
Romani Rose
Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
On 2 August, we commemorate the last 4,300 Sinti and Roma in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, who were murdered by the SS on that night in 1944 despite their fierce resistance. In memory of all 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe, the European Parliament declared this date the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma in 2015.
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament
Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler, Antigypsyism Commissioner of the Federal Government
Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency
Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
Vice President of the European Parliament
European Commissioner for Equality
Vice President of the German Bundestag
Dutch State Secretary Paul Blokhuis
Amb. Chris J. Lazaris, IHRA Chairman
This video presents the context of the permanent exhibition on the genocide of Sinti and Roma in Nazi occupied Europe, which is based in Block 13 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The video shows how the exhibition highlights – through a unique collection of family photos and documents – a normality of every-day life between neighbours in various European states. The exhibition illustrates how this normality was gradually destroyed by the Nazi regime. On the basis of racial ideology, Sinti and Roma, just like the Jews, were gradually disenfranchised, deprived of their livelihoods and finally deported to the extermination camps. 500,000 Sinti and Roma were murdered in Nazi occupied Europe.
across Europe
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe murdered under National Socialism, Berlin (DE), 2 August 2020, 21:00 CET
Nehru Part, Budapest (HU), 1 August 2020 17:00 CET – 2 August 2020 17:00 CET
LIVE BROADCAST on Sunday, 2 August 2020, at noon CET
Hungarian Guitarist/Composer
German Sopranist
Serbian Violinist
Exhibition on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of 2 August – European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 2019
A dramatization of Margarete Bamberger’s from the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Rromane Siklǒvne
The digital RomArchive makes arts and cultures of Sinti and Roma visible, illustrating their contribution to European cultural history. Through narratives told by Sinti and Roma themselves, RomArchive creates a reliable source of knowledge that is internationally accessible on the internet, thereby countering stereotypes and prejudices with facts.
Visit the RomArchive.eu
of the Holocaust of Sinti and Roma
Civil Rights Activist
Online portal about the Holocaust of the Sinti and Roma
Digital archive for Romani arts and culture
A project by the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma
Recent research by historians of the Auschwitz Museum
A guidebook for visitors
Extract from “The Destruction of European Roma in KL Auschwitz: A guidebook for visitors”
The permanent exhibition on the genocide of Sinti and Roma at the Auschwitz-Museum; 3 min video
The permanent exhibition on the genocide of Sinti and Roma at the Auschwitz-Museum; 5 min video
The permanent exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivor
April 15, 2015 marked a historical moment. The European Parliament voted with an overwhelming majority to finally adopt a resolution which recognizes “the historical fact of the genocide of Roma that took place during World War II” and concludes “that a European day should be dedicated to commemorating the victims of the genocide of the Roma during World War II.”
Of huge importance is the fact that this resolution also “underlines the need to combat anti-Gypsyism at every level and by every means, and stresses that this phenomenon is an especially persistent, violent, recurrent and commonplace form of racism.”
of the Holocaust of Sinti and Roma
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
The estimated 4000 graves of Holocaust survivors are permanently preserved as family memorials and places of remembrance for future generations
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
An overview of remembrance and education in the OSCE region
2 August 2020, 2 August, 17:00 EST (UTC−04:00), Virtual Event
Commemorative ceremony at Lety u Písku, 2 August 2020. (PHOTO:
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
DIKH HE NA BISTER (“Look and don’t forget” in Romani) – the Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative mobilizes each year thousands of young Roma and non-Roma all over Europe on the occasion of the 2 August – the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day – to advance remembrance, recognition and education about the Roma Genocide.
DIKH HE NA BISTER is a space of learning about the past, as well as of reflection about the role of young people in Holocaust remembrance. The initiative creates a dialogue and personal encounter of young people with Holocaust survivors. Their testimonies inspire the participants to address and resist against current challenges of antigypsyism, and other forms of racism in Europe today.
Education and Youth Activism
International Youth Remembrance Event
Scholarship, commemoration and the role of youth, publication
International Conference (2019) about Sinti and Roma Narratives after the Holocaust
Persecution, memory and self-assertion
Online portal about the Holocaust of the Sinti and Roma
Contribution of the Education Forum against Antigypsyism and the Ravensbrück Memorial
A Movie about the Holocaust on the Sinti and Roma
A Movie about the Holocaust on the Sinti and Roma
A Movie about the Holocaust on the Sinti and Roma
A Movie about the Holocaust on the Sinti and Roma
A Movie about the Holocaust on the Sinti and Roma