On 20 August the Museum of Romani Culture opened the Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti at Hodonín u Kunštátu in the Blansko district of Moravia, where a so-called "Gypsy Camp" was in operation during the Second World War. The opening involved a commemorative gathering to honor the memory of the victims.
Museum director Jana Horváthová said three exhibitions have also been opened at the memorial. They feature archaeological discoveries from the former "Gypsy Camp" at Lety in the Písek district of South Bohemia, student work on the subject of the Holocaust, and an exhibition about genocide.
The memorial was built at a cost of almost CZK 100 million [EUR 4 million] over five years by the Pedagogical Museum of J.A. Comenius in Prague. The Museum of Romani Culture took over administration of the site last year and has continued making improvements to it.
