Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
| Roma Holocaust Memorial Day | |
|---|---|
Monument to the Memory of the Holocaust of the Romani in Borzęcin, Poland | |
| Observed by | Council of Europe, European Parliament, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine |
| Significance | Commemoration of the victims of the Romani genocide |
| Date | 2 August |
| Next time | 2 August 2025 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Related to | Holocaust memorial days |
The Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (known with various slightly different names) is a memorial day that commemorates the victims of the Romani genocide (Porajmos), which resulted in the murder of an estimated 220,000–500,000 Romani people by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The date of 2 August was chosen for the memorial because on the night of 2–3 August 1944, 2,897 Roma, mostly women, children and elderly people, were killed in the Gypsy family camp (Zigeunerfamilienlager) at Auschwitz concentration camp. Some countries have chosen to commemorate the genocide on different dates.