An interview of Simonida Selimović about her, and about the Roma festival in Vienna.
– „Wir sind Roma – na und?“. In: Die Presse. 14.05.2018. https://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/5446507/Wir-sind-Roma-na-und [link-preview url=”https://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/5446507/Wir-sind-Roma-na-und”]
Interview with the activists and actresses of Romano Svato, the company behind the show Roma Armee Fraction.
– Austria: Romani Artists Telling Stories of Resistance, Not Victimhood. In: Romea. 02.06.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/austria-romani-artists-telling-stories-of-resistance-not-victimhood [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/austria-romani-artists-telling-stories-of-resistance-not-victimhood”]
An Essay on the rampant racism against Roma which still exists in Austria nowadays. This article dismantles several of them, such as the one of the begging mafia.
A must read.
– Roma werden in Österreich immer noch diskriminiert – und es ist jedem scheißegal. In: Vice. 21.03.2018. https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/j5byxg/roma-werden-in-osterreich-immer-noch-diskriminiert-und-es-ist-jedem-scheissegal [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/j5byxg/roma-werden-in-osterreich-immer-noch-diskriminiert-und-es-ist-jedem-scheissegal”]
Look at “Romano Svato” – a Roma theatre, a film and cultural association in Vienna, Austria.
– https://www.facebook.com/romanosvato/
– http://www.romanosvato.at [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/romanosvato/ “]
Another article in the French Press on the retrospective of Ceija Stojka’s work.
– Ceija Stojka, une artiste rom dans le siècle. In: Exponaute. 27.02.2018. http://www.exponaute.com/magazine/2018/02/27/ceija-stojka-une-artiste-rom-dans-le-siecle/ [link-preview url=”http://www.exponaute.com/magazine/2018/02/27/ceija-stojka-une-artiste-rom-dans-le-siecle/”]
An article about the tragic fate of the Roma in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. The Roma part of the Ghetto was liquidated 76 years ago. Many of the Roma there came from the Austrian Burgenland.
May they rest in peace.
– Tragiczna historia Romów z Litzmannstadt Ghetto. In: Dzeinnik Łodzki. 18.01.2018. https://plus.dzienniklodzki.pl/historia/a/tragiczna-historia-romow-z-litzmannstadt-ghetto,12854450 [link-preview url=”https://plus.dzienniklodzki.pl/historia/a/tragiczna-historia-romow-z-litzmannstadt-ghetto,12854450″]
Course on Media in Austria [link-preview url=””]
It is fairly bad if the president of a country feels obliged to reassure Holocaust survivors that they don’t risk anything… This is what happened in Austria, on the background of an Austrian interior minister who suggested to “concentrate” refugees in camps.
– Austrian President Seeks to Reassure Holocaust Survivors on Government. In: USNews (Reuters). 11.01.2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-11/austrian-president-seeks-to-reassure-holocaust-survivors-on-government
– FPÖ-Innenminister Kickl will Flüchtlinge “konzentriert” an einem Ort halten. In: Die Welt. 11.01.2018. https://www.welt.de/newsticker/news1/article172400202/Parteien-FPOE-Innenminister-Kickl-will-Fluechtlinge-konzentriert-an-einem-Ort-halten.html [link-preview url=”https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-11/austrian-president-seeks-to-reassure-holocaust-survivors-on-government “]
Romano Centro published yesterday its third report on Antitziganism in Austria. A must read and well done!
– Wien | Video | Dritter Antiziganismus-Bericht erschienen. In: Romblog. 14.12.2017.
http://www.romblog.at/2017/12/14/wien-video-3-antiziganismus-bericht-erschienen/ [link-preview url=”http://www.romblog.at/2017/12/14/wien-video-3-antiziganismus-bericht-erschienen/”]
A series of stumbling stones commemorating victims of the Holocaust, among them Roma, are set up in Vienna.
At a time where Vienna is again taking a sharp right turn, this is a reminder of what such policies can lead to.
– Vienna’s Dark WWII History is Literally Embedded in its Streets. In: Vice. 08.12.2017. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xw84a/viennas-dark-wwii-history-is-literally-embedded-in-its-streets [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xw84a/viennas-dark-wwii-history-is-literally-embedded-in-its-streets”]
An article about the effects of forbidding begging in cities. This does not eradicate this issue, it just distributes it …
– Roma: Bettelverbote lösen die Probleme nicht. In: ORF Vorarblerg. 06.11.2017. http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2876441/ [link-preview url=”http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2876441/”]
A research view on the persecution of Roma and Sinti in Austria and other countries. This was not a punctual process, but rather a long evolution that culminated in the Holocaust.
They are right.
– „Nicht alles kam auf Druck der Nazis“ In: Science ORF. http://science.orf.at/stories/2873209/ [link-preview url=”http://science.orf.at/stories/2873209/”]
An interview with Christian Klippl, president of the Austrian Roma Cultural Association in which he asks for a right for minorities to have their language taught in schools.
– Servus Szia Zdravo Del tuha. In: ORF. 08.10.2017. http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/85512/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/13948547/Kulturverein-Oesterreichischer-Roma-Fest-der-Roma-und-Freunde/14148949 [link-preview url=”http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/85512/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/13948547/Kulturverein-Oesterreichischer-Roma-Fest-der-Roma-und-Freunde/14148949″]
A report on the “Stolpersteine” in Salzburg, the small stones on the pavement commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. In Salzburg, there are a dozen of stones devoted to Roma, even though they were the largest victim group in that city.
Needless to say, these memorials are still controversial in Austria.
– Austrians tread carefully as underfoot Holocaust memorials remain controversial. In: The Times of Israel. 11.08.2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/austrians-tread-carefully-as-underfoot-holocaust-memorials-remain-controversial/ [link-preview url=”http://www.timesofisrael.com/austrians-tread-carefully-as-underfoot-holocaust-memorials-remain-controversial/”]
The traditional Roma pilgrimage of Mariazell in Austria will be taking place next Sunday, August 13th.
– Traditionelle Roma-Wallfahrt mit Weihbischof Scharl nach Mariazell. In: Mariazell.at. 07.08.2017. http://www.mariazell.at/2017/08/07/traditionelle-roma-wallfahrt-mit-weihbischof-scharl-nach-mariazell-475/ [link-preview url=”http://www.mariazell.at/2017/08/07/traditionelle-roma-wallfahrt-mit-weihbischof-scharl-nach-mariazell-475/”]
An interesting article from the catholic church about the Roma victims of the Holocaust in the Diocese of Eisenstadt in the Easern part of the country. There, the camp of Lackenbach had more than 4’000 local Roma who were doing forced labour in appalling conditions. Many more were simply sent to death camps.
– Österreich: Ermordeten Roma Würde zurückgeben. In: Radio Vatican. 22.06.2017. http://de.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/22/österreich_ermordeten_roma_würde_zurückgeben/1320729 [link-preview url=”http://de.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/22/österreich_ermordeten_roma_würde_zurückgeben/1320729″]
The exhibition Romane Thana – where Roma themselves come to word, is opening in the Westernmost part of Austria. A place that is often not welcoming to Roma.
– Vorarlberg museum will mit “Zigeuner”-Vorurteilen aufräumen. In: VOL.at. 23.05.2017. http://www.vol.at/vorarlberg-museum-will-mit-zigeuner-vorurteilen-aufraeumen/5295962
vorarlberg museum: Romane Thana. In: ORF. 23.05.2017. http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2845120/ [link-preview url=”http://www.vol.at/vorarlberg-museum-will-mit-zigeuner-vorurteilen-aufraeumen/5295962 “]
A commemoration was held on the Barankapark in Vienna, a place where, before the war, Rroma and Sinti camped. This commemoration has been held for the last 20 years in honour of the victims of the deportations.
– Künstler gedenken Roma und Sinti. In: ORF. 20.05.2017. http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2844403/ [link-preview url=”http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2844403/”]
An exhibition in Vienna shows the roots and the facts about the Rroma Holocaust in World War Two.
Good, especially since Austria did little work in this respect.
– Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit: Ausstellung zeigt Völkermord and Roma. In: Vienna Online. 09.05.2017. http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522 [link-preview url=”http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522″]
The Vienna based association “Romano Centro” has started a project of educational coaches helping young Rroma children to learn.
GOOD!
– Studentische Bildungscoaches für Roma-Kinder. In: Der Standard. 28.04.2017. http://derstandard.at/2000056611851/Studentische-Bildungscoaches-fuer-Roma-Kinder [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000056611851/Studentische-Bildungscoaches-fuer-Roma-Kinder”]
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