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A Play on Rroma

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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″]

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Marseilles: Ceja Stojka

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Another article on the current exhibition of Ceja Stojka’s paintings in Marseilles, France.

– Ceija Stojka, la victoire de la couleur. In: La Croix. 27.03.2017. http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/Ceija-Stojka-victoire-couleur-2017-03-27-1200835005 [link-preview url=”http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/Ceija-Stojka-victoire-couleur-2017-03-27-1200835005″]

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Germany and Its Past

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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”]

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Sinti and Rroma in Germany

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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″]

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A Novel on Holocaust

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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”]

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Jean Marie Le Pen

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Well, he went up to the European Court of Human Rights to fight his fine for racism against Rroma. Well, he was kicked out…
About time!

– Propos sur les Roms. Jean-Marie Le Pen débouté de sa requête. In: Ouest France. 23.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/propos-sur-les-roms-jean-marie-le-pen-deboute-de-sa-requete-4878592″]

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Turin: Bad Press

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All that we need … A band of Sinti Piemontese in Turin is known for having committed armed burglaries with stolen cars and license plates… 8 of them were arrested recently.

– TORINO, SPACCATE E FURTI NOTTURNI: CATTURATI 8 SINTI. In: Roma Daliy News. 23.03.2017. https://www.romadailynews.it/cronaca/torino-spaccate-furti-notturni-catturati-8-sinti-0306308 [link-preview url=”https://www.romadailynews.it/cronaca/torino-spaccate-furti-notturni-catturati-8-sinti-0306308″]

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French Chronicle …

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It seems that with the polemics on the Front National politician on gold teeth, the rest of the news is pretty much concentrated in the North of France… Why is a mystery, but clearly one speaks more about Rroma in the North of France than in any other region of the country bar Paris.
More closures in Roubaix, on the Quai de Bordeau; and with one squat being on the list of impeding closures; in Ronchin, where the former school Sainte Thérèse has been closed and is now being sealed to prevent any other arrival; and finally for the North, the arrest of a 14 years old Rroma boy following a theft, and who was recognised by a women who was sexually assaulted, prompting the closure of several camps in Lille.
Other news in France cover the interpellation of Marine Le Pen in the South of France by a Rrom on the affair of the gold teeth; the visit of an “insertion village” in the Isère by the Minister of Housing; and a reportage on children sleeping in the rough in Caen, in Normandie.

– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: Nord Éclair. 22.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/46277/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Le squat de la rue Nain risque aussi l’évacuation. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136537/article/2017-03-22/le-squat-de-la-rue-nain-risque-aussi-l-evacuation
– Loin de la Roumanie, Adrian et Maritza découvrent la première maison de leur vie. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136675/article/2017-03-23/loin-de-la-roumanie-adrian-et-maritza-decouvrent-la-premiere-maison-de-leur-vie
– Désamiantage puis demolition. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136672/article/2017-03-22/desamiantage-puis-demolition
– Arrêté pour vol ce dimanche, un ado de 14 ans reconnu par une joggeuse agressée en 2016. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/135671/article/2017-03-20/arrete-pour-vol-ce-dimanche-un-ado-de-14-ans-reconnu-par-une-joggeuse-agressee
– Au nom des Roms, il interpelle Marine Le Pen. In: Nice Matin. 22.03.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/politique/au-nom-des-roms-il-interpelle-marine-le-pen-123503
– EMMANUELLE COSSE AU VILLAGE DU RONDEAU : “ON A BESOIN DE CES LIEUX-LÀ !”
In: Place Grenet. 24.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/24/emmanuelle-cosse-au-village-du-rondeau-on-a-besoin-de-ces-lieux-la/129266
– Chaque nuit à Caen, des enfants dorment à la rue. In: Ouest France. 22.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/chaque-nuit-caen-des-enfants-dorment-la-rue-4876378 [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux “]

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France, the Front National and Gold Teeth

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The Front National politician, Franck Sinisi, who last week suggested that one could recover the gold the gold teeth from the Rroma to pay for their lodging (really!) is being investigated by his own party.
Well, good that the FN realised this is not acceptable, but do we believe that they are really serious about that? There have been too many politicians of that party, starting with Jean Marie Le Pen himself who have made such statements.

– Isère: L’élu FN qui proposait de «récupérer les dents en or des Roms» va passer en commission de discipline. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 22.03.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2035375-20170322-isere-elu-fn-proposait-recuperer-dents-or-roms-va-passer-commission-discipline
– Il proposait de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms: un élu FN de Fontaine (Isère) en commission de discipline. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 22.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/il-proposait-recuperer-dents-roms-elu-fn-fontaine-isere-commission-discipline-1219127.html
– L’élu FN qui veut “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms sanctionné ? In: Lyon Capitale. 23.03.2017. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Actualite/Actualites/L-elu-FN-qui-veut-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-Roms-sanctionne
UN ÉLU FN PROPOSE DE “RÉCUPÉRER (LES)DENTS EN OR” DES ROMS POUR FINANCER LEUR HÉBERGEMENT. In: LCI. 19.03.2017. http://www.lci.fr/politique/isere-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-financer-leur-hebergement-2029614.html
«Récupérer les dents en or des Roms» : un élu FN se lance dans le grand n’importe quoi. In: Rue89. 24.03.2017. http://www.rue89lyon.fr/2017/03/24/recuperer-dents-en-or-roms-elu-fn-fait-parler-de-lui/
POLÉMIQUE « RÉCUPÉRER LES DENTS EN OR » DES ROMS, LA PROPOSITION CHOC D’UN ÉLU FN. In: VSD. 20.03.2017. http://www.vsd.fr/actualite/polemique-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-la-proposition-choc-d-un-elu-fn-20315 [link-preview url=”http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2035375-20170322-isere-elu-fn-proposait-recuperer-dents-or-roms-va-passer-commission-discipline “]

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France and Integration

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A conference was held in Paris on the integration of Rroma in the country. The conference’s title was voluntarily provocative: “Pourquoi ne seraient-ils pas intégrables ?” [Why couldn’t they be integrated] and is a reflection of Manuel Valls’ statement a few years back stating that Rroma cannot be integrated.

– Le souhait d’une politique globale pour l’intégration des Roms. In: Politis. 23.03.2017. https://www.politis.fr/articles/2017/03/le-souhait-dune-politique-globale-pour-lintegration-des-roms-36565/ [link-preview url=”https://www.politis.fr/articles/2017/03/le-souhait-dune-politique-globale-pour-lintegration-des-roms-36565/”]

Italy News Western Europe

Rome and the Rroma

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Finally, the integration plan of Rome’s mayor, Virginia Raggi has been unveiled. And there is quite a bit of critique against it. The Association “July 21st” has criticised the plan in a press conference, denouncing weaknesses and contradictions. The main issues are: The plan only covers a tiny minority of the Rroma in the city and the plan to put the Rroma in some separate settlement which would rapidly turn into a ghetto.

– Piano per il superamento dei campi rom: “Discriminazione e ritorno alle baraccopoli abusive”. In: Roma Fanpage. 20.03.2017. http://roma.fanpage.it/piano-per-il-superamento-dei-campi-rom-discriminazione-e-ritorno-alle-baraccopoli-abusive/ [link-preview url=”http://roma.fanpage.it/piano-per-il-superamento-dei-campi-rom-discriminazione-e-ritorno-alle-baraccopoli-abusive/”]

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Salzburg, Austria and Rroma

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An association “Phurdo” has turned itself in Salzburg into a centre for Rroma and into a bridge between Rroma, Sinti and the general population. It is now being funded by the city.
Good! Models such as this exist in Vienna (Romano Centro) and should exist in all major cities!

– Salzburg erhält Beratungsstelle für Roma. In: Der Standard. 22.03.2017. http://derstandard.at/2000054645792/Salzburg-erhaelt-Beratungsstelle-fuer-Roma [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000054645792/Salzburg-erhaelt-Beratungsstelle-fuer-Roma”]

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Montreuil – France: Exhibition

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A new exhibition opened recently in Montreuil near Paris on the “Gens du Voyage” – travellers – who stopped in that town since the 1970’s.

– https://www.facebook.com/243541745667724/photos/a.467597499928813.103886.243541745667724/1591654980856387/?type=3&theater [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/243541745667724/photos/a.467597499928813.103886.243541745667724/1591654980856387/?type=3&theater”]

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Rome and Rroma

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An article about Rroma in the Italian capital. Where they live (i.e. which camps) and how many there are (only 4’500)…
You could think that with such a number, a solution could have been found by now …

– Quanti sono e dove vivono i rom nella capitale. In: Agi. 15.03.2017. http://www.agi.it/cronaca/2017/03/15/news/quanti_sono_e_dove_vivono_i_rom_a_roma-1584277/ [link-preview url=”http://www.agi.it/cronaca/2017/03/15/news/quanti_sono_e_dove_vivono_i_rom_a_roma-1584277/”]

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A Beatification …

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A young Rromni who died in prison after childbirth during the Spanish civil war has just been beatified by the Catholic Church. She is the first Rromni to be beatified …
This says a lot about the Catholic Church’s attitude towards Rroma.

– Gypsy woman left to die after childbirth among 115 Spanish martyrs. In: Catholic Register. 17.03.2017. http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/24626-gypsy-woman-left-to-die-after-childbirth-among-115-spanish-martyrs [link-preview url=”http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/24626-gypsy-woman-left-to-die-after-childbirth-among-115-spanish-martyrs”]

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French Chronicle …

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Not that many news in France this week (that is besides the Front National statement on Rroma)… A police affair in Montpellier where two persons were detained and beaten by Rroma after they came to their camp to gather scrap metal, which was followed by the arrest of four Rroma and their prompt liberation as they were not the ones who detained the others. Bad. And then, in Bondy, near Paris, the mayor is facing citizen who want the Rroma out; in Villeurbane, near Lyon, a camp was destroyed by fire, leaving more than 100 people on the street; in Montpellier, associations are asking for a stop of stigmatisation of the Rroma; and finally, in the North, a squat in Lille is still making the headlines – all following the aggressions there.

– Montpellier : double séquestration dans un campement de Roms. In: Metropolitain. 16.03.2017. http://e-metropolitain.fr/2017/03/16/montpellier-enlevement-et-sequestration-dans-un-campement-de-roms/#P6wJfHegHGfDGz9D.99
– Séquestration à Montpellier : les « suspects » libérés. In: Metropolitain. 18.03.2017. http://e-metropolitain.fr/2017/03/18/sequestration-a-montpellier-les-suspects-liberes/#6tPUwPRamUlx8qzu.99
– Bondy : la maire rencontre les habitants excédés par le campement rom. In: Le Parisien. 17.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bondy-93140/bondy-la-maire-rencontre-les-habitants-excedes-par-le-campement-rom-17-03-2017-6772602.php
– Leur squat incendié, plus de 100 Roms et Albanais à la rue. In: Le Progrès. 15.03.2017. http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone/2017/03/15/leur-squat-incendie-plus-de-100-roms-et-albanais-a-la-rue-tmlu
– Villeurbanne : 150 Roms à la rue après l’incendie d’un entrepôt. In: Lyon capitale. 14.03.2017. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Actualite/Actualites/Accident/Villeurbanne-150-Roms-a-la-rue-apres-l-incendie-d-un-entrepot
– La mission des associations de Montpellier : ne plus stigmatiser les Roms. In: Midi Libre. 10.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/10/montpellier-ne-plus-stigmatiser-les-roms,1477177.php
– La friche H2D est toujours un gruyère d’où les Roms entrent et sortent. In: La Voix du Nord. 13.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/131908/article/2017-03-13/la-friche-h2d-est-toujours-un-gruyere-d-ou-les-roms-entrent-et-sortent [link-preview url=”http://e-metropolitain.fr/2017/03/16/montpellier-enlevement-et-sequestration-dans-un-campement-de-roms/#P6wJfHegHGfDGz9D.99″]

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REALLY???

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A French Front National politician is proposing to recover the gold teeth of Rroma to make them pay for their lodgings … This in a small town near Grenoble.
Last time this was done was at Auschwitz! If you had any doubts about the French Front National, this is it.
The Mayor is called Franck Sinisi. His full citation is: “pour loger les Roms, je pense qu’il pourrait y avoir un auto-financement. La Métropole devrait leur payer un dentiste… afin de récupérer les dents en or” [to lodge Roma, I think that there should be a self funding. The state should pay them a dentist … so as to recover their gold teeth].
SHAME – and Write to him and to the Front National.

– Un élu FN de l’Isère suggère de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms. In: L’Express. 17.03.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/fn/un-elu-fn-de-l-isere-suggere-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms_1890292.html
– Isère : un élu FN propose de «récupérer les dents en or des Roms» pour les loger. In: Le Parisien. 17.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/isere-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-les-loger-17-03-2017-6771795.php
– Isère: Un élu FN dérape et propose de «récupérer les dents en or» des Roms. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 17.03.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2032895-20170317-isere-elu-fn-derape-propose-recuperer-dents-or-roms
– Franck Sinisi, élu FN de l’Isère, propose de « récupérer les dents en or » des Roms. In: fdebranche. 17.03.2017. https://fdebranche.com/2017/03/17/franck-sinisi-elu-fn-de-lisere-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms/
– Isère : “Récupérer les dents en or” des Roms, terrifiante proposition d’un élu FN. In: Midi Libre. 18.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/17/isere-un-elu-fn-derape-et-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms,1480540.php
– Isère : un élu FN propose de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms. In: France Info. 17.03.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/isere-quand-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms_2102269.html
– Isère: le dérapage d”un élu FN sur les Roms. In: Le Figaro. 17.03.2017. http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/03/17/97001-20170317FILWWW00289-isere-le-derapage-dun-elu-fn-sur-les-roms.php
– Un élu FN suggère de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms pour financer leur accueil. In: Europe 1. 17.03.2017. http://lelab.europe1.fr/un-elu-fn-suggere-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-financer-leur-accueil-3005519
– Fontaine : le dérapage du Front National. In: Le Dauphiné. 17.03.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/03/17/fontaine-le-derapage-du-front-national [link-preview url=”https://fdebranche.com/2017/03/17/franck-sinisi-elu-fn-de-lisere-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms/ “]

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Belgium and Beggars

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It starts also there … Activists are pushing the police and the prosecutor office to deal with the Rroma children begging in Belgium’s capital.
There would be simpler solutions … Like integration.

– Bruxelles: l’échevine Els Ampe dénonce les enfants mendicants. In: La Capitale. 13.03.2017. http://www.lacapitale.be/1806321/article/2017-03-12/bruxelles-l-echevine-els-ampe-denonce-les-enfants-mendiants [link-preview url=”http://www.lacapitale.be/1806321/article/2017-03-12/bruxelles-l-echevine-els-ampe-denonce-les-enfants-mendiants”]

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Germany: 20 years ago …

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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”]

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Ceija Stojka – A Portrait

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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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