition. now though, it wants to welcome them back saying no athletes should be prevented from competing just because of their passport. in december i oh, see president thomas bock said, athletes shouldn't suffer. as a result of the war, russians and ballard oceans would need to compete under a neutral flag. but some athlete groups insist that still is not the right view to take saying the ios, see a strengthening russia's propaganda machine, empowering the putin regime and undermining peace. that's the message echoed by my,

who chic if you. so my be in the start wednesday, a big stadium and russian sportsman support their president and of course ukrainian as listened ukrainian sportsman will do everything. is it possible? said sir lewis and russian athletes and sportsmen didn't come to international because the russia stellar estate, or who chic describe 2022 is the most difficult year of her life. beyond ambitions of more sporting success. her hopes for this year, a more basic my goal was this year is some not crime really. and of course, a big dream or a big dream for all ukrainians people is there finish of the raw and out when im a reminder of our top story here on dw news, the german parliament has offered a tribute to victims who suffered at the hands of announcing this year's emphasis

was on those persecuted for their sexual orientation for gender identity. thank you so much for joining us. of that coverage here on data is up next. it is to the point which asks whether germany is leading or lagging behind in arman ukraine. thank you so much for watching. take care ah, with

who to the point to strong opinion. clear positions, international perspectives breaking with a long standing taboo. germany has authorized delivery of the leopard battle tanks to it. conflict zone. does that mean berlin is ready to lead to militarily or does it remain on my guard? find out on to the point to ah, next on d, w. 2 european in good shape. a child's

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