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- International Roma Day - 8th April 2008
International Roma Day - 8th April 2008
Previous press releases
- Holocaust Memorial Day Information Sheet (2007)
- Survey Highlights Forgotten Victims of the Nazis (2007)
- 2007 HMD Survey Results (2007)
- Newcastle Celebrates 'The Dignity of Difference' (2007)
- February 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- March 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- Matt Lucas supports HMD 2007 (2007)
- HMDT Annual Conference 2007 (2007)
- HMD 2007 Commemorative Book (2007)
- 75 Days to HMD08 (2007)
- August 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- 25 Days to HMD08 (2007)
- Education Matters Issue 1 (2007)
- Short Film Tender Announcement (2007)
- HMDT Youth Conference (2007)
- June 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- HMDT Volunteer Opportunity (2007)
- HMD08 Pack Delivery Delays (2007)
- September 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- October 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- November 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- December 2007 Newsletter (2007)
- Kristallnacht Anniversary (2007)
- HMD08 - A Message to Football Clubs (2007)
- HMD08 Short Film Competition (2007)
- Ben Helfgott on Desert Island Discs (2007)
- General Romeo Dallaire at National Commemoration (2006)
- Dedication to Holocaust Memorial Day (2006)
- UK Premiere of 'Playing for Time' (2006)
- Prime Minister at National Commemoration (2006)
- Holocaust Memorial Day MySpace – Zlata’s Diaries (2006)
- October 2006 Newsletter (2006)
- December 2006 Newsletter (2006)
- 1st Annual Conference (2006)
- January 2007 Newsletter (2006)
- Newcastle upon Tyne to host HMD 07 (2006)
- Liverpool to host HMD 2008 (2006)
- The Queen to host reception for HMD 05 (2005)
- Appointment of Chair and Trustees (2005)
- London to host HMD 05 (2005)
- 60th Anniversary Commemorations (2005)
- Holocaust Memorial Day Trust welcomes the UN resolution designating an annual Holocaust Memorial Day (2005)
International Roma Day is a celebration of Roma history and traditions. The Day also draws attention to discrimination directed to Roma and Gypsy communities globally and to call for human rights of all to be respected and observed.
More information on International Roma Day can be found on the European Roma Rights Centre website – http://www.errc.org/cikk.php?cikk=2740
European Roma and Sinti (Gypsies) were targeted for death under the Nazi regime and upwards of two hundred thousand Roma and Sinti were killed in concentration camps between 1933 – 1945. HMD reminds us that on International Roma Day we should remember the Gypsy victims and survivors of the Nazi genocide and also look at how Gypsy and Traveller groups are treated across the UK today.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website contains many resources which are suitable for further exploration on International Roma Day.
You can read the story of Amalie Schaich a Roma child survivor of Auschwitz.
You can read the letter from Nellie Delaney , the sister of Johnny Delaney, a young Irish traveller who was kicked to death in Liverpool in 2003 for being “only a Gypsy”.
HMDT produced a poster in 2008 focussing on the Gypsy experience under the Nazi regime and in the UK today
The poem It’s Going to Rain by Valdemar Kalinin explores the Roma fate during the Holocaust.
