The training on Roma Holocaust Remembrance and Education was organised by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in the framework of the EU-CoE Joint Programme of the European Commission and the Council of Europe “RomaMemory”. The training and commemoration programme in Kraków and Auschwitz-Birkenau brought together educators, researchers, Roma activists, public officials and policymakers from 12 EU Member States. Marking the 10th anniversary of the EU’s recognition of 2 August as European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day—which honours the thousands of Roma and Sinti murdered during the liquidation of the ‘Gypsy Family Camp’ at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the night of 2–3 August 1944 and all Roma victims of Nazi persecution—the event aimed to embed this history as an integral part of Europe’s memory and education.

 From Margins to Memory and Education: Unforgetting the Roma Holocaust

Photojournalist and 2025 journalism award winner Tamás Márkos photographed and wrote about the training for public authorities and the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day held on 1-2 August 2025 in Krakow and Auschwitz-Birkenau.

This article was produced in the frame of the EU-CoE Joint Programme RomaMemory; its contents are the sole responsibility of the author(s). The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of either the European Union or the Council of Europe.