International Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of Sinti and Roma
The European Holocaust Memorial for Sinti and Roma , also known as European Holocaust Memorial Day for the Roma remembered every year on August 2 to the victims of Porajmos , the genocide of European Sinti and Roma in the era of National Socialism . The total number of victims of the genocide is estimated at 220,000 to 500,000.
The specific date relates to the murder of 4,200–4,300 Sinti and Roma, mainly women, children and the elderly, in the night of August 2nd to 3rd, 1944 in the “ gypsy family camp ” of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . Depending on the country, the day of remembrance is also celebrated on other dates.
Initiatives
In 2004 the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine ) decided to introduce a Holocaust Remembrance Day for the Roma.
In 2009 the National Congress of the Serbian Roma ( Romski Nacionalni Savet ) and the International Roma Union proposed such a day of remembrance.
In 2011, the Polish Parliament introduced the memorial day under the name Dzień Pamięci o Zagładzie Romów i Sinti . Also, Croatia , Czech Republic , Lithuania and Slovakia mention on August 2, the genocide of the Roma.
On April 15, 2015, the European Parliament suggested introducing a Europe-wide memorial day for the Roma on August 2.
Further initiatives on Remembrance Day come from the Council of Europe .
More memorial days
In Finland , Germany , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Portugal , Slovenia , Spain and Sweden the genocide of the Roma at will on January 27 , the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust , thought. In the Czech Republic there are three other commemorative days in addition to August 2, March 7, May 13 and August 21. In Latvia, the Roma are commemorated on January 27th, April 8th and May 8th.
In Serbia , December 16 is the Roma Memorial Day, which refers to Himmler's 1942 order for the systematic deportation of the Roma.
Web links
- August 2nd - International Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Sinti and Roma . Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research.
supporting documents
- ↑ Home (en). Accessed February 8, 2021 (German).
- ↑ Resolution of the European Parliament of April 15, 2015 on International Roma Day - Antigypsyism in Europe and recognition by the EU of the Day of Remembrance of the Roma Genocide during World War II. European Parliament, July 31, 2020, accessed on August 1, 2020 (German).
- ^ Sinti and Roma (Gypsies) in Auschwitz / Categories of prisoners / History / Auschwitz-Birkenau. Retrieved February 8, 2021 .
- ↑ Andrej Kotljarchuk: The Nazi Massacre of Babi Yar in Roma in Soviet and Ukrainian Historical Culture. In: Baltic Worlds. Center for Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University, May 28, 2015, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Milovan Pisarri: The Suffering of the Roma in Serbia during the Holocaust . Forum for Applied History, Belgrade 2014, p. 5 ( cpi.rs [PDF; accessed on August 2, 2020]).
- ^ OSCE / ODIHR. Council of Europe, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ a b International Roma Day - anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during WW II. (PDF) European Parliament, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ 24th International Roma Day - Antiziganism in Europe and recognition of the genocide of the Roma in World War II by celebrating Remembrance Day in the EU. European Parliament, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ^ 2 August European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. Council of Europe, accessed on August 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Teaching about and Commemorating the Roma and Sinti Genocide: Practices within the OSCE Area. (PDF) OSCE, accessed on August 2, 2020 .