This museum does not merely preserve artifacts. It holds concentrated pain — the darkest chapters in human history. The most shameful and brutal crimes of the Nazi regime.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington houses more than 12,000 artifacts, tens of millions of archival documents, and 85,000 historical photographs. To this day, it preserves the testimonies of 9,000 Holocaust survivors — both Jewish and Roma people — who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazis.

During their working trip to the United States, the museum was visited by the president of Voice of Romni, Anzhelika Bielova; the organization’s CEO, Liliia Zaiets; regional coordinator of Voice of Romni, Olha Kovalchuk; and Nataliia Tomenko — Deputy Director of the Agency for Roma Cultural Advocacy “ARCA,” researcher, and cultural heritage expert.

“It feels like walking through a cemetery,” says Anzhelika Bielova. “You look at the photos of people who are no longer here, you read documents that officially recorded their extermination. And you realize that humanity has learned nothing. We said ‘Never again,’ and yet now we see war and genocide return to Ukraine. Russia is committing the same crimes — killing Ukrainians, destroying national minorities, targeting everyone who fights for Ukraine’s freedom.”

The museum includes a dedicated section that explores the history of the genocide of Roma people in detail. It leaves a deep emotional impact. These stories are difficult to tell and painful to hear. But everyone must know about them — so that we do everything possible to ensure such horrors are never repeated.


“One photo won’t let go of your gaze. A family portrait. A smiling Roma couple with two small children in a stroller. But those smiles are fake. They were forced to pose for propaganda — to create the illusion that the Nazis were treating Roma people well,” recalls Anzhelika.

The reality was horrifying: shortly after the photo was taken, one of the little girls became a victim of inhuman experiments. The other girl and their mother were forcibly sterilized. Only the second daughter survived. It was she who later made sure the world would hear her family’s story.

To remember is the duty of each and every one of us. Our voices must speak loudly — about the horrors of the past and the realities Ukrainians are facing today.We are telling these stories and will continue to expose the crimes of the russian army to the world, because we demand justice.Our goal is to prevent a new genocide, because history can repeat itself if we stop fighting for the truth.

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