Recognition of the Roma Genocide

 Recognition, official texts

According to the OSCE-ODIHR, report, the Holocaust is defined as "the massive destruction of Jews during the German Nazi regime in 1939-1945. The Ministry of Education and Science added that other victim groups are briefly mentioned” (See “Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 84).

 Data (camps locations, Remembrance places, measures etc.)

At present, there is no distinctive Holocaust museum or Holocaust Memorial Day in Georgia. Holocaust victims are included in commemorations of those who died in World War I and World War II. (See “Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism: An Overview and Analysis of Educational Approaches”, page 84).

Victory Day was commemorated in Georgia on 9th May 2015. The event marked the 70th anniversary of the formal surrender of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in Berlin in May 1945. Georgian veterans and their families gathered at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Vake Park in Tbilisi to honour those killed in the war years. Around 300 000 Georgians lost their lives in World War II.

Union of Roma from Kakheti “Roma”, together with the European Centre for Minority Issues, deals with daily challenges faced by the Roma population in Georgia: access to education, health care, housing and registering as citizens in order to get an ID. No information if Roma population is taught about Holocaust or Roma Genocide.

 Specialised institution, commission, research centre etc., dealing with this issue

According to the available information, there is no specialised institution, commission or research centre specifically dealing with the issue of the Roma Genocide.

LEA-Jewish Women’s organisation of Georgia
Marine Solomonishvili, president
19 Nishnianidze str
0105 Tbilisi. Georgia
Tel: 99532 2985896
Email: [email protected]

Religious Congregation of Jews of Georgia

 Official initiatives (campaigns, actions, projects, commemoration days, museums)

As per OSCE report “Holocaust Memorial Days in the OSCE Region: An overview of governmental practices”, page 46, Georgia has not designated a special commemoration day for the victims of the Holocaust. Holocaust victims are included in commemorations of those who died in World War II.

On 27th January 2013, the Council for Ethnic and Religious Minorities, within the Ombudsman Office, together with the Jewish community, organised an event to commemorate the Holocaust. This memorial ceremony focused on those who risked their own lives to save tens of thousands of Jews, Roma and Sinti and others from near certain death under the Nazi regime during World War II in Europe. An exhibition of the artwork of Marine Solomonishvili, president of the International Council of Jewish Women in Georgia, on theme of Holocaust was inaugurated in the framework of the commemoration event. The author also introduced a film about the painters of the Holocaust.