In Germany, Rroma protests – for example for the right of refugees from Kosovo an former Yugoslavia – have been held at or around memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Not an easy thing, and this is shown in this article.
– Wenn Roma gehört warden. In: Taz. 07.05.2017. https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/”]
A new study Ludwig-Maximilians University on feelings towards different ethnic and cultural groups shows clearly that Moslems are negatively felt – 18% strongly so, 31% somewhat, and 38% have a low negative view on them. In brief, only 12% of the people in the study had nothing against Moslems … One in ten!!!
And Rroma? 30% of the people have a negative view of them. They are barely better than refugees with 28% and Jews with 18%.
– LMU-Studie: 9 von 10 Münchnern haben was gegen Muslime. In: Abendzeitung. 08.05.2017. http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.gruppenbezogene-menschenfeindlichkeit-lmu-studie-9-von-10-muenchnern-haben-was-gegen-muslime.ce7946e3-d1f2-44f6-9ca4-a59cff1afee2.html [link-preview url=”http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.gruppenbezogene-menschenfeindlichkeit-lmu-studie-9-von-10-muenchnern-haben-was-gegen-muslime.ce7946e3-d1f2-44f6-9ca4-a59cff1afee2.html”]
A report on by the German Press reports that there are more refugees arriving in Germany than in the whole of Europe … Responsible are internal European Refugees – a lot of them Rroma, according to this short report (not necessarily explicitly named – Bulgarians and Romanians are stated here – but who from these countries requests asylum?)
Bad.
– Wie kann das sein? In Deutschland kommen mehr Flüchtlinge an als in Europa. In: Focus. 04.05.2017. http://www.focus.de/politik/videos/interessante-zahlenkonstellation-wie-kann-das-sein-in-deutschland-kommen-mehr-fluechtlinge-an-als-in-europa_id_7081691.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/politik/videos/interessante-zahlenkonstellation-wie-kann-das-sein-in-deutschland-kommen-mehr-fluechtlinge-an-als-in-europa_id_7081691.html”]
The German state of Thürigen is the latest one who has moved to protect the graves of the Holocaust survivors. In Germany, if the family doesn’t pay, the graves are removed after a 30 years period. Now, the graves of Rroma and Sinti former Holocaust survivros will be preserved for posterity.
May they rest in peace!
– Thüringen schützt und pflegt Gräber von Sinti und Roma. In: Focus Online. 02.05.2017. http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/regierung-thueringen-schuetzt-und-pflegt-graeber-von-sinti-und-roma_id_7068819.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/regierung-thueringen-schuetzt-und-pflegt-graeber-von-sinti-und-roma_id_7068819.html”]
72 years after the end of World War Two, Romania has still not come to terms with its past regarding the Holocaust. Romania, an ally of Germany, deported many Rroma to Transnistria where many of them died of hunger and diseases.
While on paper, a law was enacted for the survivors of the holocaust, granting them a small pension, most Rroma do not receive it – for lack of papers, but basically out of discrimination.
– A decades-old paper war: how the Roma are fighting bureaucracy. In: New Stateman. 01.05.2017. http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/05/decades-old-paper-war-how-roma-are-fighting-bureaucracy [link-preview url=”http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/05/decades-old-paper-war-how-roma-are-fighting-bureaucracy”]
The concentration camp of Dachau was liberated on the 29th of April.
– http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/29/1945-liberation-of-dachau-nazi-camp-remembered [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/29/1945-liberation-of-dachau-nazi-camp-remembered”]
On the 74th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the Holocaust remembrance day was celebrated in several countries. In Israel, the German foreign minister attended the celebrations as Yad Vashem.
– Holocaust-Gedenktag in Israel: Gabriel erinnert an die Opfer. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 24.04.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/politik/international-holocaust-gedenktag-in-israelgabriel-erinnert-an-die-opfer-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170424-99-181048 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/politik/international-holocaust-gedenktag-in-israelgabriel-erinnert-an-die-opfer-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170424-99-181048″]
The German rapper Sido – of Sinti origins – will star in a movie about Rroma and Sinti in Germany. Let’s see – but good luck!
– HAUPTROLLE IN ROMA-FILM: SIDO WIRD SCHAUSPIELER. In: Tag24. 24.04.2017. https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/hauptrolle-in-roma-film-sido-wird-schauspieler-241627 [link-preview url=”https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/hauptrolle-in-roma-film-sido-wird-schauspieler-241627″]
An article on the RomArchive project, a project aimed at preserving and showcasing Rroma Art.
– Endlich sichtbar warden. In: Der Tagesspiegel. 17.04.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/ein-archiv-fuer-roma-kunst-endlich-sichtbar-werden/19678264.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/ein-archiv-fuer-roma-kunst-endlich-sichtbar-werden/19678264.html”]
Hamburg unveiled a new memorial on the site of the Hannover Railway station, from which more than 8’000 people – Jews and Rroma – were deported.
– Hamburg gedenkt verschleppter Juden, Sinti und Roma. In: Die Welt. 18.04.2017. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article163804626/Hamburg-gedenkt-verschleppter-Juden-Sinti-und-Roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article163804626/Hamburg-gedenkt-verschleppter-Juden-Sinti-und-Roma.html”]
72 years since the liberation of Buchenwald were marked yesterday by a minute of silence.
May they rest in peace.
– Minute’s silence at Buchenwald concentration camp marks 72 years since liberation. In: Deutsche Welle. 11.04.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/minutes-silence-at-buchenwald-concentration-camp-marks-72-years-since-liberation/a-38384666 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/minutes-silence-at-buchenwald-concentration-camp-marks-72-years-since-liberation/a-38384666″]
A commemoration was held for the anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald.
– Survivors, mourners mark liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. In: Deutsche Welle. 09.04.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/survivors-mourners-mark-liberation-of-buchenwald-concentration-camp/a-38360095 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/survivors-mourners-mark-liberation-of-buchenwald-concentration-camp/a-38360095″]
The book on Romani Rose, president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma is being presented in Heidelberg.
– Das Leben des Heidelberger Menschenrechtlers Romani Rose. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 05.04.2017. http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-Heidelberg-Biografie-vorgestellt-Das-Leben-des-Heidelberger-Menschenrechtlers-Romani-Rose-_arid,266323.html [link-preview url=”http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-Heidelberg-Biografie-vorgestellt-Das-Leben-des-Heidelberger-Menschenrechtlers-Romani-Rose-_arid,266323.html”]
A German psychiatrist is being indicted for having broken the doctor’s confidentiality following the expulsion of a young Rrom back to Kosovo. He had treated him and found him to be in need of a treatment due to trauma encountered in his home country but was nevertheless sent back.
The psychiatrist openly (and in the press) complained about the expulsion.
At least there are still some people with courage.
– Kreis bleibt bei Anzeige. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 27.03.2017. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/wetterau-kreis-bleibt-bei-anzeige-a-1250530 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/wetterau-kreis-bleibt-bei-anzeige-a-1250530″]
Drom, a theatre play on Rroma born from a collaboration between Rroma and non-Rroma, is focusing on the road from Novi-Sad to Berlin as a metaphor for the route for escaping poverty and discrimination in the Balkan.
The play will be presented in Budapest in April.
– Roma Journey passes through Budapest. In: Budapest Business Journal. 28.03.2017. http://bbj.hu/whatson/roma-journey-passes-through-budapest_130743 [link-preview url=”http://bbj.hu/whatson/roma-journey-passes-through-budapest_130743″]
Ludwig Heilmeyers, a respected surgeon, university professor, first rector of the university of Ulm, turned out to have a Nazi past. He was active in asking for the rehabilitation of the Nazi Doctor Wilhelm Beiglböck who conducted “medical experiments on Rroma and Sinti in Dachau.
Germany is still dealing with its past. Many other countries are not.
– Der Uni-Gründer und seine NS-Vergangenheit. In: Augsburger-Allgemeine. 26.03.2017. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/illertissen/Der-Uni-Gruender-und-seine-NS-Vergangenheit-id40982641.html [link-preview url=”http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/illertissen/Der-Uni-Gruender-und-seine-NS-Vergangenheit-id40982641.html”]
A conference by Peter Höllenreiner, Sinto, Holocaust survivor in Munich highlighted that discrimination against Rroma and Sinti in Germany continues.
He is unfortunately right!
– Soll das alles sein? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.03.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861″]
A new novel by the German Author Heiko Haumann tells the story of a Rromni during the Nazi period in Germany and the aftermath.
Good that this is being dealt with in Germany! Other countries would do well to dwell on this period of history.
– Von Vorurteil, Willkür und staatlichem Unrecht. In: Badische Zeitung. 25.03.2017. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html [link-preview url=”http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html”]
20 years ago, following a long struggle, the Documentation Centre for Sinti and Roma opened its doors.
It took its time, but this is good!
– 16. März 1997 – Dokumentationszentrum deutscher Sinti und Roma eröffnet. In: WDR. 16.03.2017. http://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-dokumentationszentrum-sinti-roma-heidelberg-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-dokumentationszentrum-sinti-roma-heidelberg-100.html”]
Another portrait and exhibition of the Holocaust survivor and painter Ceija Stojka. Her works are on exhibition in the gallery “Kai Dikhas” in Berlin until April 1st.
– CEIJA STOJKA: »SCHAUT HEUTE BITTE NICHT WEG!« In: Kunstdunst Magazin Berlin. 13.03.2017. http://www.kunstdunst.com/ceija-stojka-schaut-heute-bitte-nicht-weg/ [link-preview url=”http://www.kunstdunst.com/ceija-stojka-schaut-heute-bitte-nicht-weg/”]
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