Daily Archives: May 11, 2024

A Historian on Lety

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Anna Míšková, a co-creator of the Lety exhibition, described the creation of the camp, life and death within it, and also talked about the pre-war position of the Roma in Czech society. She said that even before the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, there were proposals for the establishment of labour camps, there was often an effort to expel the Roma from the territory of the municipalities where they lived.

Well, nearly all Roma from Czechia died in the Holocaust.

Prague: Kali Sarah

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The first annual Kali Sara festival will take place in Prague on May 18, 2024 in the premises of PVA Letňany. The festival is inspired by the traditional meeting of Roma in the French village of Saintes Marie de la Mer and the feast of Saint Sarah, who for many is a symbol of Roma identity and faith.

Bosnia: Saint Georges

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The feast of St. Georges or Đurđevdan is one of the most Roma feast in the Balkans. Here, two articles about it in Bosnia and Hercegovina, close to Sarajevo.

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