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Roma Youth Statement on 16 May
DIKH HE NA BISTER stands for the power of Roma youth to write their own history. Remembering our past, replete with persecutions and resistance, is meant to restore our dignity that we were robbed of, and to strengthen the identity-building of a new generation of Roma youth.
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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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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…
Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative
