02.08.2013 2nd August: Still unofficially the European Rroma Holocaust Remembrance Day

Privot (2013) focuses on the European Romany Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 2nd August, which each year, remembers the genocide of the Rroma by the Nazis during the Second World War. The genocide is called by some activists “Pharrajimos” or “Porrajmos”, which is supposed to mean “devouring” a terminology that is not widely recognised among Rroma. Privot see the currently very poor recognition of genocide as an important reason for the lack of integration of Rroma in Europe. The idea to declare the second of August as a memorial for the genocide of Rroma goes back to the Hungarian European Parliament MEP Livia jarok. Her proposal has not yet been approved by the EU. The remembrance day is therefore still not an official one. Jarok hopes to give more public recognition with the establishment of a commemoration of the exclusion of Rroma. The Rroma history must be part of European history teaching. Only in this way can one reflect on the long-term integration of Rroma. The number of Rroma murdered by the Nazis is estimated at 250,000 to 500,000 people.

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