Auschwitz

Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, commemorative ceremony at Auschwitz Memorial (2020). (Collage: Romea.cz)
VIDEO: European Roma Holocaust Memorial ceremony at Auschwitz was virtual this year, Slovak and Austrian Presidents spoke
3.8.2020 8:04 full story
videoLIVE BROADCAST: Pandemic limits participation in commemorative ceremony at Auschwitz Memorial, but Slovak President will attend
1.8.2020 12:34 full storyCouncil of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Secretary General issue statements honoring 2 August
31.7.2020 14:15 full story
European Romani Holocaust Memorial Day marks the murder of more than 4 200 Roma and Sinti by the Nazis on 2-3 August 1944, a death they resisted
31.7.2020 12:55 full story
Grandson of Holocaust survivor says he experiences racism on a daily basis in the Czech Republic
16.2.2020 17:33 full story
Dozens of heads of state and government honoring the memory of Holocaust victims at Auschwitz Memorial today
27.1.2020 13:03 full story
Czech Republic's Museum of Romani Culture to educate students at memorial site of former concentration camp at Lety
14.1.2020 9:59 full story
VIDEO: Holocaust survivor from Germany's Sinti community, Rita Prigmore, warns it could happen again
26.8.2019 9:42 full story
104-year-old Holocaust survivor photographed with her 400 descendants down the generations
20.8.2019 10:14 full story
videoROMEA TV LIVE from Roma Holocaust Memorial Day events at Auschwitz Memorial
25.7.2019 7:34 full story
Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist, to attend ceremony at Auschwitz Memorial marking Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
25.7.2019 6:12 full storyPetra Gelbart: Auschwitz Museum says recent research finds the Romani prisoners' uprising was not on 16 May 1944
17.5.2019 14:27 full storyPolish prosecutor investigating anti-Jewish demonstration at the gates of Auschwitz
1.2.2019 19:35 full story
Poland: Ultra-nationalists troll Auschwitz commemoration for the first time ever
1.2.2019 12:44 full story
Objects from Auschwitz Museum featured in international travelling exhibition to warn against growing racism
29.7.2017 11:23 In Poland the first-ever travelling exhibition of objects from the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz has been created. Organizers say its aim is to familiarize the broader public with the horrors of the Holocaust and to send a warning signal to the next generation. full story
Czech Education Minister wants to give schools money to visit historical sites
13.2.2017 7:36 Czech Education Minister Kateřina Valachová (Czech Social Democratic Party - ČSSD) wants to make it possible for schools to visit certain locations connected with Czech history free of charge. In May the ministry will make public a pilot program through which schools will be able to seek money for such field trips. full story
Czech Senate appearance by Romani celebrity to commemorate Holocaust backed by war veteran
2.2.2017 8:22 On 27 January 2017 the Czech Senate hosted its traditional commemorative gathering on the occasion of International Day of Holocaust Remembrance and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity. Senate chair Milan Štěch (Czech Social Democratic Party - ČSSD) said the Holocaust was the worst example of how far intolerance can go. full story
Czech Republic: Roma commemorate 73rd anniversary of prisoner transport from Hodonín u Kunštátu to Auschwitz
31.8.2016 13:52 The weekend of 20 August saw two important anniversaries in the Czech Republic. One was the anniversary of the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Army.full story

Daniela Cincibusová: Reflections on a visit to a former death factory
16.8.2016 9:48 Oświęcim, a small town in southern Poland, is infamous as the location of Auschwitz, the Nazis' biggest concentration and extermination camp not just for Jewish people, but also for Romani people and anybody who did not conform. Many innocent people died there. full story