Historical Sources Regarding History Education

European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma

Webite created by the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma

Go to resource

Database

Levels and forms of education

Museum Memorials and Exhibitions

Media

Other Levels and Forms of Education

Resource type

Primary Sources

Audio-visual materials (photographs, videos, movies, audio files)

Digital tools (e.g. video games, quizzes, etc.)

Activities outside the classroom (e.g. tour guides, etc.)

Other

Historic approaches concerned

Cultural History

Gender History

Global History

Military History

Political History

Social History

Transnational History

Other Approaches

Historic period

1918-1939 (“Interwar Period”)

Second World War

1945-2000

Countries or areas concerned

Cross-regional, Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe

Languages

English, German, Polish

Description

The website is dedicated primarily to commemorating the 2 August. This is the day and night in 1944 when the last 4,300 Sinti and Roma in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, were murdered by the SS despite their fierce resistance. In memory of all 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe, the European Parliament declared this date the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma in 2015. The website consists of a variety of resources for commemorative and educational purposes, including a Remembrance Archive for testimonies, a section on history with Block 13 – The permanent exhibition about the Holocaust of Sinti and Roma (a Virtual Tour is also available on the website), information on the struggle for the recognition of Roma and Sinti people and their human rights, further educational tools and Remembrance through Culture (films, music, poetry and art).

Keywords

Roma

Sinti

Roma Holocaust

Antigypsyism

Anti-discrimination

Virtual

Exhibition

Digital archives

Photography

Testimonies

Family History

Personal History

World War II

Genocide

Nazi

Deportation

Museum

Culture

Film

Poetry

Music

Art

Commemoration

Remembrance