Factsheet on the Roma Genocide in Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, the Holocaust was recognized and the term used is “Roma Holocaust” or “Holocaust of the Roma” or “Genocide of the Roma”.

Czech Republic - Recognition of the Roma Genocide

Recognition of the Roma Genocide Recognition, official texts In the Czech Republic, the Holocaust was recognized and the term used is “Roma Holocaust” or ...

The Genocide of the Roma

During World War II, Roma people across Nazi-occupied Europe were subjected to a systematic campaign of genocide. Today, the Holocaust of the Jewish people is ...

What Is the Roma Genocide? - Open Society Foundations

Who remembers the Roma Genocide today? Sometimes known as the “Forgotten Holocaust,” the Roma Genocide was excluded from the history of World War II for decades ...

Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies), 1939–1945

Learn about the history of discrimination against Roma in Europe and how the Nazi regime committed genocide against European Roma during ...

A Battle for Roma History in the Czech Republic

... Roma Holocaust victims who were detained on this site in Lety, Czech Republic. © Gustav Pursche; A protest rally Human rights activists ...

The genocide of the Roma and Sinti during the second world war

The genocide of the Roma and Sinti during the second world war. Out of all the ... You can find more information on the use of terms on holocaust.cz here.

Distortion of the Roma genocide and anti-Roma discrimination today

It is a stark reminder that distortion is not confined to the denial or minimisation of the Holocaust but extends to other victims as well. We ...

Roma and Sinti Holocaust - European Parliament

It designated. 2 August as a memorial day, as well as appealed for the inclusion of the Roma victims in the genocide in the Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 ...

Romani Holocaust - Wikipedia

The Romani Holocaust was the genocide of European Roma and Sinti people during World War II. Beginning in 1933, Nazi Germany systematically persecuted the ...

Roma and Sinti Holocaust - European Parliament

Despite these two, or even more, events commemorating the Roma and Sinti Holocaust, marked every year in some countries, the history of the genocide of these ...

The Roma Holocaust | History Today

The Roma Holocaust. Europe's Roma were the victims of Nazi genocide during the Second World War, but their persecution did not end in 1945 ...

Sinti and Roma Genocide Remembrance Day - Auschwitz-Birkenau

News. Sinti and Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Roma camp at Auschwitz. ps. 02-08 ...

Czech Republic - IHRA

Learn about the Czech Republic's efforts to advance education, remembrance, and research on the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma.

European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti und Roma

In memory of all 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe, the European Parliament declared this date the European Holocaust Memorial Day for ...

The Holocaust of the Roma

The students learn that the Holocaust did not concern only Jews, but also other ethnic groups (Roma). They consider the fact that Roma families on Czech ...

A new database gives access to the memories of Roma Holocaust ...

I was shocked because in research of any genocide the voice of the victims is crucial, and I would argue that in the case of the Holocaust of Roma this is even ...

Commemorating the victims of the Roma and Sinti holocaust

The Holocaust • The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators ...

Roma | People, Meaning, History, Language, Lifestyle, & Facts

... Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. ... United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Holocaust Encyclopedia - Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies), ...

Roma and Sinti | OSCE

Roma and Sinti genocide. Highlight.