Memorial Plaque for Romnija and Roma in Holzschlag

Roma organizations, local authorities, and Catholic and Protestant church representatives agreed to establish a memorial in Holzschlag for the Romnija and Roma victims murdered during National Socialism. In 2016, a memorial plaque was inaugurated on the local cemetery. In 2022, the memorial was redesigned with a commemorative stone and surrounding structure. Between 1938 and 1943, the Romnija and Roma of the locality were deported to various forced labor camps and concentration camps. Of the 318 Romnija and Roma who had formerly lived in Holzschlag, roughly half of the total population, only 28 returned to the village in 1945, after the end of the war.