Evropako Gindosko Dive pe Romano Holokosto

P-o 2-to Avgust, seras o palutne 4300 Sìnte aj Rroma and-o germanikano nazìsto làgero e koncentraciaqo Auschwitz-Birkenau, saven o SS mudarde len odoja rǎt madikh sode tromanes marde pen on. And-i memòria sare 500 000 Sintenqi aj Rromenqi mudarde and-i Evròpa astardi e nazistenθar, o Parlamènti e Evropaqo deklaronda akaja dàta o Dives Evroputne Memorialesqo vaś o Holokaust e Sintenqo aj Rromenqo.

81st anniversary of 2 August in 2025

Invitation to the international commemoration

The official commemoration ceremony in memory of the 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe will begin on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 12 noon in Section B II e of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site and will end after the laying of wreaths at the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma at 1:45 p.m.

Livestream

The livestream of the international commemoration of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti taking place on 2 August 2025 at the Roma and Sinti memorial in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum will be available on this website.

Press contact

For press inquiries, please find the contacts here: https://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/81-jahrestag-am-2-august-2025-europaeischer-holocaust-gedenktag-fuer-sinti-und-roma/

Information for Press and Media

Further information here: https://www.roma-sinti-holocaust-memorial-day.eu/press/

How to participate in the 80th anniversary of 2 August, European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti?

Information for individuals and groups on how to participate

Presse und Medien

80th anniversary in 2024

Program 2024

Commemoration 2024

2 August 2024 – European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti

O drom so sa džal te na terdiol

1 August 2024 – Krakow Philharmonic Hall

International Conference

“My testimony is for young people”
Passing on Memory for the Future
of Holocaust Remembrance and Education

31st of July – 1st of August 2024

Opening event

31 July 2024 – Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Exhibition: Raymond Gurême – A path of memory and resistance

31 July – 1 August 2024 – Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Exhibition: Roma Heroes of Resistance – Emanuel Barica + live performance

31 July – 1 August 2024 – Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Images from the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 2024

Images for editorial articles and media coverage

Publications 2024

International Conference Booklet
Euoprean Memorial Day Booklet
Concert Oratorium Booklet

Statements 2024

Romani Rose

Centràlo Sombeś e germanikane Sintenqo aj Rromenqo

Roman Kwiatkowski

Asociàcia e Rromenqi and-i Pòlska

Piotr Cywinski

Direktòri e Themesqe Muzeosqo aj e Memioralone Thanesqo Auschwitz-Birkenau

Alma Klasing

Praʒivdi e genocidesqi

Bolesław Rumanowski

Praʒivdi e genocidesqi

Marian Turski

Auschwitz survivor, member of the International Auschwitz Council

Bärbel Bas

Prezidènti e Germanikane Bundestagesqo

Theodoros Rousopoulos

Śerutno e parlamentarone asambleaqo e Evropaqe Sombeśesqo

Ruslan Stefanchuk

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Žygimantas Pavilionis

Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament)

Dorota Niedziela

Vice presidènta e Polskaqe parlamentesqi

Markéta Pekarová Adamová

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Annita Demetriou

H.E. The President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus

Peter De Roover

President of the Belgian House of Representatives

António Guterres

O Generàlo Sekretàri, Unisarde Thema

Helena Dalli

Komisàrka e EU-aqi vaś o barabaripe

Volker Türk

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Michael O’Flaherty

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

The Rt Hon Lord Pickles PC

Śerutno e Maśkarthemutne Aleancaqo vaś o seripe e holokaustesqo, Unisarde Thagaripnasqo Śerutnipe

Tea Jaliashvili

Angluni Vice Direktòra e OSCE-qe Viramlinaqi vaś demokratìko institùcie ta manuśikane hakaja

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska

Marśàla e Senatesqi and-i Republìka e Polskaqi

Manuela Schwesig

Presidènta e Bundesrat-esqi Germània

Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski

Sekretàri Themesqo, Polskaqi Ministrìa e Avrutne Butěnqi

Claudia Roth

Themesqi Minìstra vaś kultùra ta mèdia, Germània

Christian Lindner

Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of Finance

Dani Dayan

Śerutno e Yad Vashem-esqo, o Sundalutno Cèntro e Holokaustesqe Seripnasqo

Ellen Germain

Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Friedrich Merz

Member of the Bundestag, Leader of CDU

Saskia Esken

Member of the Bundestag, Co-leader of SPD

Mehmet Daimagüler

Federal Government Commissioner against Antigypsyism

Florian Herrmann

Head of the State Chancellery Bavaria/Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Media

Terry Reintke

Co-president of the Greens in the European Parliament

Janine Wissler

Chairwoman of DIE LINKE

Christian Mihr

Deputy Secretary General /
Managing Director Human Rights Impact

Cecilia Woloch

American Poet

Holocaust survivor, Christian Pfeil, speaks at the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony, January 26, 2024

“I would like to call on young people around the world in particular to carry the memories of us eye-witnesses and the remembrance into the future. I hope that you will stand up for democracy and against antigypsyism, antisemitism and all forms of racism with courage and commitment.” (Christian Pfeil – January 26, 2024)

Find the full speech here >>

Remembrance Archive

Deklaràcie

Romani Rose

Śerutno e Centralone Sombeśesqo e Germanikane Sintenqo aj Rromenqo

Katarina Barley

Vice President of the European Parliament

Helena Dalli

Komisàrka e EU-aqi vaś o barabaripe

Mothovimàta e genocidesqe praʒivdenqe

Werner Friedrich

Praʒivdi e genocidesqi

Zilli Schmidt

Praʒivdi e genocidesqi

Krystyna Gil

Praʒivdi e genocidesqi

Commemorative Events

Commemoration in Berlin

Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe murdered under National Socialism, Berlin (DE), 2 August 2020, 21:00 CET

24 hours commemoration in Budapest

Nehru Part, Budapest (HU), 1 August 2020 17:00 CET – 2 August 2020 17:00 CET

Commemoration at Lety u Písku, Czech Republic

LIVE BROADCAST on Sunday, 2 August 2020, at noon CET

Gerda Pohl - Holocaust survivor

Seravutno àkti k-o Evroputno Dives e Seripnasqo vaś o Genocìdi e Sintenqo aj Rromenqo p-o 2to Avgust 2023 k-o purano nazìsto kàmpi e koncentraciaqo aj eksterminaciaqo Auschwitz-Birkenau

More statements of Roma and Sinti testimonies and survivors of the Holocaust read here >>

Història

e Sintenqe aj Rromenqe genocidesqi

Genocìdi e Sintenqo aj Rromenqo

Sintiundroma.org

Online portal about the Holocaust of the Sinti and Roma

RomArchive

Digital archive for Romani arts and culture

IHRA - Bibliography and Historiographical Review

Annotated bibliography of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma

A project by the IHRA Committee on the Genocide of the Roma

Sìnte aj Rroma and-o Auschwitz

The last stage of the functioning of the ‘Zigeunerlager’ in the Birkenau Camp

Recent research by historians of the Auschwitz Museum

The Destruction of European Roma in KL Auschwitz

A guidebook for visitors

Photo of KL Auschwitz taken by Jaroslaw Praszkiewicz

The genesis and course of the Nazi persecution of Roma and Sinti

Extract from “The Destruction of European Roma in KL Auschwitz: A guidebook for visitors”

Blòko 13 - I permanènto ekzpozìcia pal-o genocìdi e Sintenqo aj Rromenqo

Audiovisual presentation of Block 13

The permanent exhibition on the genocide of Sinti and Roma at the Auschwitz-Museum; 3 min video

Virtual Tour through the Block 13 Exhibition

The permanent exhibition on the genocide of Sinti and Roma at the Auschwitz-Museum; 5 min video

Blòko 13

The permanent exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Blòko 13 - I permanènto ekzpozìcia pal-o genocìdi e Sintenqo aj Rromenqo

Akaja vìdeo sokavel o kontèksti e permanentone ekspoziciaqo pal-o genocìdi e Sintenqo aj e Rromenqo and-i Evròpa astardi e nazistenθar, kaj si and-o Blòko 13 k-o Themutno Muzèo Auschwitz-Birkenau. I vìdeo sikavel sar, - jekhe kolèkciaça familienqe fotografienqi aj dokumentenqi, - akaja ekspozìcia sikavel i normalitèta e sarkon divesesqe ʒivipnasqi maśkar komśìe k-o verver Thema evroputne. I ekspòzicia sikavel sar o nazìsmo xarravda akaja normalitèta progresiv. P-i bàza e racialone ideologiaqi, o Sìnte aj o Rroma, ekzakt sar o Ʒuta, lokhorres sas mukhle bi khanćesqo aj agore sas bićhalde k-o kàmpe e meripnasqe. 500 000 Sìnte aj Rroma mudardile and-i Evròpa astardi e nazistenθar.

Drabar maj but >>

Prinʒaripe

e Sintenqe aj Rromenqe genocidesqi

Història e civilone hakajenqe maripnasqi vaś o prinʒaripe e Sintenqe aj Rromenqe genocidesqo

The early days of civil rights work of German Sinti and Roma

Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”

First public civil rights campaign against racism

Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”

The hunger strike at the former concentration camp in Dachau

Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”

Institucionàlo prinʒaripe e Sintenqe aj Rromenqe genocidesqo

Permanent preservation of the graves of Holocaust survivors in Germany

The estimated 4000 graves of Holocaust survivors are permanently preserved as family memorials and places of remembrance for future generations

Soraya Post, former Member of the European Parliament and initiator of the resolution for the recognition of the Roma genocide, together with Raymond Gurême, a French Roma Holocaust survivor and fighter of the French resistance, who addressed members of parliament March 2015

Recognition of the Holocaust of Sinti and Roma in Europe

Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”

Holocaust Memorial Days

An overview of remembrance and education in the OSCE region

Aktuàlo marimàta aj mangimàta vaś prinʒaripe

Remember Us: Commemoration of the Romani Genocide

2 August 2020, 2 August, 17:00 EST (UTC−04:00), Virtual Event

Traditional commemorative ceremony dedicated to the Romani victims of Nazism will be held on Sunday, 1 August at Lety u Písku, Czech Republic

Commemorative ceremony at Lety u Písku, 2 August 2020. (PHOTO:

The struggle for the removal of the pig farm at the former “Gypsy camp” near Lety u Písku

Exhibition “The long path to recognition of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust”

2015 the European Parliament recognized 2 August as European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

O 15-to April 2015 si jekh historìko momènto. O evroputno parlamènto votonda jekhe bare maźoritetaça kaj te ovel adoptisardi agore jekh rezolùcia savi prinʒarel “o historìko fàkti e rromenqe genocidesqo so kerdilo k-o Dùjto Sundalesqo Maripe” aj del konklùzia “kaj jekh Evroputno dives trebul te ovel ćhindo vaś o seripe e viktimenqo k-o genocìdi e rromenqo p-o Dùjto Sundalesqo Maripe.”

But si vasno kaj akaja rezolùcia maj dur “del ćalno k-i nevòja te marel pes mamuj o anti-ciganìzmo k-o sarsavo nivèli aj sa e labnença, aj zorales phenel kaj akava fenomèni si fòrma rasismesqi partikular persistènto, violènto, rekurènto aj but generàlo.”

Dikhen buteder >>

Edukàcia

Edukàcia aj aktivìsmo e ternenqo

Dikh He Na Bister - aktivìsmo e ternenqo

“DIKH HE NA BISTER!”

Maśkarthemutno Seripnasqo Ondipe e Ternipnasqo

Education for remembrance of the Roma Genocide

Scholarship, commemoration and the role of youth, publication

IS “AUSCHWITZ ONLY SLEEPING”?

International Conference (2019) about Sinti and Roma Narratives after the Holocaust

Edukatìvo labne aj thana siklǒvipnasqe

The Encyclopaedia of the Nazi Genocide of the Sinti and Roma in Europe

the first comprehensive overview of the existing knowledge on the persecution and murder of the Sinti and Roma under National Socialism and during the Second World War (1933–1945)

Romasintigenocide.eu – The Learning Website

The genocide committed against European Roma and Sinti during the National Socialist era

Sinti_zze und Rom_nja in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

Persecution, memory and self-assertion

Dikh He Na Bister! - Ternikani iniciatìva vaś o Seripe e Rromenqe Genocidesqo

DIKH HE NA BISTER miśkinel sarkon berś xiliàde terne, rroma aj gaʒe pe sa i Evròpa, and-i okàzia e 2-tone Avgustesqi - o Evroputno Dives e Seripnasqo vaś o Rromano genocìdi - te vazden o seripe, o prinʒaripe aj i edukàcia pal-o genocìdi e rromenqo.

DIKH HE NA BISTER si jekh than siklǒvipnasqo pal-o nakhlipe, aj vi jekh than reflekciaqo pal-i ròla e ternenqi and-o seripe e genocidesqo. I iniciatìva putrel jekh dialògo aj personàlo maladipe maśkar o terne aj o praʒivde e genocidesqe. Lenqe mothovimàta den e ternen ilo te maren pen mamuj o akanutno anticiganìzmo aj aver fòrme rasismesqe and-i Evròpa avdives.