Auschwitz
Rita Prigmore, 2019 (right). (PHOTO: Balder Carstens Hasvoll)
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 story
The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944
16.5.2019 9:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day. 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
The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944
16.5.2018 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day. 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
The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944
16.5.2017 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day. 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
EU Commissioners on Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: Too many Roma are victims of hate crime in Europe
2.8.2016 14:44 News server NewEurope.eu reports that First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, and Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commissioner Věra Jourová have issued a joint statement on the occasion of Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The statement recalls that on the night of 2 to 3 August 1944, around 3 000 Roma men, women and children from the "Gypsy family camp" of Auschwitz-Birkenau were murdered in the gas chambers. full story
Czech Republic: Commemorations of Romani Holocaust victims tomorrow in Prague
1.8.2016 19:01 Prague-based Christian and Jewish organizations have prepared several commemorative events for tomorrow's International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. The religiousgroups plan to honor Roma Holocaust victims in several ways. full story
Czech Roma to mark International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz memorial
1.8.2016 11:20 Tomorrow, Tuesday, 2 August, Roma people from all over Europe will mark International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. On the night of 2 August 1944 and into the earlymorning hours of 3 August 1944, a total of 2 898 Sinti (German Roma) and Roma children, men and women were murdered in the gas chambers of the Nazi concentration and
extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. full story
Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner: Time to cure amnesia about the history of Roma in Europe
30.7.2015 20:03 Nils Muižnieks, the Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe, has written in advance of the 2 August commemorations of the 1944 murder of Romani people at Auschwitz that Europe's amnesia about the history of the Roma needs to be cured. Referencing the historical events at Auschwitz in particular, he writes: "Knowledge about both the Roma uprising and the liquidation of the 'Gypsy camp' remains limited in European societies today." full story
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