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Germany: Vigils for Rroma Holocaust Victims

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An association supporting the “stepping stones” – the little stones that remember victims of the Holocaust – has been organising vigils specifically for Rroma and Sinti.

– Mahnwache gedenkt Sinti und Roma. In: Südkurrier. 24.01.2017. http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/villingen-schwenningen/Mahnwache-gedenkt-Sinti-und-Roma;art372541,9098240 [link-preview url=”http://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/villingen-schwenningen/Mahnwache-gedenkt-Sinti-und-Roma;art372541,9098240″]

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Bibliography of Romani Rose

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A bibliography of Romani Rose, chairman of the Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany has just been published.

– https://www.facebook.com/Behar-Heinemann-Romani-Rose-ein-Leben-für-die-Menschenrechte-220504378360182/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Behar-Heinemann-Romani-Rose-ein-Leben-für-die-Menschenrechte-220504378360182/”]

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Munich: Exhibition on Rroma Holocaust Extended

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The exhibition on Rroma Holocaust housed in the NS Documentation Centre in Munich will be extended until February 12. Worthwhile seing.

– München · Ausstellung über Sinti und Roma wird verlängert. In: München Wochen Anzeiger. 16.01.2017. http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/186176.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/186176.html”]

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Exhibition on Antitziganism in Germany

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An exhibition on the theme of “Antitziganism” in Gernany. We do dislike the term as it is a bad copy of another term, and would rather stick to simple racism …

– Ausstellung zum Antiziganismus an der BTHS. In: NH24H. 15.01.2017. http://nh24.de/index.php/panorama/22-allgemein/93055-ausstellung-zum-antiziganismus-an-der-bths [link-preview url=”http://nh24.de/index.php/panorama/22-allgemein/93055-ausstellung-zum-antiziganismus-an-der-bths”]

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Germany and Social Help

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A new proposal for the dispensation of social help in Germany requires that the applicants have worked before in Germany. This in spite of EU law. If EU citizen fail to find work, they will have some help for ca 6 weeks and then nothing.
This is a measure that is aimed at keeping Romanians and Bulgarians (Rroma in most minds) from “abusing” the system – something they anyhow don’t do. Numbers are small.

– Wer nicht arbeitet, soll gehen. In: TAZ. 11.01.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5369195/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5369195/”]

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Cologne: Maybe they Can Stay

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The city council of Cologne, in Germany, is giving long term refugees the hope that they will be able to stay. Many of these are Rroma from former Yugoslavia, especially from Kosovo.
Let’s hope!

– Kölner Rat gibt langjährig Geduldeten Hoffnung auf Bleiberecht. Wenn Köln zur Heimat geworden ist. In: Dom Radio. 10.01.2017. https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht”]

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Roman Herzog Dies

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Roman Herzog, the former president of Germany died on January 10th, 2017. He will be remembered for many things, but for Rroma, he is the first German president who, in 1997 made and official statement recognising the murder of Rroma and Sinti under the Nazi regime.
May he rest in peace.

– Former president Roman Herzog dies aged 82. In: The Local. 10.01.2017. https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82
– Death of a Former President. In: Handelsblatt Global. 10.01.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/death-of-a-former-president-675110 [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82 “]

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Jenische of Singen

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An article about the Jenische in Singen, Germany.

– Vergessene Minderheit? In Singen leben viele Jenische. In: Reutlinger Nachrichten. 09.01.2017. http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html [link-preview url=”http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html”]

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Bosnian Rrom Actor

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The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.

– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]

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Germany AfD and their Program

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Scary, the AfD is continuing its campaigns against migrants and immigration. All Rroma are clearly beggars in their minds. And oh God, what if they realise there are also Moslem Rroma …
Sick minds.

– Wir bleiben mal ganz sachlich. In: Taz. 05.01.2017. https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/”]

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A Movie on Django Reinhardt

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A movie on Django Reinhardt opened the Berlin Festival. Will be worth seeing and judging, but it is certainly a difficult subject.

– Film über Django Reinhardt eröffnet Festival. In: Spiegel Online. 04.01.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html
– “Django” wird die Berliner Filmfestspiele eröffnen. Der Tagesspiegel. 04.01.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/berlinale-2017-django-wird-die-berliner-filmfestspiele-eroeffnen/19208970.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html “]

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Germany: A New Book

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A new book, called “Our Father” tells the story of a German Sinti family. It is written by a Sintica Anita Awosusi. She will present it at the Jewish Museum in Berlin on February 9th.

– Vater unser Eine Sintifamilie erzählt. In: Jüdisches Museum Berlin. https://www.jmberlin.de/vater-unser-eine-sintifamilie-erzaehlt [link-preview url=”https://www.jmberlin.de/vater-unser-eine-sintifamilie-erzaehlt”]

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Michail Krausnick

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The German Author Michail Krausnick, who has relentlessly engaged himself against discrimination has been awarded the Lagrenne prize of the City of Manheim for his work. The Prize is named after a well known Sinti Family of the region, the Lagrenne’s.

– Gegen Diskriminierung und Rassismus. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 04.12.2016. http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/metropolregion_artikel,-Gegen-Diskriminierung-und-Rassismus-_arid,245795.html [link-preview url=”http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/metropolregion_artikel,-Gegen-Diskriminierung-und-Rassismus-_arid,245795.html”]

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Jenische in Germany

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A long article on the Jenische in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Nice.

– Die Vergessenen. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 30.12.2016. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/historie-die-vergessenen-1.3313739 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/historie-die-vergessenen-1.3313739″]

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Good Old Times ???

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Alexander Gauland, from the AfD party is reminiscing about the “good old times” …
Well, the times he is referring to are not so good if you were not mainstream. It was the time where Nazis exterminated people based on race and eugenics …

– Kommentar zur Forderung des AfD-Vize Was Gauland unter der guten alten Zeit versteht. In: Berliner Zeitung. 30.12.2016. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/kommentar-zur-forderung-des-afd-vize-was-gauland-unter-der-guten-alten-zeit-versteht-25393796 [link-preview url=”http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/kommentar-zur-forderung-des-afd-vize-was-gauland-unter-der-guten-alten-zeit-versteht-25393796″]

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Local History …

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An interesting reconstruction of a lynch in Germany shortly after World War One, following a petty theft by a Rrom. It ended in the death of two people, and had its roots in racism.

– Als ein Mundraub tödlich endete. In: Barmstedter Zeitung. 29.12.2016. http://www.shz.de/lokales/barmstedter-zeitung/als-ein-mundraub-toedlich-endete-id15701716.html [link-preview url=”http://www.shz.de/lokales/barmstedter-zeitung/als-ein-mundraub-toedlich-endete-id15701716.html”]

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Slovak Village in Berlin

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A reportage on a camp in Berlin which houses 20 residents from a small village in Slovakia. Begging, for a meagre 10 to 20 Euros per day. This reinforce the impression that all Rroma are beggars who come from very poor families …

– Bettler-Elend mitten in Berlin. Das slowakische Dorf unter der Berliner Messe-Kreuzung. In: Berliner Zeitung. 25.12.2016. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung [link-preview url=”http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung”]

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I am a Sinto

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The Association of German Sinti and Roma has issued a movie commemorating 40 years of civil society work and of the fight against stereotypes and prejudice.
Worth seing!

– „Ich bin ein deutscher Sinto“ In: Echo. 22.12.2016. http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm”]

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Germany, Social Help, and the Left

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Economics Minister and Social Democratic Party chairman, Sigmar Gabriel, called for the curtailing of child allowances for European residents in Germany if their children are not currently living in the country.
He claims: “In some large cities, there are whole streets with run-down estates where immigrants live for just one reason: because they can receive child allowance at a German level for their children who do not live in Germany.”
This is total propaganda …

– Germany: SPD leader calls for cuts to child benefits for European citizens. In: The World Socialist Website. 22.12.2016. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/12/22/chil-d22.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/12/22/chil-d22.html”]

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