F7 Commemoration

On the night of 2 August 1944, the SS guards at the “gypsy camp” in Auschwitz-Birkenau murdered more than 3,000 Roma and Sinti prisoners in the gas chambers. Commemorating this tragic event has become one of the most important public memorial ceremonies in post-war European Roma culture. Every year, Sinti and Roma from all over Europe gather at the site of the former “Gypsy” camp.