22/07/2026
On Saturday, 18 July, during our Roma Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony in Newcastle, we were deeply honoured by a moving performance from Jozsef Döme of the powerful Romani song Aušvicate Hi Kher Baro (“There Is a Big Building in Auschwitz”).
This song is one of the best-known musical testimonies of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust. It was created collectively by Romani prisoners in Auschwitz-Birkenau and passed down orally by survivors after the war. With no single known author, it became a symbol of remembrance, carrying the voices of those who endured unimaginable suffering. Based on an older traditional Romani melody, its lyrics tell of hunger, forced labour, separation, and the horrors of the concentration camp, preserving memories that must never be forgotten. (encyclopaedia-gsr.eu)
Jozsef Döme’s heartfelt performance reminded us that music is more than art. It is memory, testimony, and resistance against forgetting.
As we honoured the victims and survivors of the Roma Holocaust, this song connected us across generations, ensuring that their stories continue to be heard.
We remember. We honour. We will never forget.
