Worthy reading!
- Die Macht der Worte – vom Schweigen zum Widerstand. In: Deutsche Welle. 21.02.2022. https://www.dw.com/de/die-macht-der-worte-vom-schweigen-zum-widerstand/a-60858216
Roma Holocaust
Category Archives: Germany
Portrait
A portrait of an activist, Gianni Jovanovic.
- Autor und Aktivist Gianni Jovanovic “Ich habe es in der Hand, der Mensch zu sein, der ich will”. In: Deutschlandfunk Nova. 20.02.2022. https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/gianni-jovanovic-hass-und-hetze-deutschland-du-kannst-weh-tun
Hanau – Two Years
A reportage on the aftermath of the killings in Hanau, Germany
- EINE STADT IN TRAUER, EINE COMMUNITY IN TRÜMMERN. In: Bell Tower. 18.02.2022. https://www.belltower.news/hanau-reportage-eine-stadt-in-trauer-eine-community-in-truemmern-128207/?fbclid=IwAR0xUBks2TTxLODQrGkCGpKE4RQRcqFJ-MvuE8H6nCAGCL_fca5PK8R0moM
Holocaust: Witness
The story of a young Romni from Ingolstadt, as told by her daughter.
- So viel Leid erlebte eine Ingolstädterin im KZ. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. 12.02.2022. https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/ingolstadt-so-viel-leid-erlebte-eine-ingolstaedterin-im-kz-id61745016.html
Saarbrücken: Memorial
Saarbrücken granted a credit for building a memorial to the murdered Roma and Sinti.
- 40 000 Euro für Mahnmal der ermordeten Sinti und Roma in Saarbrücken. In: Saarbrückerzeitung. 09.02.2022. https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saarbruecken/saarbruecken/saarbruecken-mahnmal-fuer-ermordete-sinti-und-roma-kostet-40-000-euro_aid-66090501
Germany and Racial Profiling
A court in Germany concluded that racial profiling is not correct and forbidden in the case of the control of a young man from Guinea. Racial profiling also affects Roma.
Good.
- Junger Mann aus Guinea gewinnt Klage wegen Racial Profiling. In: Die Welt. 02.02.2022. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article236642781/Dresden-Mann-aus-Guinea-gewinnt-Klage-gegen-Polizei-wegen-Racial-Profiling.html
Sachsenhausen Trial
The chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, emphasized the importance of trials of Nazi crimes. “It’s about establishing guilt, not about revenge or about bringing an old man to prison,” said Rose on Friday before the start of the 22nd day of the trial in the trial of a suspected former concentration camp guard in Brandenburg/Havel. “But our society must distance itself from such perpetrators.”
- Sachsenhausen-Prozess: Romani Rose hofft auf Schuldfeststellung. In: Jüdische Allgemeine. 28.01.2022. https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/sachsenhausen-prozess-romani-rose-hofft-auf-schuldfeststellung/
- Sachsenhausen-Prozess: Romani Rose hofft auf Schuldfeststellung. In: Evangelisch. 28.01.2022. https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/196418/28-01-2022/sachsenhausen-prozess-romani-rose-hofft-auf-schuldfeststellung
- Romani Rose: «Es geht um Schuldfeststellung, nicht um Rache». In: Stern. 28.01.2022. https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/regional/romani-rose—es-geht-um-schuldfeststellung–nicht-um-rache–31578090.html
Germany: Critique
The President of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament, Muhterem Aras, criticized the way in which Sinti and Roma are treated in south-west Germany. “We are just not as tolerant and open as we sometimes pretend to be,” said the Greens politician to the “Schwäbische Zeitung”. Sinti and Roma are German citizens, they are part of our society.
- Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine. 27.01.2022. https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma-17756896.html
- Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Wochenblatt. 27.01.2022. https://wochenblatt-online.de/aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma/
- Aras kritisiert zu Gedenktag Umgang mit Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.01.2022. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/geschichte-ravensburg-aras-kritisiert-zu-gedenktag-umgang-mit-sinti-und-roma-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-220127-99-868367
Auschwitz Liberation
A Remembrance ceremony will be held in Freiburg to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
- Gegen das Vergessen: Auschwitz-Gedenken in Freiburg. In: SWR. 26.01.2022. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/suedbaden/gegen-das-vergessen-auschwitz-gedenken-in-freiburg-100.html
Remember
A ceremony was held on the Holocaust Remembrance Day on the site of the first camp for Sinti and Roma in Berlin Marzahn by representatives of Sinti and Roma.
- “Erinnerung ist kein Nullsummenspiel”. In: Tagesspeigel. 27.01.2022. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/holocaust-gedenken-der-sinti-und-roma-erinnerung-ist-kein-nullsummenspiel/28016170.html
Remembrance
On the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Protestant Church of Reconciliation Dachau commemorates the genocide of the Sinti and Roma, which began 80 years ago in the Kulmhof extermination camp. Church councilor Björn Mensing said that around 5,000 Sinti and Roma from the nearby so-called “Gypsy camp” on the edge of the Lodz ghetto were brutally murdered. The focus of the commemoration is the fate of the Austrian Sinti family Endress.
- Holocaust-Gedenktag 2022: Erinnerung an 80 Jahre Völkermord an Sinti und Roma. In: Sonntagsblatt. 25.01.2022. https://www.sonntagsblatt.de/holocaust-gedenktag-sinti-roma
Premiere …
https://proudroma.org/main-page/new-film-inspiring-pride-in-roma-identity-to-premiere-this-month/?fbclid=IwAR3NF9S3_z1L14joP10pdmnZt4NPRyJBJyYr0D2Ce3AdOLngiE7rFqt66xw
New Movie
A new movie to watch.
- New Film Inspiring Pride in Roma Identity to Premiere This Month. In: Proudroma.org.https://proudroma.org/main-page/new-film-Movie-pride-in-roma-identity-to-premiere-this-month/?fbclid=IwAR3NF9S3_z1L14joP10pdmnZt4NPRyJBJyYr0D2Ce3AdOLngiE7rFqt66xw
Zilli Schmidt
Zilli Schmidt, one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp, received the Federal Cross of Merit in Mannheim on Friday evening. Mayor Peter Kurz (SPD) paid tribute to the 97-year-old for her political commitment as a member of German Sinti and Roma. Zilli Schmidt was persecuted by the National Socialists as a “Gypsy”. Her parents, her two sisters and her daughter Gretel were murdered in Auschwitz. After the Second World War, Zilli Schmidt built a new life in Mannheim. Under the title “God has planned something for me!” she published her biography two years ago.
- Bundesverdienstkreuz für Zilli Schmidt. In: SWR Aktuell. 22.01.2022. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/bundesverdientskreuz-zilli-schmidt-100.html
Invisible
Another case of a successful Sinto who doesn’t out himself for fear of losing clients.
All too common still
- Schweigen: Der Preis, um aufzusteigen. In: Deutsche Welle. 20.01.2022. https://www.dw.com/de/sinti-roma-schweigen-der-preis-um-aufzusteigen/a-60498047
Munich – Exhibition
An exhibition entitled “Last Seen” opened in Munich.
It shows pictures of people who were deported by the Nazis and later killed, with several of Sinti and Roma.
- München · Bilder der NS-Deportation. In: Wochenanzeiger. 21.01.2022. https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/242340.html
Memorial
A memorial for the Sinti and Roma murdered during the National Socialist era is to be erected in Saarbrücken. According to the city, the memorial will be erected at the parish church of St. Michael in St. Johann.
- Saarbrücken plant Mahnmal für Sinti und Roma. In: SR. 20.01.2022. https://www.sr.de/sr/home/nachrichten/panorama/saarbruecken_mahnmal_fuer_sinti_und_roma_geplant_100.html
80 Years
On the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference where the fate of Jews was sealed, the head of memorial ponders about parallels between the past and the present.
- 80 Jahre Wannsee-Konferenz: Erinnern hört nie auf. In: Deutsche Welle. 20.01.2022. https://www.dw.com/de/80-jahre-wannsee-konferenz-deborah-hartmann/a-60474727
Germany: Project and Exhibition
Around 60 youngsters from the Albert Einstein School (AES) will now be able to guide their classmates through an exhibition entitled “The Path of the Sinti and Roma”. They have been trained accordingly. The students are involved in a project called “School without Racism – School with Courage”.
- “Vorurteile sind das Übel”. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. 19.01.2022. https://www.fnp.de/lokales/main-taunus/schwalbach-ort95921/vorurteile-sind-das-uebel-91247129.html
Hamburg and Holocaust
The controversy on the Documentation Centre and the memorial of the Hannover Railway station is being solved. The Documentation Centre will have its own building.
The controversy arose as the initial location of the centre was in a building shared with a company who is linked to Nazis.
- Streit um das Denkmal Hannoverscher Bahnhof ist beigelegt. In: NDR. 17.01.2022. https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Streit-um-das-Denkmal-Hannoverscher-Bahnhof-ist-beigelegt,hamj118034.html
- Nach Protest: NS-Gedenkstätte in Hamburg wird verlegt. Hamburger Abendblatt. 17.01.2022. https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article234338085/hamburg-hafencity-ns-dokuzentrum-hannoverscher-bahnhof-wird-verlegt-denk-mal.html
- Ärger um Nachbarn: Hamburger Gedenkstätte für NS-Opfer wird verlegt. In: Hamburger Morgenpost. 17.01.2022. https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/aerger-um-nachbarn-hamburger-ns-gedenkstaette-wird-verlegt/
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