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Last month, against the warm backdrop of a special Summer Tea Party, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) commemorated the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.

International Roma Day is an opportunity for us all to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Roma people.

Commemorating the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, the millions of other people targeted and murdered by the Nazis, and the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur has a powerful impact on those who organise and those who attend events.

The Roma people are one of the oldest and most persecuted groups of people in Europe. Those called ‘gypsies’ by their neighbours were originally from groups, including the Roma, and also the Sinti, Lalleri and others, who preferred a travelling or nomadic lifestyle. For centuries, most countries had tried to send them away, refusing them permission to travel within their lands.

Order candles, stickers, booklets and pin badges to use in your Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) activity.