Poland Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/category/news-eastern-europe/poland/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:32:40 +0000 de hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Poland Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/category/news-eastern-europe/poland/ 32 32 Treblinka https://rroma.org/de/treblinka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=treblinka Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:32:40 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27505 A new museum is being done in Treblinka, at long last. With the building of a new museum, Poland at […]

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]]> A new museum is being done in Treblinka, at long last.

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]]> Poland and Roma Refugees https://rroma.org/de/poland-and-roma-refugees-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-and-roma-refugees-7 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:43:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27422 25,000 Roma fled from Ukraine to Poland according to this article, which also states that “Most families were completely illiterate”… […]

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]]> 25,000 Roma fled from Ukraine to Poland according to this article, which also states that “Most families were completely illiterate”… Both statements are definitively wrong. There are more Roma refugees, and many are well integrated.

Now four journalists and reporters have published a book describing their plight. “The War of Our Times” by Maria Kądzielska-Koper, Arleta Bojke, Michał Owerczuk and Tomasz Piechal is a collection of ten stories.

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]]> Poland: Edward Dębicki https://rroma.org/de/poland-edward-debicki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-edward-debicki Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:42:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27419 Fr. Stanisław Opocki, the National Roma Chaplain, prayed on March 6 for the Gypsy artist, Honorary Citizen of Gorzów Wielkopolski […]

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]]> Fr. Stanisław Opocki, the National Roma Chaplain, prayed on March 6 for the Gypsy artist, Honorary Citizen of Gorzów Wielkopolski Edward Dębicki on his 90th birthday. The Jubilarian and his wife Ewa also participated in the Holy Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Edward Dębicki, a Roma activist is well known in Poland and beyond.

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]]> Poznan: Fire https://rroma.org/de/poznan-fire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poznan-fire Thu, 06 Mar 2025 07:23:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27394 A fire in a Roma neighbourhood in Poznan, Poland, sent plumes of smoke through the city. Apparently, this was a […]

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]]> A fire in a Roma neighbourhood in Poznan, Poland, sent plumes of smoke through the city. Apparently, this was a fire in a garbage dump. The articles say that this often occurs, de-facto blaming Roma.

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]]> Auschwitz: Commemoration https://rroma.org/de/auschwitz-commemoration-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=auschwitz-commemoration-3 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27370 A commemoration was held on February 26th in Auschwitz on the 82nd anniversary of the first Roma transport to the […]

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]]> A commemoration was held on February 26th in Auschwitz on the 82nd anniversary of the first Roma transport to the camp.

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]]> Poland, and Roma Street Musicians https://rroma.org/de/poland-and-roma-street-musicians-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-and-roma-street-musicians-2 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:46:04 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27250 Roma bands have become an almost permanent fixture on crowded weekends in Zakopane. Eight guitars, one case and a resonance […]

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]]> Roma bands have become an almost permanent fixture on crowded weekends in Zakopane. Eight guitars, one case and a resonance box – these are the losses of Roma bands that have been performing on Krupówki for months. The municipal guard is fighting them. And as you can see during this year’s holidays – with success. There are much fewer performances.

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]]> Poland: Endangered Languages https://rroma.org/de/poland-endangered-languages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-endangered-languages Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:45:30 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27240 In 1996, UNESCO developed the Atlas of Endangered Languages, which included as many as nine languages ​​from our country. These […]

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]]> In 1996, UNESCO developed the Atlas of Endangered Languages, which included as many as nine languages ​​from our country. These include Kashubian, Lower Saxon, Belarusian, Polesian, Romanes, Rusyn, Slovinian, Yiddish, Wymysorys. The fight to preserve the last of them, which is already used by a small group of older residents of Wilamowice near Bielsko-Biała, is still ongoing.

Many Polish Roma have left the country and now live in the UK.

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]]> Poland and Judges https://rroma.org/de/poland-and-judges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-and-judges Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:52:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27191 Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar has been slowly replacing judges nominated by the previous government against the law. Most notable […]

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]]> Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar has been slowly replacing judges nominated by the previous government against the law. Most notable case, is the one of the President of the District Court in Bielsko-Biała Adam Kanafka. He became famous for issuing a ruling in which he repeated racist stereotypes towards Roma.

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]]> Poland: Poetry https://rroma.org/de/poland-poetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-poetry Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:48:39 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27188 Another meeting with poetry took place on Sunday afternoon at the Adam Mickiewicz Theatre. The main theme of the weekend […]

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]]> Another meeting with poetry took place on Sunday afternoon at the Adam Mickiewicz Theatre. The main theme of the weekend meeting with poetry were two important figures in literature and broadly understood culture – Jerzy Fickowski, a Polish poet, essayist, author of song lyrics, prose writer, translator and Papusza, (Bronisława Wajss) a Romni Polish poet, writing in the Romanes.

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]]> Poland and Roma https://rroma.org/de/poland-and-roma-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-and-roma-12 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:37:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27081 The European Court of Human Rights found that the demolition of a Roma settlement in 2015 by the city of […]

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]]> The European Court of Human Rights found that the demolition of a Roma settlement in 2015 by the city of Wrocław violated the European Convention on Human Rights. A complaint against the Polish authorities was filed by Roma, citizens of Romania.

On July 22, 2015, the city of Wrocław liquidated the Roma settlement on Paprotna Street. At the time of the demolition, the settlement consisted of five buildings. The families (adults and children) had been living in the settlement since 2009. The complaint to the ECtHR was filed in early 2016.

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