On May 15th, Dumitru Miclescu passed away at the age of 92.
He was born on March 8th, 1934, and was one of the last Roma Holocaust survivors from Romania who carried within him the living memory of deportation to Transnistria and the suffering endured by Roma families during the genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust.
In 2025, he adressed the world from the the podium of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Dumitru Miclescu stood there not only for himself, but for all those who never had the chance to speak. In his testimony, he spoke about the suffering of deportation to Transnistria, to the camps of Vapniarka, Tiraspol, Coronica, and Odessa, and about the way death accompanied Roma families from the very beginning of deportation.
May he rest in peace.
Te avel o drom angla leste puterdo i te avel i phuv lokhi!
- Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights Memorial Ceremony. In: UN. 27.01.2025. https://media.un.org/photo/en/asset/oun7/oun71084685
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