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Auschwitz: Commemoration

March 4, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

A commemoration was held on February 26^th in Auschwitz on the 82^nd anniversary of the first Roma transport to the camp.

Rocznica pierwszego transportu Romów do niemieckiego nazistowskiego obozu koncentracyjnego i zagłady Auschwitz-Birkenau. In: Oscwiȩcim Maszemiasto. 26.02.2025. https://oswiecim.naszemiasto.pl/rocznica-pierwszego-transportu-romow-do-niemieckiego-nazistowskiego-obozu-koncentracyjnego-i-zaglady-auschwitz-birkenau/ar/c1p2-27310503

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Czechia, Roma, and Ukrainians

March 4, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

An editorial by Kamila Plachetkov, a Czech Romni who tries to understand why some Roma are spreading hatred against Ukrainians in Czechia. She says: “I have been watching with great concern how hatred in the Czech Republic, which for many years was directed primarily against Roma, is turning against Ukrainians. But what shocks me most is the fact that some Roma are also participating in this hatred.”

Kamila Plachetková: Romové by měli vědět, kam vede nenávist. Proč ji někteří teď šíří proti Ukrajincům a podporují extremisty? In: Romea. 01.03.2025. https://romea.cz/cz/komentare/kamila-plachetkova-romove-by-meli-vedet-kam-vede-nenavist-proc-ji-nekteri-ted-siri-proti-ukrajincum-a-podporuji-extremisty

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Roma and Covid

March 4, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

A book, called “Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research”, subtitled “Lessons from a Time of Crisis published in 2024 by Bristol University Press edited by anthropologist Martin Fotta from Slovakia and by Paloma Gay y Blasco from the University of St Andrews, investigates the impact of the covid pandemic on Roma communities.

Kniha Martina Fotty se zabývá dopady pandemie covidu na romské populace v Evropě i mimo ni. In: Radio Žurnal. 03.03.2025. https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/kniha-martina-fotty-se-zabyva-dopady-pandemie-covidu-na-romske-populace-v-evrope-9421697