Roma genocide memorial opened by Merkel in Berlin

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Oct 24, 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has opened a memorial in Berlin, dedicated to Roma Holocaust victims, earlier this week.

Speaking at the opening of the genocide memorial, a pool of water with a plinth in the middle located near the German Parliament, Merkel said,
"Every single fate in this genocide is a suffering beyond understanding. Every single fate fills me with sorrow and shame,"

"It is not only the responsibility of educational institutions, as important as they are, but it's our responsibility, it's the responsibility of each and every one of us, because in indifference, in a culture of 'it's not my business'... this is where the seed of contempt for human values starts growing."

Between 220,000 and 500,000 members of the Roma and related Sinti people were killed during World War II.

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