A commemoration ceremony will be organised by the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the Association of Roma in Poland in co-operation with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
A commemoration ceremony will be organised by the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the Association of Roma in Poland in co-operation with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. PACE President Petra Bayr as well as Congress Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights Peter Drenth (Netherlands, EPP/CCE) will be part of the Council of Europe delegation. Representatives of parliaments, governments, international organisations, local and regional authorities, and civil society will participate, as well as the international Roma youth network TernYpe. The Coalition on the Roma Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Recognition will meet within the framework of the European Union and Council of Europe Joint Programme “Roma Holocaust Remembrance and Education – RomaMemory”. On 2 August 1944 over 3 000 Roma men, women and children were exterminated in the gas chambers of the “Zigeunerlager” at Auschwitz-Birkenau. To commemorate the date, several other events will be held from 31 July to 2 August to promote remembrance and history teaching.
