2. August 2021
Luc Jacobs
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Poland
Statement anlässlich des Europäischen Holocaust-Gedenktages für Sinti und Roma 2020
On this sad anniversary we remember the 500,000 Sinti and Roma that perished in the Holocaust.
We owe this tribute to every single victim who’s human dignity, who’s very existence was ruthlessly and routinely denied by other human beings.
The unspeakable crimes perpetrated in the extermination camps, continue to shock us, not only because they happened but also, because they could happen.
Thanks to dedicated research and education, underpinned by the poignant testimony of survivors, we have come to better grasp the underlying factors that culminated in the horror of the Holocaust.
There can be no excuse any more for remaining indifferent when harassment, exclusion or even dehumanization of minorities become the accepted ‘new normal’ in political discourse and social attitudes.
Stellungnahmen
Romani Rose
Vorsitzender des Zentralrats Deutscher Sinti und Roma
Katarina Barley
Vice President of the European Parliament
Helena Dalli
EU-Kommissarin für Gleichstellung
Mehmet Daimagüler
Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler, Antigypsyism Commissioner of the Federal Government
Roberta Metsola
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament
Claudia Roth
Vizepräsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages
Paul Blokhuis
Dutch State Secretary Paul Blokhuis
Chris J. Lazaris
Amb. Chris J. Lazaris, IHRA Chairman
Fernand des Varennes
UN-Sonderbeobachter für Minderheitenfragen
Anna-Nicole Heinrich
President of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
Roman Kwiatkowski
Vorsitzender der Gesellschaft der Roma in Polen
Erich Schneeberger
stellv. Vorsitzender des Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrums Deutscher Sinti und Roma und Vorsitzender des Verbands Deutscher Sinti und Roma – Landesverband Bayern
Timea Junghaus
Executive Director
European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC)
Adam Strauß
Vorsitzender des Landesverbandes Deutscher Sinti und Roma Hessen
Manon Aubry
Manon Aubry, MEP
Adrian-Nicolae Furtuna
Historian at the University of Bucharest
Philomena Franz
Holocaust-Überlebende
Angelina Kappler
German former Weinkönigin
Marian Kalwary
Chairman of the Association of Jews,
Survivors and Victims of the Second World War
