Today, we honor the #memory of the victims of the #RomaGenocide during WW2. Several 100s of thousands were deported & killed.
— Swiss Peace and Human Rights (@SwissPeaceHR) August 2, 2022
Our responsibility is to #remember & stand up against #racism & for #pluralism and #HumanRights. @TheIHRA
📽️ Statement by Ambassador S. Geissbühler ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/5iQSYUyH9z
Daily Archives: August 2, 2022
Roma and Sinti in the German Democratic Republic
After the war, around 600 Sinti lived in the GDR. While they continued to be discriminated against in the West even after the Holocaust, in the socialist state they should have had equal rights as citizens. But that was only partially true. In the GDR, little was known about this minority. Sinti from the GDR have only recently begun to speak publicly about their history.
- Sinti in der DDR: Gleichgestellt und unsichtbar. In: MDR. 02.08.2022. https://www.mdr.de/geschichte/ddr/alltag/sinti-roma-diskriminierung-voelkermord-holocaust-porajmos-100.html
Roma Holocaust
Commemorations of the Roma Holocaust are being held in many places in Europe. One of the main is being held today in Auschwitz in the presence of the President of the German Parliament Bodo Ramelow.
- Ramelow beim Gedenktag für Sinti und Roma in Auschwitz. In: Die Zeit. 01.08.2022. https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-08/01/ramelow-beim-gedenktag-fuer-sinti-und-roma-in-auschwitz
Ukraine Refugees in the Czech Republic
It is not good, as one third of them have experienced discrimination, and children are not enrolled in school.
A shame.
- Czech research finds one-third of Romani refugees from Ukraine have experienced discrimination here, most children are not in education, dual citizenship has not been “abused” by them. In: Romea. 01.08.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-research-finds-one-third-of-romani-refugees-from-ukraine-have-experienced-discrimination-here-most-children-are-not-2
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