2. August 2021
Dr Bernd Fabritius
Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Related to Ethnic German Resettlers and National Minorities
Statement anlässlich des Europäischen Holocaust-Gedenktages für Sinti und Roma 2020
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
In these unusual times, we have come together today in this fashion on the occasion of the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
We solemnly remember all those Sinti and Roma who were murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau on the night of 2 August 1944. We feel the sorrow of the descendants of the 500,000 Sinti and Roma who fell victim to genocide under the tyranny of the Nazi regime.
Keeping alive the memory of the past is important – but it is not enough. Sinti and Roma still face prejudice, intolerance and discrimination in Europe today. A society that values diversity and creates equal opportunities will not tolerate antigypsyism, but will resolutely fight it.
As Federal Government Commissioner for National Minorities, it is important to me to keep striving for the recognition and appreciation of minorities in a diverse and just society. We must keep striving for equal opportunities and social cohesion.
It is important to me that minorities receive recognition for their culture and history, and that they take their place at the heart of our society – a free and democratic society based on equality of all people.
I therefore appeal to us all to keep alive the memory of the victims and to take responsibility – responsibility for the future of a democratic and peaceful Europe; a Europe in which all people can feel safe and at home; a Europe of social cohesion; and a Europe that defends constitutional values for all.
Ich danke Ihnen.
Stellungnahmen
Romani Rose
Vorsitzender des Zentralrats Deutscher Sinti und Roma
Romani Rose
Vorsitzender des Zentralrats Deutscher Sinti und Roma
Katarina Barley
Vice President of the European Parliament
Helena Dalli
EU-Kommissarin für Gleichstellung
Roberta Metsola
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament
Mehmet Daimagüler
Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler, Antigypsyism Commissioner of the Federal Government
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)
Ilona Lagrene
Bürgerrechtsaktivistin
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