The museum has extended the deadline for submitting bids for the demolition of the pigsty in Lety

Brno – The Museum of Romani Culture in Brno has extended the deadline for submitting bids for the demolition of the pig farm in Lety near Písek from today until April 20, where it will build a Memorial for the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti in Bohemia. CTK was informed today by the museum's spokesperson, Karolina Spielmannová. The reason was inquiries from interested parties, and according to Spielmannová, it is possible that the deadline will be extended again. The demolition is expected to begin this summer, and the museum aims to open the memorial next year.

During World War II, there was a concentration camp for Roma at the site. Later, a pig farm was established there. The state purchased it in 2018 for 450 million from the company Agpi, which kept 13,000 pigs there. The state allocated 110 million crowns for the demolition of the pig farm. The estimated costs for the creation of the memorial exceeded 30 million, but according to Spielmannová, considering the rising material prices, they will likely increase, though she did not know the exact amount yet. Part will be covered by grants from Norwegian funds and part by the state budget.

The deadline for submitting bids for the demolition of the pig farm was supposed to end today, but has been extended to April 20. "The deadline may still be extended, depending on incoming inquiries," said Spielmannová.

According to historians, between August 1942 and May 1943, 1,308 Roma, including men, women, and children, passed through the camp in Lety, 327 of whom died there, and over 500 ended up in the Auschwitz concentration camp.