Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the events that took place during the night of 2 August 1944, when over 4 000 Roma men, women, and children were brutally murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. This date was chosen to commemorate the Roma Holocaust, known as the Porajmos or Murdaripen. This dark chapter in history witnessed the systematic persecution and extermination of more than 500 000 Roma by the Nazi regime. This day of remembrance serves as a moving reminder of the horrors our ancestors faced and their remarkable resilience in the face of these atrocities.

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