Czech govt approves memorials in ex-concentration camps

CzechNews
6. 5. 2009 7:05
Two Czech architects present a design of the first and only education institution on Roma culture and history
Studie Mezinárodního vzdělávacího centra Muzea romské kultury. Autoři studie: Ing.arch. Martin Klimecký, Ing.arch. Tomáš Dvořák Vznik: prosinec 2008
Studie Mezinárodního vzdělávacího centra Muzea romské kultury. Autoři studie: Ing.arch. Martin Klimecký, Ing.arch. Tomáš Dvořák Vznik: prosinec 2008 | Foto: Aktuálně.cz

Prague - At one of its last sessions the outgoing cabinet of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek decided to pay tribute to the victims of the Roma holocaust.

The government decided to build a memorial place for the Roma victims in Lety and a research and education center in Hodonín u Kunštátu.

In these two sites which housed concentration camps during WWII over 6,000 Roma were incarcerated.

Lety has become infamous for housing a pig farm, much criticized by the European Commission. But the government has no plan to remove the pig farm.

Outgoing HRs minister Michael Kocáb tried to make Topolánek's government to buy the Lety premises but in a Sunday Czech TV program he said it was "politically impossible".

Unique research center

A former concentration camp in Hodonín u Kunštátu in southern Moravia has been a popular holiday resort since the 1960s.

The place should soon turn into a research, documentation and education center. The first institution of its kind in the country should hold a permanent exhibition on Roma holocaust, offering educational programs on Roma culture and history. It will be open to international students and teachers as well as the public.

Architects Martin Klimecký and Tomáš Dvořák presented a design of the International Education Center of the Museum of Roma Culture in December 2008.


 

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