The City of Freiburg is organising help for refugees from the Ukraine, also for Roma.
Romani Rose has been chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma since 1982, that is for 40 years. Born in Heidelberg, he received a lot of recognition for his commitment to fighting discrimination. However, Romani Rose still sees prejudices against Sinti and Roma in society. The 75-year-old comes from a Sinti family. 13 members of his family were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp and in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. With the Heidelberg Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose commemorates the Nazi genocide of the European Sinti and Roma.
Th European Member of Parliament Romeo Franz, a Sinto, is the EU representative for Bosnia and Hercegovina and warns of the potential of further conflicts in the Western Balkans.
An article about “Ukrainian” (sic.!) refugees complaining being housed in a gym and who are allegedly Roma, not necessarily from the Ukraine.
If you write such articles, you should (a) know what you are talking about and (b) not make allegations that can neither be proved nor disproved. If the refugees had a Ukrainian ID, they are from the Ukraine. If they are not, it is also pretty easy to know, as they will not speak Ukrainian or Russian.
Crap journalism.
A movie on the Sinti and Roma movement that led to the recognition of the Holocaust and beyond.
A convoy of buses is driving towards the Polish Ukrainian border with the aim of bringing back 170 refugees.
It has been 40 years since Germany acknowledged the Roma Holocaust. Nevertheless, discriminations still perdure.
An interview of Alexander Diepold. Himself a Sinto, and the founder of the “Madhouse” a project that helps problematic youth to integrate.
Today marks the commemoration of the deportation of Sinti from Munich.
Gianni Jovanovic, Roma activist and homosexual recently published a book on his life.
Mehmet Daimagüler becomes the first German representative against antiziganism. He is a well know lawyer.
Around 100 Sinti and Roma from Hanover were deported to Auschwitz in March 1943. At a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ahlem memorial, the city and region recalled the injustice of the Nazi era – and called for the fight against prejudice.
A series in German TV on Roma.
The German federal government wants to better record attacks on Sinti and Roma in the future with a civil society monitoring agency. With this, Berlin is pursuing a goal of a fight against racism.
Interview with two of the star actors of the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin.
Experiences of discrimination are still part of everyday life for Sinti and Roma in Germany. The federal government now wants to counteract this grievance with an antitziganism strategy. The appointment of an antiziganism commissioner, as agreed in the coalition agreement, has not yet taken place.
The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma welcomes the national strategy adopted by the Federal Government “Fight antigypsyism, ensure participation!”
Worthy reading!
A portrait of an activist, Gianni Jovanovic.
A reportage on the aftermath of the killings in Hanau, Germany
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