Commemorative act in Lety u Písku

This Sunday 11th May 2025 we attended a commemorative act in Lety u Písku to honor the Roma and Sinti victims from Bohemia and Moravia. 1300 people passed through the camp. Of those 335, mainly children, have died due to the inhumane conditions. After the mass transport in 1943 to the extermination camp in Auschwitz - Birkenau, the buildings of the Lety camp were torn down and burnt.

A memorial to the Roma and Sinti victims of the holocaust has opened a year ago. The commemorative act has been organized by organized by the Committee for the Reparation of the Romani Holocaust in the Czech Republic, with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, and with the support of the Holocaust Victims Foundation. The memorial is administered by the Museum of Romani Culture.

Dana and Dorota Gabaľova have attended on behalf of the Terezín Initiative Institute.

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