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Change is Coming! Roma Youth Voices
On October 12 at the High-Level Digital Conference of the German EU Presidency and the European Commission for the new EU Roma Strategic Framework for Equality, Inclusion and Participation until 2030 we made sure with our video that the demands of #RomaYouth are heard! The story: On International Roma Day – 8 April 2030 – Europe celebrates the success of the EU Strategy for Roma Equality. Back in the year 2020, a generation of young Roma faces a world in crisis but takes the lead for radical change. Change is coming, no matter if you like it or not! #RomaYouthVoices #RomaniResistance #EU4Roma #NaBister #EURoma2030 A video directed and edited by…
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#RomaRemember Campaign 2020
Joint statement on the occasion of 2 August 2020 – International Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma #RomaRemember: Joint International Campaign for Roma and Sinti Holocaust Remembrance 2020 On 2 August 1944, over 4,300 Sinti and Roma were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. They were taken during the night from their barracks to the gas chamber by SS guards, who only months earlier had been driven back by the fierce resistance of the Romani prisoners fighting with nothing but picks and shovels. Every year on this tragic day, Sinti and Roma around the world come together to commemorate the more than 500,000 Romani people who were murdered in camps, fields, and…
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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.
Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative
