02/08/2017
FSG Internacional
The European Commission has honoured the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, in memory of the thousands of Roma victims who lost their lives during the Second World War.In a Statement released on the occasion of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Vera Jourova, have called on all Member States to recognise the Roma Genocide and have reiterated the Commission´s support for the recognition of 2 August as Roma Holocaust Memorial Day as a necessary step to restore dignity and justice for Roma communities and to make sure that we never forget these unspeakable crimes.
FSG welcomes this Statement and the announcement that the Commission will continue to support Member States in the better integration of Roma.
On 28 July, FSG took part in the commemorative act organised by the Spanish Ministry of Social affairs.
Background
On the night of August, 2 1944, over 3000 thousand Roma men, women and children were murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as part of a plan to exterminate the Roma people of Europe that ended with the killing of around 500,000 Roma by the Nazis and their collaborators.
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