Daily Archives: August 30, 2022

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Duda and the Litzmannstadt Ghetto

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“The truth about the Holocaust is and will remain a shocking warning against disregarding chauvinism and imperialism in any form,” stressed President Andrzej Duda in a letter read during the celebration of the 78th anniversary of the liquidation of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto and the 80th anniversary of the so-called Wielka Szpera.

There were also Roma in the Ghetto.

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Hungary: Roma Design

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Clothes and accessories designed by the two sisters, Erika and Helén, are now internationally known, having been added to the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, presented at the Cannes Film Festival, for example. Their goal is to use the tools of their own Roma culture and the treasure of its traditional motifs to shape today’s clothing fashion.

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Interview with the Slovak Plenipotentiary

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Ján Hero, the Slovak plenipotentiary for Roma communities grew up with his parents and nine siblings in difficult conditions in a Roma settlement. When his mother died, he was taken in by an aunt who made sure he graduated from college. He succeeded in the demanding field of nuclear energy machines at the Faculty of Engineering, and later studied teaching. In the past, he worked at the Ministry of Education and Culture, founded a private gymnasium for talented children in Kreminica.

Ján Hero has been the government representative for Roma communities for several months.

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