Exhibition on the Romany Holocaust opens in Prague

An exhibition on the Romany Holocaust, which premiered in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, opened on Thursday in Prague. It documents the fate of individuals and whole families who were killed by the Nazis during World War Two. The exhibition also aims to highlight prevailing discrimination against the Romany population in present day Europe. An estimated nine million Roma live in the EU countries and 15 million in the whole of Europe. Close to 11,000 people claimed Romany nationality in the Czech Republic's latest census but the country is believed to be home to some 250,000 Roma.