Prime Minister Robert Fico along with other political representatives laid wreaths at the Roma Holocaust Victims Memorial in Dunajska Streda which took place on Friday. The Institute for Romological Research, Methodology and Practical Application has prepared the event in order to commemorate the murder of 2,897 Roma men, women and children in the gas chambers at concentration camp the notorious Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Poland.
However, very little is still known about the tragic events in Slovakia “The Roma Holocaust was forgotten for a long time, going unmentioned even in history textbooks. However, these black spots of European history can't be forgotten," said poet, publicist and Roma activist Jozef Ravasz during the event.
Lucia Pazičová
