Netherlands – rroma.org https://rroma.org Tue, 26 May 2026 15:38:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Netherlands – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Nadara Festival https://rroma.org/nadara-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nadara-festival Tue, 26 May 2026 15:38:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32722 A mini-festival called “Roma Roots and Routes” features Roma culture and tradition, with a singing and dancing workshop, a performance by the Nadara band from Trasylvania, and a mini-market with goods and food “in the spirit of Roma traditions” whatever this may mean …

]]> Westerbork https://rroma.org/westerbork-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=westerbork-3 Mon, 18 May 2026 14:52:23 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32621 Against the backdrop of the commandant’s residence at Camp Westerbork, Theater Group Komyounit performs an impressive rendition of The Voice of a Guitar. Roma were deported from this camp.

]]> Theatre in Netherlands https://rroma.org/theatre-in-netherlands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatre-in-netherlands Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:20:50 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32027 Hornemann Memorial Centre hosted the theatre performance ‘Rugzak vol Wantrouwen’ on Saturday, March 28. The performance highlighted the history and the lasting impact of the past on Roma and Sinti. It is a narrative theatre performance in which stories, music, and dance come together.

‘Rugzak vol Wantrouwen’ shows how events, particularly during and after the Second World War, have left deep scars on the Roma and Sinti community. At the same time, the performance emphasizes the strength and resilience of this culture.

]]> Romanistan https://rroma.org/romanistan-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romanistan-2 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:02:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30131 In “Romanistan,” three young artists explore what it means to be Roma. At the same time, it’s a plea to view history not simply as a past, but as a living and present story, residing in the bodies of the new generation searching for a right to exist and recognition without having to hide or deny their identity.

The play will be presented in De Lindenberg in Nijmegen on Sunday, October 19.

]]> Romanistan https://rroma.org/romanistan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romanistan Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:16:49 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29870 On Sunday, October 19 in Nijmegen the performance Romanistan, accompanied by a fringe program featuring a photo exhibition and podcast series will be held.

“Fear turns people who could also be your friends into enemies,” says Carla Hardy, the project’s director. “I want to make tangible the consequences of stigmatization and polarization. How long will we perpetuate stereotypes instead of truly delving into this history?”

In the performance Romanistan, three young artists explore what it means to be Roma. At the same time, it is a plea to view history not simply as a past, but as a living and contemporary story, residing in the bodies of the new generation who are searching for a right to exist and recognition without having to hide or deny their identity.

]]> Netherlands: Concert https://rroma.org/netherlands-concert/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=netherlands-concert Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:51:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25261 A concert is being held today in the Netherlands with Roma music. Only issue, Goran Bregovic, Bratch. They play Roma music, and in thecse of Bregovic, they have Roma musisians, but it is not Roma music.

]]> Westerbork https://rroma.org/westerbork-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=westerbork-2 Tue, 28 May 2024 05:32:28 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24116 Eighty years ago, in May 1944, 578 Roma and Sinti were rounded up in a major raid and transported to Camp Westerbork. Of these, 245 were deported by train to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland. Only 31 returned alive.

A commemoration was held on Sunday on the site.

]]> Netherland: New Museum https://rroma.org/netherland-new-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=netherland-new-museum Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:37:14 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23282 The new Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam retraces the lives and fate of the 102’000 Jews and 220 Roma and Sinti who were deported from that country during World War Two.

]]> Westerbork https://rroma.org/westerbork/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=westerbork Thu, 04 May 2023 07:03:23 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=20269 The camp of Westerbork in the Netherlands, a camp from which many Jews and Roma were transferred to death camps, wants to put more emphasis on the victims of the Holocaust. The military tattoo will no longer be blown at the 4 May commemoration in Camp Westerbork this year, instead the bell of camp will be rung before the two minutes of silence.

]]> Really???? https://rroma.org/really-27/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=really-27 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:28:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=19175 Seems there is a problem if many Dutch citizen think that the Holocaust is a myth. This is really bad.

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