From “Never Again” to “All Over Again”: How Fascism Became Governance in Today’s Europe
Every year on 2 August, Roma across Europe mark Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date commemorates the night in 1944 when over 4,300 Roma children, women, and men were murdered in a single evening at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a day of mourning—but also of warning. “Never again,” we say.
The argument,
before the detail.
Editorial statusRoma for Democracy editorial brief. The complete original is published by Roma Foundation for Europe.
Central claim
Europe’s promise of “Never Again” is weakening as ideas once associated with fascism return through parliaments, policy and normalised public language.
Why it matters
Roma experience is an early-warning record: political systems first test exclusion and exceptional treatment on constituencies with the least power to impose consequences.
What follows
Remembrance must operate as democratic enforcement—identifying repetition early, protecting targeted constituencies and refusing to govern through fascist assumptions.
Every year on 2 August, Roma across Europe mark Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date commemorates the night in 1944 when over 4,300 Roma children, women, and men were murdered in a single evening at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a day of mourning—but also of warning. “Never again,” we say.
Published by Roma Foundation for Europe
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Original authorMensur HalitiVoices
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