Memorial Stone for Romnija and Roma in Jois

Pastor Dr. Franz Hillinger, who as a child had witnessed the arrest of the Romnija and Roma in his home village of Jois, initiated the erection of a memorial stone for the Romnija and Roma on the occasion of the redesigning of the square and the construction of the fire station on the „Spiegelhöhe“. Originally, this square housed the Roma settlement of Jois. At the instigation of the community, the twelve Roma huts had to be abandoned in 1936, and the approximately 120 residents were resettled to a remote piece of land along the railway line.