Memorial – rroma.org https://rroma.org Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:20:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Memorial – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Vienna Memorial https://rroma.org/vienna-memorial-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vienna-memorial-3 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:20:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=35038 A memorial for the victims of National Socialism from the Roma and Sinti communities is set to be completed in Vienna by spring 2029, with a focus on engaging youth through social media.

The National Fund aims to maintain project funding despite a decreasing budget and emphasizes the importance of education in combating hate and Holocaust denial.

The chairman, Peter Haubner, advocates for a clear stance against controversial terms like “remigration” in political discourse, stressing the need for sensitivity in Holocaust remembrance. 

]]> Moldova and Memory https://rroma.org/moldova-and-memory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moldova-and-memory Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:41:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=34142 On the eve of the memorial date for the genocide of Roma during World War II, vandals painted over a memorial in Moldova, changing its colors to a toxic red, which shocked community members.

The Roma community in Moldova, estimated at 12,000, is advocating for recognition of their genocide during the war, with many more living abroad, and they commemorate the tragedy annually on August 2.

A memorial panel was created to honor the victims, but the community fears it may be vandalized again, highlighting ongoing issues of intolerance and historical neglect regarding the Roma Holocaust.

]]> Brno: Memorial https://rroma.org/brno-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brno-memorial Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:49:37 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=33087 Pictures of a memorial for a young Rom who was stabbed to death in Brno.

]]> Romano Dikipe https://rroma.org/romano-dikipe-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romano-dikipe-2 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:45:50 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32880 In this issue, Romano Dikipe accompanies the Roma-Service association during their move to the new House of Ethnic Groups in Oberwart; report on the new book by Herbert Brettl; as well as on the planned location for the central memorial for Roma and Sinti in Vienna; attended the event “Literature on the Ring” and is once again in search of traces of vanished Roma settlements in Burgenland.

]]> Roma Genocide in Croatia https://rroma.org/roma-genocide-in-croatia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-genocide-in-croatia Fri, 22 May 2026 15:10:28 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32670 Eighty years after the deaths of more than 16,000 Roma in the Uštica camp, part of the Jasenovac Ustasha camp, some places of death – such as the one near Jezerin where 38 Roma were killed in 1944 – still have neither a grave nor a memorial, it was pointed out on Tuesday at a forum at the Kali Sara Roma Association.

]]> Vienna Memorial https://rroma.org/vienna-memorial-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vienna-memorial-2 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:16:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32350 An article in the Slovak press about the forthcoming memorial of the Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazi genocide to be erected in Vienna.

]]> Vienna Memorial https://rroma.org/vienna-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vienna-memorial Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:46:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32322 After a very long time, Vienna will erect a memorial to the Roma and Sinti victim of the Holocaust in the Weghuberpark in Vienna-Neubau, built in front of the Ministry of Justice.

]]> Austrian Memorial https://rroma.org/austrian-memorial-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austrian-memorial-2 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:38:03 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31754 Half a million Romani and Sinti people were persecuted and murdered in Europe by the Nazi regime. Many thousands of them came from Austria. However, there is still no nationwide memorial in Austria for the victims of the genocide. Now it seems within reach, but the location is still under discussion.

]]> Hanover: Memorial https://rroma.org/hanover-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hanover-memorial Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:31:19 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31594 A memorial to the murdered Sinti and Roma is to be erected in the city center. The plans are now taking concrete form: Six selected international artists will participate in a competition. The design of the memorial should be finalized in September.

]]> Hamburg Memorial https://rroma.org/hamburg-memorial-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hamburg-memorial-3 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:06:40 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22389 The new memorial for the Sinti victim of the Nazi genocide was inaugurated in Hamburg.

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