We provide educational activities that ensure the Roma Holocaust, known as Samudaripen, is remembered, understood, and responsibly taught. Our work is shaped by lived experience and by sustained engagement in Holocaust education, remembrance, and community engagement in the UK.
Our education and remembrance programme builds on continuous involvement since 2016 in Holocaust commemorations, educational events, and community-based learning. This includes participation in activities connected to Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and other remembrance initiatives that support learning, reflection, and inclusive commemoration.
The programme is closely connected to the long-standing work of Daniela Abraham, a second- and third-generation descendant of Roma Holocaust survivors. Since 2016, Daniela has been actively engaged in Holocaust remembrance and education, motivated by her family’s experiences of persecution during the Nazi era. Her work focuses on ensuring that the Roma Holocaust is included within wider Holocaust education, while being presented accurately, respectfully, and in its proper historical context.
As part of this work, Daniela has met members of the British Royal Family on two occasions, in 2020 and again in 2025, in connection with her involvement in Holocaust remembrance and Roma community engagement. These meetings reflect growing public recognition of the importance of Roma Holocaust remembrance within national commemorative spaces.
Alongside her education and remembrance work, Daniela is an established Roma community leader with long-standing experience representing and supporting Roma communities in the UK. Her work focuses on education, community leadership, and addressing serious issues affecting Roma communities, including exploitation, modern slavery, human trafficking, and violence against women. She is a strong voice for Roma women and is committed to educating future generations within the Roma community through history, remembrance, and cultural understanding.
It is estimated that there are over one million Roma people in the UK, including approximately a quarter of a million Roma from the Slovak Republic, a community Daniela actively represents. Through her work, she seeks to build bridges between communities, challenge prejudice, and break down stereotypes by educating the wider public about Roma history, culture, and lived experience. Her approach brings together historical remembrance, education, and community leadership, ensuring that memory, identity, and present-day realities are addressed in a coherent and meaningful way.
