Category Archives: Germany

Condemnation

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Condemnation

A 101 year old former Sachsenhausen concentration camp guard was condemned to five years of prison. The anti-Semitism commissioner and the antiziganism commissioner of the Federal Government, the Central Council of Sinti and Roma and other voices welcomed the judge’s verdict.

Leipzig – Roma Festival

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Leipzig – Roma Festival

For the second time.

Germany and Racism

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Germany and Racism

The fight against anti-Roma racism has been declared a state goal in some of Germany’s Laender, and the Federal government also want to act. Victims of this pervasive racism report.

Brandenburg Constitution

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With the inclusion of the fight against antigypsyism as a state goal, Brandenburg would be the second federal state after Schleswig-Holstein to write this down in its constitution, Central Council of German Sinti and Roma President Romani Rose told the Evangelical Press Service (epd). “This would be an important step that would make it clear that Sinti and Roma have been at home in Germany for centuries, including in Brandenburg.”

Hate Speech in Germany

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Hate Speech in Germany

Well, unfortunately, not much is done about it in Germany, at least not on the internet.

Germany and Roma

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Germany and Roma

Mehmet Daimaguler is the Federal Government’s first Antiziganism Commissioner. In the interview he talks about the Sinti and Roma Holocaust, about their scandalous treatment in the post-war period and about the ongoing discrimination.

16 May 1940

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16 May 1940

Deportations of Sinti and Roma started on the 16th of May 1940. Commemorations were held in several German Länder.

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