EVENT INFORMATION

27
February
1946

Nuremberg prosecutors present evidence of forced sterilisation of a Roma woman

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๐Ÿ“… 27 February 1946 ๐Ÿ“ Germany

The Soviet prosecution read German correspondence describing the forced sterilisation of a Roma woman in occupied Latvia. The transcript identifies her as Lucia Strasdinsch, with spelling variants in later accounts. This establishes that evidence of crimes against Roma appeared in the major-war-criminals trial, although the proceedings did not centre the genocide of Roma and Sinti as a distinct historical narrative.

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Lucia Strasdinsch

Soviet prosecutors

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International Military Tribunal