Category Archives: Germany

Germany – Again

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The old slogan Money for Grandma instead for Sinti and Roma is making a comeback. How about an interdiction on racism grounds?

– Sinti und Roma protestieren gegen NPD-Wahlplakat. In: RP Online. 13.09.2017. http://www.rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl/geld-fuer-oma-statt-fuer-sinti-und-roma-protest-gegen-npd-wahlplakat-2017-aid-1.7076528
– Stadt stellt Strafanzeige wegen NPD-Wahlplakats. IN: Donau Kurrier. 12.09.2017. http://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/ingolstadt/Ingolstadt-Bundestagswahl-2017-DKmobil-Strafanzeige-NPD-Ingolstadt-Stadt-stellt-Strafanzeige-wegen-NPD-Wahlplakats;art599,3523673
– Anzeige gegen NPD-Wahlplakat. In: OVB Online. 13.09.2017. https://www.ovb-online.de/bayern/anzeige-gegennpd-wahlplakat-8678568.html
– Rassistische Wahlplakate müssen abgehängt warden. In: Migazin. 13.09.2017. http://www.migazin.de/2017/09/13/schutzpflicht-des-staates-rassistische-wahlplakate-muessen-abgehaengt-werden/ [link-preview url=”https://www.ovb-online.de/bayern/anzeige-gegennpd-wahlplakat-8678568.html “]

Germany, AfD, and Racism…

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No comments except shock…How about Germany being overrun by severely intellectually challenged inbread diversity adverse dinosaurs…

– Germany ‘overrun by Arabs, Sinti and Roma’ claims top AfD figure. In: IB Times. 11.09.2017. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/germany-overrun-by-arabs-sinti-roma-claims-top-afd-figure-1638853
– AfD’s Alice Weidel called German government ‘pigs’ in racist email, report says. IN: Deutsche Welle. 10.09.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/afds-alice-weidel-called-german-government-pigs-in-racist-email-report-says/a-40433932
– “Man kann es der AfD zutrauen, auch Frau Weidel zutrauen”. In: Süddeutsche. 11.09.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundestagswahl-man-kann-es-der-afd-zutrauen-auch-frau-weidel-zutrauen-1.3662294
– AfD’s top candidate hit by ‘overrun by Arabs’ email allegation. In: The Guardian. 11.09.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/alice-weidel-alternative-for-germany-candidate-denies-email-claims
– Ça se passe en Europe : l’AfD embarrassée par un mail à contenu raciste. In: Le Échos. 12.09.2017. https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/europe/030550546550-ca-se-passe-en-europe-lafd-embarrassee-par-un-mail-a-contenu-raciste-2113535.php [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/alice-weidel-alternative-for-germany-candidate-denies-email-claims “]

Germany: State Treaty

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The German State of Hessen has formally signed a contract with the State Sinti and Roma Association, pledging to integrate the minority and fight against racism and discrimination.
GOOD!

– Vertrag mit Landesverband der Sinti und Roma unterzeichnet. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. 06.09.2017. http://www.fnp.de/rhein-main/Vertrag-mit-Landesverband-der-Sinti-und-Roma-unterzeichnet;art1491,2759789
– Staatsvertrag zwischen Hessen und Landesverband Sinti und Roma: Wichtiger Schritt für Gleichberechtigung und Anerkennung. In: Bundes Presse Portal. 07.09.2017. http://www.bundespresseportal.de/hessen/10-hessen/staatsvertrag-zwischen-hessen-und-landesverband-sinti-und-roma-wichtiger-schritt-fuer-gleichberechtigung-und-anerkennung.html [link-preview url=”http://www.fnp.de/rhein-main/Vertrag-mit-Landesverband-der-Sinti-und-Roma-unterzeichnet;art1491,2759789 “]

German Federal Police

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Really??? A German Federal policeman held a conference in the Interior Ministry in Berlin and apparently qualified Roma as “criminal gangs” also insulting other minorities.
Bad!

– Berliner Bundespolizist soll Roma als „Verbrecher-Clans“ bezeichnet haben. In: Berliner Zeitung. 31.08.2017. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/berliner-bundespolizist-bezeichnet-roma-oeffentlich-als-verbrecher-clans
– Vortrag im Ministerium erzürnt Sinti und Roma. In: Frankfurter Allgemeiner. 01.09.2017, http://www.fr.de/politik/kriminelle-grossfamilien-vortrag-im-ministerium-erzuernt-sinti-und-roma-a-1342553 [link-preview url=”http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/berliner-bundespolizist-bezeichnet-roma-oeffentlich-als-verbrecher-clans “]

The Faces of the Perpetrators …

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A series of photos of German soldiers forced to watch footage of concentration camps… They gry, the said they didn’t fight for that – but actually one knows that the Wehrmacht saw it happen and participated in summary executions …

– Nemeckým vojakom bolo do plaču, keď videli teror v koncentračných táboroch. Svetoznáma fotografia zobrazuje znechutené tváre. In: Refresher.sk. 27.08.2017. https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare [link-preview url=”https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare”]

Germany: The Story of the Family Weiss

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A story about a Sinti family in Post War Germany. This shows what Roma had to face in the aftermath of the War and Holocaust in Germany.

Die unerzählte Geschichte der Familie Weiß. In: Dewezet. 25.08.2017. https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html”]

Germany: Max Birkenfelder

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The Holocaust survivor, Max Birkenfelder, died at the age of 79. Hi family spent four years in the Radom Ghetto in Poland, where they were forced to work under extreme conditions.
May he rest in peace!

– Als Kind Erschießungen erlebt. In: Maheimer Morgen. 18.08.2017. https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html”]

Travellers and Roma

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An article about the “fear of the Gypsies” in Germany, following the arrival of Irish Travellers in Düsseldorf.

– Die Angst vor dem “Zigeuner” In: RP Online. 12.08.2017. http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/irish-traveller-die-angst-vor-dem-zigeuner-aid-1.7007763 [link-preview url=”http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/irish-traveller-die-angst-vor-dem-zigeuner-aid-1.7007763″]

Twitter, Hate Speech and Art

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Shahak Shapira did an action in front of the Twitter Headquarters in Germany: he printed many racist comments found in Twitter about which he regularly complained on the pavement. Watch …

– This artist graffitied the worst tweets he could find, right outside Twitter’s office. In: Upworthy.com. 11.08.2017. http://www.upworthy.com/this-artist-graffitied-the-worst-tweets-he-could-find-right-outside-twitters-office
– Israeli artist trolls Twitter with hate graffiti outside headquarters in Hamburg. In: i24. 08.08.2017. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/152526-170809-german-artist-trolls-twitter-with-hate-graffiti-outside-headquarters-in-hamburg [link-preview url=”https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/152526-170809-german-artist-trolls-twitter-with-hate-graffiti-outside-headquarters-in-hamburg”]

Irish Travellers

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A German article on Irish Travellers. Why? Simply because they travel way beyond the borders of Ireland and are often to be seen iN Germany and Switzerland over the summer.

– Wer sind die Irish Travellers? In: RP Online. 11.08.2017. http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/irische-landfahrer-in-duesseldorf-wer-sind-die-mysterioesen-travellers-aid-1.6998811 [link-preview url=”http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/irische-landfahrer-in-duesseldorf-wer-sind-die-mysterioesen-travellers-aid-1.6998811″]

Bibliography: Romani Rose

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An article on the bibliography of Romani Rose, the president of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, about his combats for the recognition of the Holocaust on Sinti and Roma.

– Die erste Demo in ihrer Geschichte. In: TAZ. 25.07.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5425093/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5425093/”]

Zentralrat on Arte

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The Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany pointed its members on the Arte Movie on Roma and antiziganismus that was shown yesterday.

– Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma weist auf sehenswerten ARTE Dokumentarfilm zum Thema Antiziganismus in Europa hin. In: Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma. 18.07.2017. http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-weist-auf-sehenswerten-arte-dokumentarfilm-zum-thema-antiziganismus-in-europa-hin/ [link-preview url=”http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-weist-auf-sehenswerten-arte-dokumentarfilm-zum-thema-antiziganismus-in-europa-hin/”]

Racial Diagnosis – Gypsy

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An exhibition has opened in Cologne in the Documentation Centre on National Socialism titled “Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner” with many pictures of Roma under the Nazis. The exhibition gives a face to the victims.
A must to see.

– Sinti und Roma Ausstellung im NS-Dok gibt den Opfern ein Gesicht. In: Kölner Stadt Anzeiger. 07.07.2017. http://www.ksta.de/kultur/sinti-und-roma-ausstellung-im-ns-dok-gibt-den-opfern-ein-gesicht-27927472
– NS-Dokumentationszentrum zeigt Ausstellung „Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner“. In: Report-K. 07.07.2017. https://www.report-k.de/Titelthemen/NS-Dokumentationszentrum-zeigt-Ausstellung-Rassendiagnose-Zigeuner-80099 [link-preview url=”https://www.report-k.de/Titelthemen/NS-Dokumentationszentrum-zeigt-Ausstellung-Rassendiagnose-Zigeuner-80099″]

Germany and Migrants

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A bad title (and article) on Roma in Germany: The Title states “From what do they live? ‘we get child benefits’.”
Really? All Roma in Germany?
BAD!!!

– Wovon sie leben? „Wir bekommen Kindergeld“ In: Die Welt. 05.07.2017. https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article166152107/Wovon-sie-leben-Wir-bekommen-Kindergeld.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article166152107/Wovon-sie-leben-Wir-bekommen-Kindergeld.html”]

Al-Jazeera on Roma Culture

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A long article by Al Jazeera on the Berlin European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).

– Lifting Roma voices: Europe’s first Roma culture centre. In: Al Jazeera. 05.07.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/lifting-roma-voices-europe-roma-culture-centre-170621113322884.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/lifting-roma-voices-europe-roma-culture-centre-170621113322884.html”]

Johann Trollmann

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A short bibliography of Johann Trollmann, a successful Sinto boxer in Hitler’s Germany.

– The Gypsy Boxer Who Proved Hitler Wrong. In: Cultura Collectiva. 22.06.2017. http://culturacolectiva.com/johann-trollmann-romani-boxer/ [link-preview url=”http://culturacolectiva.com/johann-trollmann-romani-boxer/”]

Timea Junghaus

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An interview of Timea Junghaus on the European Roma Institute of Art and Culture in Berlin.

– Timea Junghaus for Romea.cz: Romani artists have the potential to create an innovative Romani identity. In: Romea.cz. 28.07.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/timea-junghaus-for-romea-cz-romani-artists-have-the-potential-to-create-an-innovative-romani-identity [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/timea-junghaus-for-romea-cz-romani-artists-have-the-potential-to-create-an-innovative-romani-identity”]

Bulgarian Roma

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An article about Bulgarian Roma. The article is probably well intentioned, but by showcasing a prostitute in Germany who wires 139’000 Euros back to her home contry, contributes to perpetuate negative stereotypes.
BAD.

– A Tale of Two Roma. In: Handelsblatt Global. 01.07.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/a-tale-of-two-roma-bulgaria-berlin-nadeschda-poverty-781586 [link-preview url=”https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/a-tale-of-two-roma-bulgaria-berlin-nadeschda-poverty-781586″]

Romani Rose

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An interview with Romani Rose, chairman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma. He rightfully states that Sinti and Roma are considered as scapegoats.

– “Unsere Minderheit wird als Sündenbock abgestempelt”. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 27.06.2017. https://www.rnz.de/politik/hintergrund_artikel,-Hintergrund-Politik-Romani-Rose-im-Interview-Unsere-Minderheit-wird-als-Suendenbock-abgestempelt-_arid,285176.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rnz.de/politik/hintergrund_artikel,-Hintergrund-Politik-Romani-Rose-im-Interview-Unsere-Minderheit-wird-als-Suendenbock-abgestempelt-_arid,285176.html”]

Germany and Integration

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The Sinti and Roma association of the German State of Hessen will receive money from the state. This follows the signature of a contract between the state and the association to further the integration of Roma.

– Landesverband erhält Geld von Land. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 21.06.2017. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/sinti-und-roma-landesverband-erhaelt-geld-von-land-a-1299508 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/sinti-und-roma-landesverband-erhaelt-geld-von-land-a-1299508″]

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