Daily Archives: March 2, 2018

Remember !

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An act at the memory of the Roma killed in Dubnica nad Váhom as part of the Ma bisteren project which aims to remind people about the victims of the Roma Holocaust. In 1942-1944 a work unit was established in Dubnica nad Váhom, where Romani men were interned. In November 1944,
a “rehabilitation camp for Gypsies” was set up by the Ministry of National Defense. In essence, it was a concentration camp from which transports were planned to the extermination concentration camps abroad. More than 700 Romani men, women and children were concentrated during the month. On February 23, 1945, under the pretext of transportation to the hospital, they were loaded with a truck and taken to a local garrison where they brutally assassinated them.
May they rest in peace.

– Z. Kumanová: Príkoria spáchané na Rómoch nemôžu upadnúť do zabudnutia. In: Teraz. 01.02.2018. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/z-kumanova-prikoria-spachane-na/311309-clanok.html

Vlach Roma in Slovakia

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A Photo exhibition on Vlach Roma women is opening in Bratislava. There are a few problems with the presentation and with the text which mentions a lot “nomadic” Roma. Which Vlach were not really until they were freed from slavery in the 1860’s

– Svet veštkýň z komunity olašských Rómov vám priblíži výstava Lucie Sekerkovej. In: Bratislave Noviny. 28.02.2018. https://www.bratislavskenoviny.sk/kultura/48554-vystava-aku-ste-zrejme-nevideli-zavedie-vas-do-sveta-vsetkyn-z-komunity-olasskych-romov

Ukraine: Volunteers

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An article about volunteers helping homeless and Roma in Kiev. Nice, but actually disturbing: A state of life, i.e. being homeless is cobbled together with a minority. This amalgamation is dangerous as it perpetuates clichés about the minority.
It would have been simple to say “homeless” and add “and among them some Roma” …

– Kyiv volunteers help homeless, Roma people. In: Kyiv Post. 01.03.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/people/journalism-of-tolerance/kyiv-volunteers-help-homeless-roma-people.html

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