Today is Roma Genocide Remembrance Day, where we commemorate the Roma and Sinti men, women and children murdered by the Nazis.

Learn more here: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/genocide-of-european-roma-gypsies-1939-1945

On the night of 2 to 3 Aug 1944 thousands of Roma, mostly women, children and elderly people, were killed in the Gypsy family camp (Zigeunerfamilienlager) at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Of the 23,000 Roma and Sinti people incarcerated within the camp, it is estimated that around 20,000 were ultimately murdered.

The Porrajmos (the Devouring) is the term used to describe the Nazi genocide of Europe’s Roma and Sinti, who were targeted for total destruction.

More than 200,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered or died as a result of starvation or disease; around 25% of the pre-war population. Many more were imprisoned, used as forced labour or subject to forced sterilisation and medical experimentation.

You can also find out more from our friends at @HMD_UK here: https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/2-august-1944-zigeunernacht-2