West Germany formally recognizes the genocide of Sinti and Roma

The Federal Court of Justice ruled that racial persecution of Roma and Sinti had not begun before Himmler’s December 1942 deportation order. It relied on racist stereotypes and helped exclude many...

The Federal Court of Justice revised its 1956 precedent, accepting that racial motives could contribute to persecution before 1943. The correction widened legal possibilities without making...

The German Sinti and Roma civil-rights movement organised an international rally at Bergen-Belsen. Simone Veil, a survivor and President of the European Parliament, spoke. The gathering challenged...

Sinti activists and Holocaust survivors began a hunger strike at Dachau’s Church of Reconciliation. They demanded recognition of the genocide, an end to special police registration and release of Nazi...

A hardship fund offered one-off payments to previously uncompensated non-Jewish victims, particularly Sinti and Roma. Limited redress followed long exclusion; payments did not constitute comprehensive...

The Society for the Establishment of the Museum of Romani Culture was registered in Brno. Founders included Karel Holomek, Bartoloměj Daniel, Eva Davidová and Jana Holomková. The museum developed...

Rudolf Sarközi, Karl Stojka and Mongo Stojka unveiled the first plaque at Mauthausen specifically commemorating victims of the genocide of Roma and Sinti. Survivor initiative helped make the...

The law dated 2 August created the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future framework, funded by the German state and companies. It supported compensation for former Nazi forced labourers,...

A permanent exhibition opened in Block 13 at Auschwitz I, developed with the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma and partner institutions. It placed the persecution of Sinti and...

Dutch Sinto and Holocaust survivor Zoni Weisz addressed the German Bundestag at its annual remembrance ceremony, the first time a representative of Sinti and Roma had spoken there for the occasion....