On Sunday, August 23rd, Moravian Roma community members, including several Roma holocaust survivors, gathered at a memorial at Hodonín u Kunštátu to commemorate Roma who died at the Nazi internment camp in 1942 and 1943. Romani men, women, and children suffered inhumane conditions in the camp while waiting to be transported to Auschwitz. Only a few dozen survived.
The wreath laying ceremony was attended by Human Rights Minister Jiri Dienstbier, Culture Minister Daniel Hermann, and other government officials, as well as several members of the diplomatic corps, including U.S. Embassy’s Political Officer Nathan Webber.
