We Remember!
Na Bister! - We Remember!
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Obituary for Peter Höllenreiner
On 28 July 2020, Peter Höllenreiner, who had been closely connected with the work of the Dikh He Na Bister, the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the Documentation Centre for many years, passed away. Peter was born in 1939 in Munich and was only 4 years old when he was deported to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was very committed to share his story with Dikh He Na Bister and many young people, and he was committed to fight against racism in Europe today!
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Dikh He Na Bister 2020
Online Action Day for the recognition and remembrance of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day This year would have been the 10th anniversary of Dikh He Na Bister. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not possible to bring together hundreds of minority and majority youth from all over Europe, as in previous years, to jointly strengthen remembrance, recognition and education about the genocide of Sinti and Roma on the occasion of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma. Only a small delegation of 10 people took part in the commemoration ceremony at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial on 2 August on behalf of the young people. Therefore we startet…
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Virtual commemoration 2020
Due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, it is unfortunately not possible to hold a similar commemoration event as in previous years. The organisers therefore had to make the difficult decision that only a small wreath-laying ceremony with limited participation can take place at the Memorial in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Instead the main commemoration will take place online. This website will host the official virtual commemoration ceremony for the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma on 2 August 2020, as well as to make local commemorations across Europe visible.
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Obituary for Raymond Gurême
Our hero Raymond Gurême passed away on Sunday, 24 May 2020, at the age of 94. We will continue our fight for justice in his spirit.
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Dikh He Na Bister 2019
The DiKH He Na Bister initiative is part of the remembrance activities for the 75th anniversary of 2 August – European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day 2019. About 500 young Roma and non-Roma people from all over the world gathered in Krakow, Poland to share stories, learn about history and commemorate the atrocities of the past – and to get empowered to face the challenges of today! The workshops also dealt with the period after the end of the war and the supposed end of the Holocaust. Participants learned about the civil rights work of Romani Rose and other activists. How the political actions like the hunger strike in the former…
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Dikh He Na Bister 2018
Around the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August 2018, we gathered about 250 young Roma and non-Roma from across Europe in Krakow and Auschwitz-Birkenau in the unique youth event “Dikh he na bister” (Look and don’t forget). The Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative aims at raising awareness among young Europeans, civil society and decision-makers about the Roma Genocide, as well as about the mechanisms of antigypsyism in a challenging context of rising racism, hate speech and extremism in Europe. With this initiative Roma youth advocates for the official recognition of 2 August as the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day to pay homage to the victims, heroes, survivors, and strengthen the identity…
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Dikh He Na Bister 2012
Dikh He Na Bister 2012 The Roma Genocide project, now in its third year of realization, is one of ternYpe flagship projects to be realized every year around 2nd August as the commemoration day of the Roma Genocide. ternYpe and its member organizations commemorated on 2nd August with events in the local communities in all their countries. Like the previous years around 60 young Roma and non-Roma gathered in Auschwitz on the 2nd August to remember the fate of thousands of Roma during Second World War and raise awareness of danger of extremism and present issues of antigypsyism and discrimination. The purpose is not only to spread the knowledge about the Roma…
