Roma - Europe’s forgotten victims of the Holocaust
25 January 2007
London - As the world marks International Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) remembers the Roma community, the only other population besides the Jews targeted for extermination on racial grounds, but whose plight has largely been and remains forgotten.
Samia Khan, MRG’s Head of Programmes says, ‘The human tragedy of this genocide has been hidden from the public eye.’
According to MRG over 60 years after the end of the Second World War the Roma community continue to face widespread public prejudice and official discrimination. There are currently between 7-10 million Roma people in Europe, making them the largest minority in the region.