"The Holocaust memorial is located in central Bucharest, the capital of Romania. But for a long time, the country had not planned to include the Roma and Sinti people murdered during the Holocaust here. It was only pressure from local civil society groups that eventually saw a Roma wheel in stone added, to commemorate the thousands of Roma people deported to their deaths in Transnistria during World War II."

"The presence of the new president, a pro-European candidate who beat right-wing candidateGeorge Simion in May 2025 elections, was more than just symbolic. It was an appeal: Romania needs to grapple with its own history properly and it needs a basic change in a public discourse often marred by hate speech and racism."

Another way in which who governs really does matter.

https://www.dw.com/en/romania-ready-to-talk-about-sinti-and-roma-genocide/a-73510166

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