Factsheet on the Roma Genocide in Andorra
Recognition of the Roma Genocide
Recognition, official texts
Andorra has neither recognised the Roma Genocide nor established a commemoration date.
There is no official recognition of the Holocaust in Andorra.
Data (camps locations, Remembrance places, measures etc.)
Andorra's territory was not affected by the Roma Genocide. Therefore there is no specific data on this event.
Specialised institution, commission, research centre etc., dealing with this issue
Andorra has no particular institution dealing with the Roma Genocide.
Official initiatives (campaigns, actions, projects, commemoration days, museums)
Andorra has not taken any official initiative towards the recognition or the commemoration of the Roma Genocide.
Teaching about the Roma Genocide
Inclusion of the topic in the school curriculum
There is no information on the inclusion of the Roma Genocide in the school curriculum in Andorra. The topic of the Nazi persecution during the World War II is taught in Andorra: it is often referred to as the "Nazi policy of extermination" instead of Holocaust. Roma victims of the Nazi persecution are evoked as other victims.
Inclusion of the topic in the school textbooks
The Genocide of the Roma is not specifically dealt with in textbooks. The topic is part of the broader teaching of the Holocaust.
Training of teachers and education professionals
Teachers in Andorra are not subject to particular training on the teaching of the Genocide of the Roma.
Particular activities undertaken at the level of education institutions
No particular activity related to the Roma Genocide has been reported in Andorra.
Initiatives of the civil society
No Civil Society project related to the Roma Genocide has been reported in Andorra.
Still, some projects have taken place in Spain and are accessible for people in Andorra.
Federacio d’Associacions Gitanes de Catalunya (FAGIC) has organised an exhibition called "Porrajmos: el genocidio nazi del pueblo gitano"(“Porrajmos: the Nazi Genocide of the Gypsy people”) which was the first one in Spain. It was inaugurated on the Official Day for Holocaust Remembrance, 27 January 2009, in the Palace of the Generalitat, Barcelona. Since then, the exhibition has travelled throughout Catalonia, in town halls, schools, universities and other cultural centres. The exhibition can be put at disposal to any institution or organisation that requests it.
Asociacion Memoria Genocidio Gitano is an organisation whose aim is to gather data on the Roma Genocide in a web blog so as to increase knowledge and visibility of this tragic and forgotten past. They have a YouTube channel which displays videos on the history of the Roma people (but it does not go up to the Genocide of the Roma) and broadcasts a conference on the Roma Genocide that was held in January 2014 in Jerez, and featuring Miguel Palacios.
Scientific publications
Bruchfeld, S. et al. (1998). De esto contaréis a vuestros hijos...: un libro sobre el Holocausto Europa, 1933-1945. [TC1] Stockholm : Regeringskansliet. [Original in Swedish]
Bruchfeld, S. et al. (2000). "Dites-le à vos enfants": histoire de la Shoah en Europe, 1933-1945. Paris: Ramsay. [Original in Swedish]