Recognition of the Roma Genocide

 Recognition, official texts

Denmark observes 27th January as the official Auschwitz Day of Holocaust and Genocide Remembrance. The day commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides, including victims of the Roma Genocide. The date was established in 2002 and has been observed every year since 2003. In addition, the primary day of commemoration of World War II is 5th May, which is marked across the country and includes remembrance of the victims of National Socialism.

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

Frøslev Camp (Danish: Frøslevlejren, German: Polizeigefangenenlager Fröslee) was an internment camp in German-occupied Denmark during World War II. In order to avoid deportation of Danes to German concentration camps, Danish authorities suggested, in January 1944, that an internment camp be created in Denmark. From mid-August until the end of the German occupation in May 1945, 12,000 prisoners passed through the camp's gates. Most of them were suspected members of the Danish resistance movement, Communists and other political prisoners. Living conditions in the camp were generally tolerable, but 1,600 internees were deported to German concentration camps, where 220 of them died (approximate numbers).

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

There are several relevant Danish institutions: the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Froslev Camp Museum, the Danish Jewish Museum and the Museum of Danish resistance.

Danish centre for Holocaust and genocide studies:
The website Holocaust Education was developed by Brian BM Larsen and Peter Vogelsang, both M.A. in History from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The resource is developed under the auspices of the Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Supervisor and consultant is Associate Professor Karl Christian Lammers, Department of History, University of Copenhagen. The purpose of this web-based teaching resource is to provide teachers and students at upper secondary education institutions with the best possible interactive tool for teaching and learning about the Holocaust. It includes a special section dedicated to the Roma Genocide but the text is rather imprecise. Moreover there is no real focus on Danish Roma victims as Denmark's history of the Nazi Occupation is marked by Danish Jews being deported and saved. It also contains a section for teachers/students with suggestions for syllabus. The documents on the Holocaust are only available in Danish. It provides useful guidelines for the use of the internet on this topic.

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

Every year, the Municipality of Copenhagen organizes a key event that takes place in the Glass Hall of the Tivoli Gardens. The event features speeches and music, and is usually attended by the Danish Jewish community and the diplomatic corps.