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It was on this day, May 16, 1944, that the Romani people of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, starving and gaunt, rose up against their Nazi captors and resisted, refusing to go to the gas chambers without a fight.
Most people are aware of the Nazi Holocaust and what happened to millions of people in Europe because of it. The coverage of the Jewish victims, whom constituted half of those killed and persecuted, has been well documented.
But who were the other half?
The Nazis targeted a variety of groups they deemed unfit to their social ideals including over 75,000 mentally ill and handicap, people of color, 2.5 million Catholics and Poles, homosexuals and the Romani.
Romani are sometimes referred to as Gypsies, Travelers or Roma. Like the Jewish population of Europe the Romani lost 550,000 people, 25% of their total population. And yet, they are rarely mentioned. The Roma wore black triangles on their sleeves instead of yellow stars. Romani were rounded up, starved and executed, often digging their own graves. With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, more has been revealed about the Romani holocaust experience and researchers believe the actual number of Romani killed may be three times what they originally thought.
August 2 is also set aside as International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day draws special attention to the Roma survivors who continue to struggle with persecution and prejudice to this very day in many parts of Europe and America.
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