The German Review

The German Review

The neo-Nazi who exposed the flaw in Germany's self-ID law

When Marla-Svenja Liebich changed legal sex while facing prison, the courts were forced to confront a question the Self-Determination Act was supposed to make irrelevant: who decides whether a gender

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Jörg Luyken
Jun 06, 2026
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When the defendant turned up for a court hearing in the Czech city of Pilsen earlier this week, the outfit was one the German media had become accustomed to seeing: a leopard-print top stretched over a protruding belly, red lipstick under a handlebar moustache, and black leather driving gloves.

Marla-Svenja Liebich, a neo-Nazi agitator from eastern Germa…

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