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Netherlands: Concert

Roma Foundation — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:51:35 +0000

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.

De Nacht: Wereld. In: Concertzender. 28.09.2024. https://www.concertzender.nl/programma/de_nacht_wereld_788780/

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Westerbork

Roma Foundation — Tue, 28 May 2024 05:32:28 +0000

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.

Vervolging van Roma en Sinti herdacht in Kamp Westerbork. In: Welingeliche Kringen. 26.05.2024. https://www.welingelichtekringen.nl/samenleving/vervolging-van-roma-en-sinti-herdacht-in-kamp-westerbork

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Netherland: New Museum

Roma Foundation — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:37:14 +0000

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.

With a new Holocaust museum, the Netherlands faces its past. In: Ekathimerini. 07.03.2024. https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1233388/with-a-new-holocaust-museum-the-netherlands-faces-its-past/

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Westerbork

Roma Foundation — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:03:23 +0000

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.

In Kamp Westerbork wordt op 4 mei de militaire taptoe niet meer geblazen. In: NRC. 03.05.2023. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/05/03/in-kamp-westerbork-wordt-op-4-mei-de-militaire-taptoe-niet-meer-geblazen-a4163673

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Really????

Roma Foundation — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:28:18 +0000

Seems there is a problem if many Dutch citizen think that the Holocaust is a myth. This is really bad.

Viele Niederländer halten Holocaust für einen Mythos. In: Forschung und Lehre. 25.01.2023. https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/zeitfragen/viele-niederlaender-halten-holocaust-fuer-einen-mythos-5348

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Amsterdam and Roma

Roma Foundation — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:14:17 +0000

In the context of the “Eastern Neighbours Film Festival”, an encounter with three Romnja directors.

AN ENCOUNTER WITH THREE POWERFUL VOICES OF EUROPEAN CINEMA. In: ENFF.nl. https://enff.nl/an-encounter-with-three-powerful-voices-of-european-cinema/?fbclid=IwAR35IqnRLAVCJ4oPWE1-i5zHSowfN2Vz9zJxBf2MzbWe8OZRiONK4khxqD0

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Netherlands – Accusations

RF — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000

Following the decision in the Netherlands Railway to compensate people who were deported by train to concentration camps or their relatives, a feud between Roma organisations has erupted. Accusations are being made, all in the open.
This is bad.

– Nederlandse vereniging Roma en Sinti reageert op beschuldigingen Steinse club. In: Limburger. 30.12.2018. https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20181230_00086201/nederlandse-vereniging-roma-en-sinti-reageert-op-steinse-club [link-preview url=”https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20181230_00086201/nederlandse-vereniging-roma-en-sinti-reageert-op-steinse-club”]

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Zoni Weisz

RF — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:03:42 +0000

The life story of Zoni Weisz, a Dutch Sinto who was deported at the age of 7.

– „Ich bin ein Blumenkind“. In: Deutschlandfunk. 01.01.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/das-leben-des-sinto-zoni-weisz-ich-bin-ein-blumenkind.694.de.html?dram:article_id=436992 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/das-leben-des-sinto-zoni-weisz-ich-bin-ein-blumenkind.694.de.html?dram:article_id=436992″]

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Netherlands: Complaint

RF — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000

Roma and travellers associations have filed a complaint against the police in the Netherlands for discrimination. They accuse the police of portraying them and handling them as a criminal organisation.

– Travellers file police complaint against mayors for discrimination. In: Dutch News. 10.12.2018. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/travellers-file-police-complaint-against-mayors-for-discrimination/ [link-preview url=”https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/travellers-file-police-complaint-against-mayors-for-discrimination/”]

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Dutch Rail to pay

RF — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:27:26 +0000

The Dutch Railway is to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their relatives for having transported people to the Westerbrock Transit camp. Under the victims where several Roma and Sinti families.

– Holocaust: Dutch rail firm NS to pay families compensation. In: BBC News. 28.11.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46370611
– Dutch to pay holocaust compensation. In: The Nation. 29.11.2018. https://nation.com.pk/29-Nov-2018/dutch-to-pay-holocaust-compensation [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46370611 “]

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