Today we remember a horrific date
in history when about 4,300 Roma and Sinti were slaughtered in the Nazi
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. That dim ideology
allowed the greatest evil in history to take place, causing the loss of millions
of lives, including some 500,000 Roma and Sinti from Europe and the Balkans.
Although this year marks 75 years of the victory
over fascism, some current facts and events that revive historical injustices
against the Roma are still worrying. The growing intensity of racism,
anti-Gypsyism, discrimination and hate speech against members of the Roma
community continue to support its exclusion, to some extent even isolation from
other communities. Prejudices and stereotypes related to their ethnicity remain
the main obstacle to equal treatment in the exercise of fundamental human
rights and freedoms. The denial of the genocide against Roma and Sinti, in
addition to recycling the once inflicted injustice also prevents the
opportunity to learn from each other, for each other, and to build mutual
trust, respect, and understanding
The article is taken from the web site of the President of North Republic of Macedonia