If you want to help the Domari people in Palestine, this post has a link and a guide

For context, Raymond Gureme was a survivor of the Romani genocide. He was detained in several Romani internment camps in France starting from the age of 15yo with his family, escaped twice, was deported to a labor camp in Germany, escaped again and joined the French resistance at the mere age of 17yo. He was a very active member of the Resistance, killing Nazis and marching alongside De Gaulle on the day Paris was liberated.

Like most survivors of the Romani genocide and many Romani resistance fighters, Raymond never received any medals of honour for his involvement with the resistance. He and his family never received any form of financial compensation nor was it ever acknowledged that they had been targeted for genocide. 10 years ago, Raymond, in his 80s, was beaten up by French policemen in his own trailer for no other reason than his being Romani.

Two weeks ago his family was held at gunpoint by French policemen who broke into their trailers, destroyed valuables and property and called in several police cars and police helicopters to arrest one single person. This level of violence was completely uncalled for and is clearly an act of intimidation on the part of French cops.

Raymond Gureme is the most emblematic figure of the Romani resistance during World War II and one of the most important figures of the Romani rights movement in postwar western Europe. His family is passing around a petition to meet the region's prefect and ask for justice

This Holocaust Remembrance Day I’d like to remind everyone that 6 million is only the number of Jewish victims, the total number of victims killed in concentration/death camps is estimated to be 11 million, with millions of others killed outside of them.

The non Jewish victims of the holocaust are made up of several demographics including Roma and Sinti, disabled people, queer people, political prisoners, and religious minorities, many of whom where not acknowledged until decades later.

It took until 1982 for the nazi persecution of Roma to be officially acknowledged in Germany, and until 1985 for homosexuals to be acknowledged, because both groups were considered criminals who were rightfully imprisoned rather than victims. Not only did they receive no reparations, but Jewish and political prisoners could be disqualified from victim status if they were discovered to be homosexual.