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German neo-Nazi uses gender law to enter women's prison
Marla-Svenja Liebich, a convicted right-wing extremist, used Germany's Self-Determination Act to change gender and serve an 18-month sentence in a women's prison, raising security concerns.
- On August 29, 2025, Marla-Svenja Liebich will arrive at Chemnitz women's prison, offering interviews from 9 pm before entering at 10 pm, she wrote on X.
- Under the Self-Determination Act, people now change gender by declaration; Germany's law, introduced under Olaf Scholz last year, allows registry office procedure without judicial review.
- Convicted in July 2023, Liebich received 18 months for extreme-right incitement, with her neo-Nazi past including Blood and Honour membership and Nazi-style armband photos.
- Prison officials say they will interview Liebich on arrival to assess placement, while women's organizations, jurists and police unions warned reforms fail to address security concerns in single-sex settings.
- German media questioned whether Liebich's gender change was serious and suggested it aimed to provoke the state, while critics and UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem warned the law risks abuse in single-sex spaces.
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Since the end of 2024, citizens can easily change their gender entry. Marla-Svenja Liebich also uses this opportunity. The right-wing extremist is now to move into a women's prison. Union politicians therefore demand a change of law.
German neo-Nazi Sven Liebig, a former member of the banned far-right group Blood and Honor, will serve a prison sentence in a women's prison after taking advantage of a new law that allows for gender reassignment at the registry office without a court order, media reports.
German transgender Neo-Nazi to serve time in women's prison
In July 2023, Marla-Svenja Liebich, then still known as Sven, was sentenced to one and a half years' imprisonment without probation by the Halle district court. A year and a half later, Sven became Marla-Svenja by simple deed poll, made possible under a new law.
Sven Liebich, formerly known as the German neo-Nazi, now wears lacquered nails and gold jewellery and calls himself Marla Svenja. The beard continues to be proud of the controversial personality as a woman. In 2023, the trans-right-wing extreme sentenced queer persons to "parasites of society" – and should now be housed in a women's prison itself. She was on the right scene for decades. When it became clear that she had to go to prison, Liebich …
Sent to a women's prison for her crimes of conscience. "On August 29th at 10:00 PM I arrive at the prison with my suitcases."
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