At midday 2 august, Council of Europe staff, representatives of Diplomatic missions, Roma activists and the general public gathered to commemorate the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. On this day in 1944, over 3 000 Roma men, women and children were exterminated in gas chamber V of the ”Zigeunerlager BIII” at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The participants laid roses g by the “Human Rights” sculpture in front of the Palais de l’Europe building, and took a minute of silence to pay tribute to all the victims who lost their life in this unspeakable act.
Speeches from the commemorative event:
- Speech by Ms Claudia Luciani, Director of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance at the Council of Europe.
- Speech by Mr Shane Griffin, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the Council of Europe, on behalf of the Irish Presidency of the Committee of Minsters.
- Speech by Mr Constantin-Alexandru Manda, Representative of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Council on Youth
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