Czech memorial finally honours Roma victims of Nazis
A memorial to hundreds of Roma killed at a World War II concentration camp on Tuesday (23 April) opened in the Czech Republic at the site of the camp that became a pig farm during communist rule when the slaughter was nearly forgotten.
Czech leaders gathered at a ceremony acknowledged that the country had taken too long to commemorate the suffering to its estimated 250,000 Roma citizens.
What a massive milestone in the history of Czech Roma & human rights!
It’s crazy to think it’s taken 79 years!
Great achievement @muzeumromskeku1 @EEAGrants_INA memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removedhttps://t.co/Dj9AmqVRZ1 https://t.co/be3kDVX5rM pic.twitter.com/0BrlP6saDM
— Dr Lucie Fremlova
