Charlotte Nicely (she/they) is a current graduate student earning a Masters Degree in History with a focus on genocide and the Holocaust from the College of Charleston, where she also completed her undergraduate degrees in history and psychology. Currently, she is working as a teaching assistant under Dr. Chad Gibbs (Director of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies) for for the college's undergraduate classes on the Holocaust. Following the completion of her MA in 2026, she hopes to go on to earn her PhD in Holocaust history.

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Charlotte has worked on a number of research projects relating to the role of propaganda in the Holocaust and LGBTQ+ people before and after the Nazi regime. Her senior these was titled "The Third Sex Before the Third Reich: A Glimpse at Trans Erasure from the Weimar Era Gay Rights Movement.”

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During her public history internship with the Pink Triangle Legacies Project (August - December 2025), Charlotte will co-manage the Project's Instagram account, including researching and designing content that educates new audiences. She will also research, write, and produce a new profile resource kit for our LGBTQ+ Stories from Nazi Germany initiative. 

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"The Pink Triangle Legacies Project holds deep personal meaning for me, both as a researcher of the Holocaust and as a trans woman in the LGBTQ+ community. The persecution of queer people during the Holocaust is often overlooked or forgotten, and I felt a strong responsibility to help preserve and share those stories with the public. Working with this project allows me to honor their memory while also connecting past struggles to the challenges our community faces today. With anti-LGBTQ+ attacks becoming more prominent, it feels vital to ensure this history is not forgotten and to use it as a source of awareness, resilience, and strength for our community and beyond." - Charlotte Nicely