Since the start of the European Union and the entry of Central and Eastern European countries, the Roma and Sinti are the largest minority in Europe. Their culture has a long history of travelling, music and dancing, and has been for many decades a great source of inspiration for artists, writers, composers, musicians and filmmakers. She thus has a major impact on European culture.But besides this the Roma and Sinti, such as the Jews, have a history of oppression and persecution, with the tragic climax of the 2th World War.This last story is largely suppressed. The Requiem for the Auschwitz project is a link between this forgotten history, the situation as it is now shaping up for them and the importance of the Roma culture for that of Europe.The Dutch musician and composer Roger sinto "Moreno" Rathgeb composed a requiem for all victims - Jews, Roma and Sinti, resistance fighters, homosexuals - from Auschwitz. This work has to be executed in the period 2011 / 2013 in five European countries by 75 professional Roma and Sinti musicians, supplemented with choirs and soloists from the countries concerned.The performances are at each guest place the hub of a series of cultural events, exhibitions, conferences and screenings of films and documentaries, organized with the knowledge of the various partners and implemented in the participating countries. Intercultural encounters are ultimately the link between all parties. That's where virtuosity and knowledge come together in new partnerships.The project draws a historical line from past through present to the future and draws a geographic line from Western to Eastern Europe, where most Roma live.Ultimately, the project makes the cultural connection between citizens and Roma with a view: the crossing of borders. Through mutual understanding, cooperation and further development of subprojects distances can be bridged. Key is the fact that no common future will exist without knowledge of each other and of the past.