Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, 2 August 2016 : Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová

On the 2 August 2016, a statement was made by the First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová on occasion of the the night of 2 to 3 August 1944, when around 3,000 Roma men, women and children from the ‘Gypsy family camp’ of Auschwitz-Birkenau had been murdered. The European Commission also committed to continue improving Roma integration in the European Union.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: MEPs urge end to Roma discrimination and recognition of Roma Genocide Day http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-meps-urge-end-to-roma-discrimination-and-recognition-of-roma-genocide-day/

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