4 March 1935The city of Magdeburg, Germany, decides to set up a detention camp for Sinti and Roma.
1938
13 – 18 June 1938During the ‘Aktion Arbeitsscheu Reich’, large groups of Sinti and Roma, all men, are arrested for the first time and sent to Buchenwald, Dachau and Sachsenhausen concentration camps in Germany.
1943
26 February 1943The first Sinti and Roma are deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Camp Section BIIe on the basis of the ‘Auschwitz Decree’. From 1 March 1943, further deportation trains with Sinti and Roma arrive almost daily.
1998
29 October 1998In Magdeburg, Germany, a memorial to the Sinti and Roma deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp is unveiled in front of the cathedral.
2009
1 March 2009In Magdeburg, Germany, a memorial is unveiled on the site of the former detention camp.
