Památný den romského holocaustu

Igor Matovič, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, on 2 August 2020 during a commemorative ceremony in Bánská Bystrica. (PHOTO: Facebook page of the OľANO movement)
Slovak Prime Minister says the Holocaust and its Romani victims must be remembered so that its "bloody history" will never be repeated
3.8.2020 14:07 full story
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová on the Holocaust and its Romani victims: Romani people are a full-fledged component of our society
3.8.2020 10:39 full story
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 story
European Commission President calls on EU Member States to combat discrimination against Romani people
1.8.2020 10:29 full story
More Czech towns and villages announce they are flying the Romani flag to honor European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
31.7.2020 16:10 full story
Slovak President: The Holocaust of the Roma cannot be forgotten, especially when hatred is becoming a political tool once more
11.8.2019 12:53 full story
videoROMEA TV LIVE from Roma Holocaust Memorial Day events at Auschwitz Memorial
25.7.2019 7:34 full story
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day marks the Nazi murder of Roma and Sinti at Auschwitz on 2-3 August 1944
2.8.2018 9:27 On 2 and 3 August 1944 the Nazis murdered 2 898 Roma and Sinti in the gas chambers of the concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.Roma and Sinti all over Europe, therefore, commemorate 2 August as Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. full story

Czech Museum of Romani Culture to sign cooperation agreement with European Grassroots Antiracist Movement tomorrow
25.1.2018 9:24 On Friday, 26 January at 18:00 there will be a celebration at the French Institute in Prague to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM) and the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno, Czech Republic. The institutions pledge to collaborate on defining the future concept of the memorial at the site of the former concentration camp for Romani people at Lety. full story
"Journey to the Past" will mark Roma Genocide Remembrance Day at Auschwitz this August
12.5.2017 6:30 From 1-3 August the site of the former concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland will be visited in order to honor the memory of the Romani victims of the Holocaust. The "Journey to the Past" initiative ("Cesta k minulosti") arose from the need to commemorate the horrors of the Nazi ideology and the Second World War. full story
Europe marks Roma Holocaust Memorial Day from Georgia to Ireland
4.8.2015 22:52 Both official and private commemorations and messages of solidarity were sent across Europe on the occasion of 2 August, not only in the EU-28 countries but in places as far-flung as Georgia. This past April the European Parliament passed a resolution recognizing 2 August as Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. full story
European Parliament proposes official Romani Holocaust Memorial Day
17.4.2015 16:22 On Wednesday 15 April the European Parliament (EP) proposed that European Union Member States recognize 2 August as European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, an occasion for commemorating the suffering that Romani people endured during the Second World War. The EP also called for greater efforts to combat discrimination, hate crimes, and hate speech against Romani people full story
Karel Holomek: When remembrance is out of joint
Brno, 12.8.2014 19:27, (ROMEA) The month of August here is traditionally linked with commemorating the victims of the Roma Holocaust, unfortunately usually only in Roma circles. Of course, this occasion is also marked in the official circles of government and state, but that is not the same thing as being marked by society. full story
European Roma and Sinti commemorate 70th anniversary of the gassing of 3 000 Roma and Sinti at Auschwitz
Oswiecim, Poland, 2.8.2014 18:00, (ROMEA) Former concentration camp prisoners, representatives of Romani organizations, and young Romani people all commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the so-called "gypsy camp" in the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz. During the night of 2 August and the morning of 3 August 1944, the last 3 000 Romani and Sinti children and women left in the camp were murdered in the gas chambers there. full story