An exhibition in Vienna shows the roots and the facts about the Rroma Holocaust in World War Two.
Good, especially since Austria did little work in this respect.
– Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit: Ausstellung zeigt Völkermord and Roma. In: Vienna Online. 09.05.2017. http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522 [link-preview url=”http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522″]
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 91 years old Manouche, Raymond Gureme, who himself is a Holocaust survivor, warns against Le Pen. Let’s hope for tomorrow. And it is good that such views are put forward!
– Roma Raymond Gureme warns of civil war if Le Pen wins. In: Al Jazeera. 06.05.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.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”]
11 Rroma who filed a complaint against the police in Southern Sweden following the introduction of an illegal register of Rroma are being compensated by a Swedish court.
Well done!
– Court compensates Roma in Sweden. In: New Europe. 02.05.2017. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/court-compensates-roma-sweden/ [link-preview url=”https://www.neweurope.eu/article/court-compensates-roma-sweden/”]
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 Vienna based association “Romano Centro” has started a project of educational coaches helping young Rroma children to learn.
GOOD!
– Studentische Bildungscoaches für Roma-Kinder. In: Der Standard. 28.04.2017. http://derstandard.at/2000056611851/Studentische-Bildungscoaches-fuer-Roma-Kinder [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000056611851/Studentische-Bildungscoaches-fuer-Roma-Kinder”]
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”]
Traffickers in new-borns have been condemned to heavy prison sentences (10 years for two men, and 5 years for one women). They were accused to have brought pregnant women to Greece for the purpose of adoption of their child at birth. The babies were sold for up to 15’000 Euros.
Many of the mothers came from Rroma ghettos. The condemned, though, seem to have been Bulgarian (otherwise, chances are this would have been said …)
– Bulgarie: Lourdes peines de prison pour vente de nouveau-nés. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 28.04.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2059003-20170428-bulgarie-lourdes-peines-prison-vente-nouveau-nes [link-preview url=”http://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2059003-20170428-bulgarie-lourdes-peines-prison-vente-nouveau-nes”]
A very small commemoration in Salzburg in the honour of Rroma and Sinti who were deported during World War Two.
– Salzburger gedachten Roma und Sinti. In: Salzburger Nachrichten. 28.04.2017. http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/salzburg/politik/sn/artikel/salzburger-gedachten-roma-und-sinti-245362/ [link-preview url=”http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/salzburg/politik/sn/artikel/salzburger-gedachten-roma-und-sinti-245362/”]
Orland Bloom has been in the middle of a controversy following his use of the term “Pikey” on a show.
– Orlando Bloom explains use of ‘pikey’ term on Radio 1. In: BBC News. 27.04.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-39726655 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-39726655″]
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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″]
An evening centred on Rroma was organised in Montreuil, a northern suburb of Paris with quite a few Rroma. There was a debate on integration, and Anina Ciuciu, a young Rromni and a law student in Paris, provided the best example possible: Give them a chance, and it will happen!
– Montreuil : le courageux témoignage d’Anina Ciuciu, Rom et élève avocate. In: Le Parisien. 23.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-le-courageux-temoignage-d-anina-ciuciu-rom-et-eleve-avocate-23-04-2017-6879675.php
– Montreuil : débat et soirée festive grâce à Rom Réussite. In: Le Parisien. 21.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-debat-et-soiree-festive-grace-a-rom-reussite-21-04-2017-6874812.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-le-courageux-temoignage-d-anina-ciuciu-rom-et-eleve-avocate-23-04-2017-6879675.php “]
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″]
Italian Rroma will be walking along the ANPI procession in Rome on 25 April, a march of the Partisans commemorating the resistance in Italy. The Rroma are an integral part of Italy, having been there more than 700 years, and are still facing discrimination in that country.
– Sinti e rom sfilano con i partigiani. In: BlastingNews. 24.04.2017. http://it.blastingnews.com/cronaca/2017/04/sinti-e-rom-sfilano-con-i-partigiani-001649701.html
– Rom e Sinti, sfileranno assieme ai Partigiani per il 25 aprile. In: Network. 24.04.2017. http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2017/04/24/news/rom_e_sinti_sfileranno_assieme_ai_partigiani_per_il_25_aprile-163798034/ [link-preview url=”http://it.blastingnews.com/cronaca/2017/04/sinti-e-rom-sfilano-con-i-partigiani-001649701.html “]
The Fiesta is the new program of Israel Galvan and is being presented in the St. Poelten in Austria. A must!
– http://www.festspielhaus.at/en/calendar/122-israel-galvan [link-preview url=”http://www.festspielhaus.at/en/calendar/122-israel-galvan”]
It seems that many municipalities and officials in France are using the distraction of the upcoming presidential election to evict Rroma disregarding any procedures and laws…
Bad, but unfortunately not surprising.
– “Im Wahlkampf ungehemmt gegen Roma hetzen”. In: ZDF. 18.04.2017. http://www.heute.de/frankreich-im-wahlkampf-gegen-roma-hetzen-46972724.html [link-preview url=”http://www.heute.de/frankreich-im-wahlkampf-gegen-roma-hetzen-46972724.html”]
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