Romania Apologizes To Roma Community


	Romania Apologizes To Roma Community

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10-25-2007 10:27 PM

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roma, wwii, holocaust, apology, death

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		The Romanian government has apologized for the deportation of thousands of Roma to death camps during World War II.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=24&nav_id=44824"><DIV>
	President Traian Basescu yesterday offered an apology on behalf of Romania to the Roma community.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=24&nav_id=44824"><DIV>	It was the first public apology from a Romanian public official since the persecution of Roma during the holocaust. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=24&nav_id=44824"><DIV> Romania had previously apologized for its role in the murder of Jews. Basescu also presented honors to three Roma holocaust survivors for their faithful services. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=24&nav_id=44824"><DIV> More than 25,000 Roma, half of whom were children, were deported from Romania to death camps in Moldavia’s Trans-Dniester region. Between 220,000 and 500,000 Roma were killed during the holocaust. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=24&nav_id=44824"><DIV> Basescu called on Europe to take steps to integrate Roma into its community. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3D7FE228-D02D-4B16-BE71-BC9DA8905312/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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