Montsûrs – Mayenne (memorial/museum) Historical background Mayenne is a department in northwestern France, the name of the river, flowing e.g. through Laval, as well… Continue reading “Montsûrs – Mayenne (memorial/museum)”…
Montreuil-Bellay (memorials) Historical background See also: Montreuil-Bellay (camp) As early as 1980s, a local teacher and historian Jaques Sigot, who learned… Continue reading “Montreuil-Bellay (memorials)”…
Laval (memorial) Historical background Between 1940 and 1942, Gypsies from this region were interned in two camps: Grez-en-Bouère and Montsûrs. The… Continue reading “Laval (memorial)”…
Barenton (stele) Historical background Between April 11, 1941 and October 8, 1942, a Gypsy internment camp existed 5-6 km from the town… Continue reading “Barenton (stele)”…
Mirovice Historical background See: Lety – exhibition Description of commemoration The memorial devoted to the Roma is located just next to… Continue reading “Mirovice”…
Lety u Písku (exhibition) Historical background Initially, from August 8, 1940, the Lety camp was a labour camp, later (January 1, 1942) it functioned… Continue reading “Lety u Písku (exhibition)”…
Lety u Písku (memorial) Historical background Also see below. Description of commemoration Inscriptions On the grassy square, there is an Orthodox cross (on the… Continue reading “Lety u Písku (memorial)”…
Hodonin u Kunštatu (memorial in a forest) Historical background Description of commemoration The memorial was erected on the initiative of the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno.… Continue reading “Hodonin u Kunštatu (memorial in a forest)”…
Hodonin u Kunštatu (camp) Historical background Intensified action against Gypsies in the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (from 1939) took place in 1942.… Continue reading “Hodonin u Kunštatu (camp)”…
Hodonin u Kunštatu (memorial stone) Historical background See: below Description of commemoration A memorial stone on the site of the former social rehabilitation and education… Continue reading “Hodonin u Kunštatu (memorial stone)”…
Černovice The Czech Republic Historical background See: below Description of commemoration This is a commemoration of the burial place of over 70 prisoners… Continue reading “Černovice The Czech Republic”…