
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.
Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
President of the Association of Roma in Poland
Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivor and former soldier of the Red Army
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivor
performance by Sandro Roy (Violine) and Jermaine Landsberger (Piano)
composition on the occasion of the Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 2019
performed by Dr. Petra Gelbart
President of Austria
President of North Macedonia
President of the Slovak Republic
President of Romania
President of the European Parliament
Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Commissioner for Equality, European Commission
Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
President of the German Bundestag
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, Poland
Ambassador of Canada in Germany, Special Representative of Canada to the EU and to Europe
President of the World Jewish Congress
performance by Sandro Roy (Violine) and Jermaine Landsberger (Piano)
composition on the occasion of the Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 2019
performed by Dr. Petra Gelbart
This video does not only document the attendance of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most prominent representatives of the US-American civil rights movement, at the 75th anniversary of 2 August – the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma. The video also features a unique interview with Rev. Jackson and Romani Rose, chair of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, about the continued civil rights struggle of African-American and Sinti and Roma communities.
Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Chair of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the EVZ Foundation
Chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
Director of the OSF Roma Initiatives Office
Founder of Romedia Foundation
Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Related to Ethnic German Resettlers and National Minorities
Chair of the European Network against Racism
President of the Bundeskriminalamt of Germany
Director of the ERGO Network
Survivor of the Srebrencia Genocide
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
LIVE BROADCAST on Sunday, 2 August 2020, 10:00 and 21:00 CET
Ceija Stojka Platz, Vienna (AT), 2 August 2020, 16:00 – 18:30 CET with LIVE BROADCAST
2 August 2020, 2 August, 17:00 EST (UTC−04:00), Virtual Event
performance by Sandro Roy (Violine) and Jermaine Landsberger (Piano)
composition on the occasion of the Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 2019
Song by Henriette Gurême, Performed by Aline Miklos
performed by Dr. Petra Gelbart
Concert on the occasion of the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day 2019
Album in cooperation with the Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Budapest
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
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”
Extract from “The Destruction of European Roma in KL Auschwitz: A guidebook for visitors”
Extract from “The Destruction of European Roma in KL Auschwitz: 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
Catalogue of the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Auschwitz
Holocaust survivor
Interview with FAZ
Holocaust survivor, member of the French resistance, human rights activist
Holocaust survivor and longstanding deputy chairman of the Association of German Sinti and Roma in Bavaria
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”
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
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
2 August 2020, 2 August, 17:00 EST (UTC−04:00), Virtual Event
Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”
Joint statement on the occasion of 2 August 2020 – International Holocaust Memorial Day for 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”
Camp Topovske šupe in Serbia
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
Project description
Berlin, March 2019
Online portal about the Holocaust of the Sinti and Roma
Contribution of the Education Forum against Antigypsyism and the Ravensbrück Memorial
A web-based collection of video/audio podcasts and educational resources
The life stories of nine Sinti and Roma children who survived the Holocaust
The Fate of European Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust
A handbook for education with young people on the Roma Genocide
The Deathless Woman is a ghost story for the 21st Century, by writer-director Roz Mortimer, 2019, UK, 89 min
A feature documentary of director Robert Kirchhoff, 2016, Slovakia / Czech Republic, 92 min
A fiction movie by (Romani) director Tony Gatlif, 2009, France, 111 min
A film by Bob Entrop, 2021, Netherlands, 102 min
A feature documentary directed by Aaron Yeger
A documentary of directors Mihai Andrei Leaha, Andrei Crişan, Iulia Elena Hossu, 2013, Romania, 56 min