Genocide of the Roma
Austria adopts working definition of antigypsyism / anti-Roma discrimination
One day before International Roma Day 2021, the Council of Ministers in Austria sent an important signal by adopting the working definition of antigypsyism/anti‑Roma discrimination developed by the...
Germany adopts the working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
Today, Germany’s Federal Cabinet adopted the IHRA’s non‑binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti‑Roma discrimination, making Germany the first country to do so at the national level. The import...
The IHRA adopts working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
BERLIN, 08.10.2020 – The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) today announces the adoption of an internationally accepted non-legally binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti...
The IHRA's 34 Member Countries adopt working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination
Following years of consultations and negotiations, the IHRA's 34 Member Countries adopted a non-legally binding working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination on 8 October 2020 during an...
Working Definition of Antigypsyism/Anti-Roma Discrimination
About the IHRA working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination The effort to draft a working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination was spearheaded by experts in the Commit...
Roma Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration events – 2 August 2020
On the night of 2 August 1944, the “family camp” for Roma at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liquidated, and thousands of remaining men, women and children held there were gassed. Today, 2 August marks the...
"Remember the Genocide of the Roma" – a commitment for 2020 and beyond
The language of the 2020 IHRA Ministerial Declaration leaves no room for misunderstanding. The Genocide of the Roma – perpetrated by Nazi Germany and those fascist and extreme nationalist partners and...
IHRA President's Statement on the Working Definition of Anti-Roma Racism
The 2020 IHRA Ministerial Declaration emphasized the importance of remembering the genocide of the Roma and acknowledging the impact that the neglect of this genocide has had on the continued...
Landscape-architectural competition “Lety: Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti in Bohemia” has a winner
The Museum of Romani Culture, s.p.o., has announced the winner of the landscape-architectural competition for the design of the future memorial “Lety: Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti...
Five resources for teaching and learning about the Roma Genocide
Emerging scholarship is building a more complete understanding of the persecution and genocide of European Sinti and Roma under Nazi rule. But many historical questions remain unanswered and public...