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Theme for HMD 2021: Be the light in the darkness.The theme for HMD 2021 is: Be the light in the darkness. It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities resisted that darkness to ‘be the light’ before, during and after genocide.

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Fascinating picture relating to the Roma genocide. Great resource.Our Monday #homeschooling posts are back to help you get ready to return to school later in the year.

This artwork, made by Ceija Stojka, is titled “Vienna-Auschwitz”. It is part of a series of more than 1000 paintings and drawings which Ceija made to contribute to the international conversation on one of the darkest chapters of human history.

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What do you see in this painting? What kind of wagon is depicted on the tracks? Could it be an indication about the artist’s background? Why did Ceija decide to represent the trip to Auschwitz?

Answers and ideas for debate.

The painting depicts the journey between Austria and Auschwitz, a train charging into the burning sky. The wagon on the tracks intends to give an idea of the travelling conditions: many died during the journey. Elements of the wagon might recall a caravan - a nod to the artist’s Romani background and a powerful statement about the genocide of the Romani people.

The artwork memorialises a genocide that has not been widely studied and commemorated. In the Romani language this genocide is known as the Porajmos: the “devouring” which swallowed between 250,000 and 500,000 People from the Roma population in Europe.
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Remembering another terrible day in Bosnia.Yesterday, families and survivors of the genocide in the town of Foča, Bosnia gathered to commemorate the brutal ethnic cleansing campaign and genocide in the town that destroyed the lives of thousands. 672 people are still missing whose remains have not been found.

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Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day today.Today we light a candle for Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day to remember those who lost their lives under the Nazi regime.

Over 500,000 people from Roma and Sinti communities were killed during the Holocaust.

At 11am we will observe a 2 minute silence to remember them.

Research we released last year found that over half of British adults surveyed were unaware of this catastrophic loss of life.

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On this day...#OnThisDay in 1936 the Summer Olympics began in Berlin, in a climate of heightening racial persecution in Nazi Germany.

German sporting associations had been excluding Jewish and Roma athletes in accordance with an ‘Aryans only’ policy since 1933.

Learn more: www.hmd.org.uk/resource/1-august-1936-hitler-opens-berlin-summer-olympics/ ... See MoreSee Less

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