An excellent reportage on the fate of refugees that were forced to go back to their home country from Germany. Especially in Kosovo, their fate is bad.
– Die Heimatlosen. In: Der Spiegel. 21.07.2018. http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/abschiebung-von-deutschland-in-den-kosovo-die-heimatlosen-a-1217584.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/abschiebung-von-deutschland-in-den-kosovo-die-heimatlosen-a-1217584.html”]
An exhibition in Leipzig is showing photographs of Sinti taken in central Germany between 1932 and 1939. Hanns Weltzel, the photographer knew the families and published some of his work in the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society in 1935.
– Ausstellung zu Sinti und Roma im Felsenkeller. In: Leipziginfo. 14.07.2018. https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/leipzig/2018/07/ausstellung-zu-sinti-und-roma-im-felsenkeller/ [link-preview url=”https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/leipzig/2018/07/ausstellung-zu-sinti-und-roma-im-felsenkeller/”]
The situation of Roma and Sinti in Mannheim, Germany is not always good. There is a clear lack of money to help the poorest members of the minority, and their academic achievements are often low.
– Geld und Bildung fehlen. In: Morgenweb. 14.07.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-geld-und-bildung-fehlen-_arid,1282271.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-geld-und-bildung-fehlen-_arid,1282271.html”]
Two more articles on the AfD proposal to count Roma in Sachsen, and that luckily they got slapped for it. But still, in Germany, with the Nazi precedent, the mere fact that they proposed it is bad.
– AfD will Sinti und Roma zählen lassen – und bekommt harte Abfuhr. In: HuffPost (DE). 10.07.2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/afd-sinti-roma-abfuhr_de_5b445b43e4b07aea7543705c
– AfD will Sinti und Roma zählen lassen – Sachsen: „Erhebung ethnischer Daten verboten“. In: Sputnik News. 10.07.2018. https://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20180710321486183-afd-sinti-roma-zahlungen/ [link-preview url=”https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/afd-sinti-roma-abfuhr_de_5b445b43e4b07aea7543705c “]
The AfD party did not come through with their proposal for counting Roma in Sachsen.
The real shame is that they proposed it …
– ERFASSUNG VON SINTI UND ROMA IN SACHSEN? ABFUHR FÜR DIE AFD. In: Tag 24. 10.07.2018. https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/sebastian-gemkow-afd-dresden-erfassung-von-sinti-roma-in-sachsen-abfuhr-fuer-die-afd-carsten-huetter-678733 [link-preview url=”https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/sebastian-gemkow-afd-dresden-erfassung-von-sinti-roma-in-sachsen-abfuhr-fuer-die-afd-carsten-huetter-678733″]
A new program was launched in several countries. It aims to develop initiatives that further the public dialogue and abolish the increasingly sharp divides between Roma na d the rest of the population as well as and deducing radicalization in a polarised society in seven countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany).
– Ako práčovňa na Horehroní rieši problémy nezamestnanosti Rómov. In: TV SME. 04.07.2018. https://tv.sme.sk/v/36852/ako-pracovna-na-horehroni-riesi-problemy-nezamestnanosti-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://tv.sme.sk/v/36852/ako-pracovna-na-horehroni-riesi-problemy-nezamestnanosti-romov.html”]
An article which shows the stark reality of the life of returning Roma refugees. Germany has been sending back Roma from former Yugoslavia back to their countries of origins on the premises that these are “safe”.
The returnees are left to their own means and face a difficult time.
– “Die haben meine Träume geraubt”. In: Deutschland Funk Kultur. 21.06.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/roma-rueckkehrer-auf-dem-balkan-die-haben-meine-traeume.979.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=420690 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/roma-rueckkehrer-auf-dem-balkan-die-haben-meine-traeume.979.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=420690″]
Well, not far beyond the Italian Northern League, one also finds AfD… Proposal from that party to count Roma.
Last time it was done in Germany, it was not really good …
– “So haben die Nazis auch angefangen”: AfD will Sinti und Roma erfassen lassen. In: Huffpost. 26.06.2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/so-haben-die-nazis-auch-angefangen-afd-will-sinti-und-roma-erfassen-lassen_de_5b3237e7e4b0b745f177cb8b [link-preview url=”https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/so-haben-die-nazis-auch-angefangen-afd-will-sinti-und-roma-erfassen-lassen_de_5b3237e7e4b0b745f177cb8b”]
The Roma Philharmonic performed the Requiem for Auschwitz during the Wiesbaden Culture weeks.
– „Requiem für Auschwitz“ im Rahmen der Kulturwochen gegen Antiziganismus in Wiesbaden. In: Wiesbadener Kurier. 21.06.2018. http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/requiem-fuer-auschwitz-im-rahmen-der-kulturwochen-gegen-antiziganismus-in-wiesbaden_18865768.htm# [link-preview url=”http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/requiem-fuer-auschwitz-im-rahmen-der-kulturwochen-gegen-antiziganismus-in-wiesbaden_18865768.htm#”]
After a long suspense, the Roma Philharmonic finally succeeded in playing the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in the context of the Wiesbaden weeks on Roma culture and against anti-Tsiganism.
Good that it finally worked out!
– Roma- und Sinti-Philharmoniker: ein Orchester für Millionen. In: Hessenschau 17.06.2018. https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/roma–und-sinti-philharmoniker-ein-orchester-fuer-millionen,roma-sinti-philharmoniker-100.html
– Riccardo M Sahiti dirigiert am Dienstag im Staatstheater Wiesbaden das „Requiem für Auschwitz“. In: Echo Online. 17.06.2018. http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/riccardo-m-sahiti-dirigiert-am-dienstag-im-staatstheater-wiesbaden-das-requiem-fuer-auschwitz_18853218.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/roma–und-sinti-philharmoniker-ein-orchester-fuer-millionen,roma-sinti-philharmoniker-100.html “]
Another event during the culture weeks in Wiesbaden. A speech against discrimination.
– Wiesbadener Kulturwochen gegen Antiziganismus: Rinaldo Strauß vom Landesverband Deutscher Sinti und Roma spricht über Diskriminierung. In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt. 06.06.2018. http://www.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/wiesbadener-kulturwochen-gegen-antiziganismus-rinaldo-strauss-vom-landesverband-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-spricht-ueber-diskriminierung_18820287.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/wiesbadener-kulturwochen-gegen-antiziganismus-rinaldo-strauss-vom-landesverband-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-spricht-ueber-diskriminierung_18820287.htm”]
A workshop with school children on stereotypes and a concert in Germany with Dotschy Reinhardt.
– Klischees und Wirklichkeit von Sinti und Roma. In: SWP. 06.06.2018. https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/ehingen/stigmatisierung-entgegentreten-26905554.html
– Sinti-Klänge im historischen Spiegelsaal. In: Schwäbische. 06.06.2018. https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/alb-donau-kreis/obermarchtal_artikel,-sinti-klänge-im-historischen-spiegelsaal-_arid,10881141.html [link-preview url=”https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/ehingen/stigmatisierung-entgegentreten-26905554.html “]
In the context of the culture weeks in Wiesbaden, an exhibition is being held in Wiesbaden.
– Ausstellung „Der Weg der Sinti und Roma“ im Wiesbadener Stadtmuseum. In: Echo. 01.06.2018. http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/ausstellungen/ausstellung-der-weg-der-sinti-und-roma-im-wiesbadener-stadtmuseum_18804993.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/ausstellungen/ausstellung-der-weg-der-sinti-und-roma-im-wiesbadener-stadtmuseum_18804993.htm”]
The Khamoro Festival opened in Prague last Sunday. An exhibition on Roma was also unveiled in this context. Romani Rose, President of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma was present at the inauguration and gave a speech.
– VERDRÄNGT UND GELEUGNET: DAS SCHICKSAL DER ROMA. In: Radio Prague. 29.05.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/verdraengt-und-geleugnet-das-schicksal-der-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/verdraengt-und-geleugnet-das-schicksal-der-roma”]
The DDR book “Nackt unter Wölfen” [Naked among wolves] was for a long time a classic. A tale of heroic communists who liberated Buchenwald from inside, and who saved a Jewish child. The child effectively existed and survived. But survived he did because another child was sent to his death in Auschwitz. He was a Sinto.
– Welcher Junge kam nach Auschwitz? In: Die Zeit. 16.05.2018. https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/das-kind-auf-der-liste-annette-leo [link-preview url=”https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/das-kind-auf-der-liste-annette-leo”]
The Roma Philharmonic finally managed to find the funding to play the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in the context of the Weeks against Anti-Tziganism in Wiesbaden.
Good!
– Das Requiem der Sinti und Roma ist gesichert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 15.05.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-das-requiem-der-sinti-und-roma-ist-gesichert-a-1505301 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-das-requiem-der-sinti-und-roma-ist-gesichert-a-1505301″]
The Berlin police intervened last Sunday in a park after finding a group of Roma roasting entire lambs on a spit for Djudjevan. They had to leave but other than that, no further actions were taken. The Roma were from Croatia and Bosnia.
– Romi iz BiH in Hrvaške so kar sredi berlinskega parka postavili žar in si pekli ovce. In: Reporter. 09.05.2018. https://reporter.si/clanek/magazin/romi-iz-bih-in-hrvaske-so-kar-sredi-berlinskega-parka-postavili-zar-in-si-pekli-ovce-637422
– Sredi Berlina skupina Romov pekla jagenjčke na ražnju. In: Primorske Novice. 08.05.2018. https://www.primorske.si/zanimivosti/sredi-berlina-skupina-romov-pekla-jagenjcke-na-raz [link-preview url=”https://reporter.si/clanek/magazin/romi-iz-bih-in-hrvaske-so-kar-sredi-berlinskega-parka-postavili-zar-in-si-pekli-ovce-637422 “]
A German Sinto, a distant relative of Unku, a Sintica who died in Auschwitz, recently wrote the continuation the book Ede and Unku. That book told the story of a friendship between a worker and a Sintica and was forbidden by the Nazis in 1933.
– Die wahre Geschichte von Ede und Unku. In: Deutschlandrundfunk. 07.05.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/janko-lauenberger-die-wahre-geschichte-von-ede-und-unku.1310.de.html?dram:article_id=417351
– Das letzte Kapitel Unkus qualvoller Tod in Auschwitz. In: Berliner Zeitung. 07.05.2018. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/30126746 [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/30126746″]
A concert of the Roma Philharmonic was a public hit. Unfortunately, a collect by the ensemble in order to be able to perform during the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in Wiesbaden is still missing 8’000 EUR.
Please look at the second article and help!
– „Roma- und Sinti-Philharmoniker“ begeistern rund 300 Zuhörer. In: GN Online. 30.04.2018. https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html
– Spenden für Konzert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 30.04.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-spenden-fuer-konzert-a-1497170 [link-preview url=”https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html “]
The archives of Leni Riefenstahl – Hitler’s favourite filmmaker – are being made public. She filmed the Berlin Olympics, the Nuremberg Nazi events, and also did a move on Roma.
– Leni Riefenstahl archive to throw new light on Hitler’s film-maker. In: The Guardian. 24.04.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/berlin-museum-offers-glimpse-of-leni-riefenstahl-estate [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/berlin-museum-offers-glimpse-of-leni-riefenstahl-estate”]
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