An article about August 2nd, but also about the fate of Roma in Slovakia during the War.
Thousands of believers, mostly from eastern Slovakia, took part in the traditional Roma pilgrimage in Gaboltov in the Bardejov district on Sunday.
A sad video of Roma mistreating a limping horse who pulls a full cart in Slovenia.
An article that describes the fate of some of the Slovenian Roma during World War Two. What is interesting here is the census data from prior to the war.
A reportage on where it is best to live in the Balkans if one is Rom. As usual, unfortunately, one only speaks about the very visible Roma.
Not much in France this week: An article on the commemoration of August 2nd in the Rivesaltes camp in France. Roma were imprisoned in this camp during World War Two. And finally, the arrestation of three young French who were planning to kidnap and kill two Roma.
Some statements and articles from Western Europe.
A few articles in the Czech press for the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz Birkenau.
Quite a few articles in the Polish press for the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz Birkenau. Focus on the very high level German delegation.
Quite a few articles in the Slovak press for the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz Birkenau.
Some of the prominent speakers at the August 2nd commemoration in Auschwitz 1.
An article in the Times of Israel on the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz
On August 1st, 2024, a conference was held in Krakow on the commemoration of th 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz.
Full video of the events on August 2nd in Auschwitz.
The full video of the political speakers and public for the August 2nd commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma.
A new documentary called “Sam Rom” [we are Roma] shows the lived of Roma from all over the place in their new home in Donegal.
The icon of Romani culture, almost 80-year-old Olga Fečová, a woman with indomitable energy, presents her life in a book that tells the story of the Roma in Czechoslovakia on the basis of an individual destiny. The selection from the book is complemented by excerpts from an interview with the author, filmed for the non-profit organization Romea as part of the Roma memory project.
The town of Pilsen, Czechia, deployed joint patrols of Ukrainians and local Roma for crime prevention.
Sixteen thousand Ukrainians live in this city of 170,000, and there are no exact figures on the number of Roma. According to Tereza Schliková from the press department of the Pilsen city police,”Each community defends its own, they don’t need to meet each other. But when it comes down to it, we use combined patrols of Roma and Ukrainian prevention officers who can eventually calm the situation.”
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