Today marks Roma Holocaust memorial day, known as Porajmos, which means ‘The Devouring’. This marks the day in 1944 when almost 3,000 Roma were exterminated in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. An estimated 11 million people were murdered during the Second World War because of their nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, religious belief, political affiliation […]
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