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Statement from the Coalition on Roma Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Recognition on the passing of Dumitru Miclescu
The Coalition on Roma Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Recognition has received with deep sadness the news of the passing of Dumitru Miclescu, a Roma Holocaust survivor, at the age of 92. Mr Miclescu was a powerful and dignified voice for recognition, remembrance, and justice. On 27 January...
International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust marked at the Council of Europe
On 27 January 2026, the Council of Europe hosted a commemoration ceremony to mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The ceremony was held in the presence of the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Petra Bayr,...
Commemorative ceremony in Rothau: passing on memory, a commitment to future generations
The Commissioner for Human Rights paid a moving tribute to the victims of Nazism during the ceremony held on 27 January 2026 to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Commissioner particularly praised the commitment of young people to perpetuating collective memory. Addressing the...
Collaborative Effort Revives the WWII “Nomads” Internment Camp at Montreuil‑Bellay
On 12 January 2026, the city of Montreuil-Bellay, France, organised a site visit and stakeholders’ presentation of the project of interpretive trail and permanent exhibition space to be located nearby the internment camp site. The project brings together the municipality, the prefecture, the...
From Margins to Memory and Education: Unforgetting the Roma Holocaust
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...