Explained: What is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: What is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Neha Banka |Updated: August 2, 2019 9:51:41 pm

Explained: What is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day?

During the Holocaust, approximately half a million Roma children, women and men were massacred by the Nazis and their allies in sites across Europe.

Nazi authorities forced the Roma into sites for hard labour, mass murder and imprisonment and murdered thousands of Roma during the Holocaust. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Between 1940-1944, the Roma were subjected to horrific conditions in concentration camps, with documented deaths due to lack of adequate food, sanitation, shelter and medication, especially in camps at Lodz, Chelmno, Marzhan, Lackenbach and Salzburg.