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Remembrance day
Since 1996, 27th January is the nationwide, legally acknowledged commemoration day for the victims of the Nazi Holocaust. On this day, German buildings show their flags on half-mast and the German Bundestag honors the victims in a ceremony. In 2011, Roma were represented for the first time.
On that day, all schools are invited to hold special lessons or organize events in remembrance of the Holocaust.
Furthermore, the German Bundesrat (upper house of the German Parliament, representing the Länder - counties) annually remembers the Roma Genocide in a commemorative speech during its last session in December. This commemoration takes place on the occasion of the yearly anniversary of the so-called “Auschwitz-Erlass” (Auschwitz-decree) by Himmler on 16 December 1942, which determined the deportation of about 23 000 Roma from 11 European countries to the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where almost all of them have been executed.
3rd March is historically acknowledged as the commemoration day for the murdered Roma and Sinti, corresponding to the day of their first deportation to the Auschwitz camp in 1943. Yet, no official ceremony is organized.