AustriaThe Austrian Parliament held a ceremony today to commemorate the Roma and Sinti victims of Nazi persecution, laying wreaths at the Heldenplatz near the Äußere Burgtor. The event was attended by representatives from both the federal council and the national parliament, including members from the ÖVP and SPÖ parties. Emmerich Gärtner-Horvath, head of the Roma People's Council, participated in the ceremony. Speeches highlighted the atrocities committed against Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust, noting that approximately 90% of Austria’s Roma population perished. The European Parliament recognized August 2nd as a remembrance day for the genocide of Roma and Sinti in 2015. However, the youth group Hochschüler*innenschaft Österreichischer Rom*nja (HÖR) chose not to participate in the annual commemoration at the Ceija-Stojka-Platz, calling for a central memorial in Vienna.
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