EVENT INFORMATION

29
Oktober
2016

French President acknowledges state responsibility for wartime internment

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📅 29 Oktober 2016 📍 Frankrijk

At Montreuil-Bellay, President François Hollande acknowledged France’s responsibility for the internment of people classified as nomads during and after the war. The category included Roma, Sinti and other Travellers and should not be equated with one ethnicity. The acknowledgement followed decades of survivor testimony and campaigning over French administrative and police responsibility.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

François Hollande

survivors and descendants

Organisaties in dit Evenement

French presidency

Traveller associations