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European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

August 1, 2026

The European Parliament has declared August 2 as the annual European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day to honor the 500,000 Roma murdered across Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Adolf Laubinger, former Auschwitz inmate, takes part in the ceremonies marking the Roma Extermination Memorial Day at the site of the former Nazi death camp Birkenau in Brzezinka, Poland, August 2, 2005

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