“ROMA GENOCIDE - PART OF EUROPEAN HISTORY”

In many totalitarian countries minorities were not considered of the perfect race, or did not fit into the ideology of the totalitarian societies. The Roma were seen by the Nazis as being inferior, they were not as good a human being as the superior race and in October 1939 all Roma were ordered to be sent to concentration camps. The conference is designed as a mutual learning opportunity, where participants can share, compare and learn from each other’s experiences. The experiences and realities of participants, as researchers, youth workers, historians, governmental representatives, will therefore be the starting point of the programme and the core of the learning process. Inputs from experts will provide a theoretical framework for the main topics of the seminar, which will be at the core of working groups’ discussions. Moreover, in the conference will take place 30 representatives of partner organizations, educational multipliers and youth activists in order to share experiences and broaden the knowledge for different aspects of the Roma Genocide issue. Background of participants All the participants must: - be able and committed to act as multipliers in youth work on the themes of remembrance and forced labour of the Roma genocide, anti-discrimination and promotion of human rights with Roma and Non Roma young people, for the benefit of Roma communities and Roma youth - be motivated to develop their competences in Holocaust education, Forced labour, human rights education and youth work and to share their experiences with other participants - be aged 18 + - be committed to attend for the full duration of the conference - be able to work in English - be resident in one of the partner countries (mainly EU member states, Western Balkans)