An exhibition in Munich in the documentation centre on Nazi is commemorating the persecution of Sinti and Rroma through the National Socialists between 1933 and 1945.
– Die Verfolgung der Sinti und Roma in München. In: Bayrisches Rundfunk. 04.11.2016. http://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendungen/puzzle/ausstellung-sinti-und-roma-puzzle-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendungen/puzzle/ausstellung-sinti-und-roma-puzzle-100.html”]
A good article and to the point … While the French President excused himself for the role that the French state played in the internment and deportation of Rroma during World War Two, he actually ignored that the French state did persecute Rroma for centuries before that …
– French President Downplays Historical Persecution of Roma People. In: Tele Sur. 30.10.2016. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/French-President-Downplays-Historical-Persecution-of-Roma-People-20161030-0013.html [link-preview url=”http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/French-President-Downplays-Historical-Persecution-of-Roma-People-20161030-0013.html”]
A short chronicle… For some reason, very little in France this week. Always good!
A camp near Paris, in Vigneux was closed by riot police; in the same département, in the Essone, 440 migrants from Paris are being housed, with Rroma among them; in Montreuil, the situation of the evicted Rroma has still not been resolve, and nothing has progressed; in the North, near Lille, the administration is trying physical means to stop Rroma from squatting land near a railway station; and finally a story of thieves, two Rroma …
– Un camp de Roms de Vigneux-sur-Seine évacué par les CRS. In: Le Parisien. 03.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/vigneux-sur-seine-91270/un-camp-de-roms-de-vigneux-sur-seine-evacue-par-les-crs-03-11-2016-6285147.php
– Un camp rom démantelé à Vigneux-sur-Seine. In: Essone Info. 04.11.2016. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99216/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-vigneux-seine/
– L’Essonne accueille 440 migrants de Stalingrad. In: Le Parisen. 04.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/l-essonne-accueille-440-migrants-de-stalingrad-04-11-2016-6290022.php
– Montreuil. Pas de trêve hivernale pour les familles Roms expulsées. In: Mediapart. 01.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/011116/montreuil-pas-de-treve-hivernale-pour-les-familles-roms-expulsees
– Les talus dressés devant la gare seront aménagés au printemps. In: La Voix du Nord. 02.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/68371/article/2016-11-02/les-talus-dresses-devant-la-gare-seront-amenages-au-printemps
Castelnau-le-Lez : deux suspects repéraient pour cambrioler. In: e-metropolitain. 04.11.2016. http://e-metropolitain.fr/2016/11/04/castelnau-lez-deux-suspects-reperaient-cambrioler/ [link-preview url=”https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99216/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-vigneux-seine/”]
The Rroma literature award dedicated to Čeja Stojka was given to a young Rrom author Samuel Mago.
– Roma-Literaturpreis des Österreichischen PEN in Erinnerung an Ceija Stojka 2016 geht an Samuel Mago. In: Presstext. 03.11.2016. http://www.pressetext.com/news/20161103025 [link-preview url=”http://www.pressetext.com/news/20161103025″]
An article in the Greek Press on the origins of the Rroma. Fairly accurate, but with a choice of pictures that is full of stereotypes…
– Ρομά ή Ρομ ή Τσιγγάνοι ή Γύφτοι: Από πού κατάγονται τελικά; In: Protothema. 03.11.2016. http://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/625108/roma-i-rom-i-tsigganoi-i-guftoi-apo-pou-katagodai-telika/ [link-preview url=”http://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/625108/roma-i-rom-i-tsigganoi-i-guftoi-apo-pou-katagodai-telika/”]
The Rromanes Program of the Swedish TV showcased Rroma tales, so-called paramicija.
– Paramichi si vazno ande kultura. In: Radio Sverige. 02.11.2016. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=6554411
As we already reported, the closure by the city of Rome of its centre for migrants in the via Amarilli is actually a de-facto eviction. The evicted Rroma were not offered any alternative lodging and are now camping outside.
SHAME.
– Verwaltung der italienischen Hauptstadt geht gegen Minderheit vor. In: Junge Welt. 03.11.2016. https://www.jungewelt.de/2016/11-01/028.php [link-preview url=”https://www.jungewelt.de/2016/11-01/028.php”]
According to a recent survey, schools are not a safe place for Rroma and Sinti in Germany. For most of them encounter discrimination and are confronted with sterotypes and prejudices. This is BAD.
– Schule ist für Sinti und Roma kein sicherer Ort. In: Der tagesspeigel. 02.11.2016. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/bildungsaufsteigerinnen-schule-ist-fuer-sinti-und-roma-kein-sicherer-ort/14783888.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/bildungsaufsteigerinnen-schule-ist-fuer-sinti-und-roma-kein-sicherer-ort/14783888.html”]
A new theatre play, the Journey – Drom, portrays Rroma who moved to Germany in search of a better life. The play and its Rroma and Gadže actors wants to show the complexity of the refugee issue and wants to further understanding in Germany for their plight.
– Roma spread message of understanding through theatre. In: DW. 01.11.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/roma-spread-message-of-understanding-through-theater/a-36192278 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/roma-spread-message-of-understanding-through-theater/a-36192278″]
A petition to prevent the deportation of a young Rromni born in Hamburg to Montenegro, a country she never saw.
Please sign!
– https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/in-hamburg-geborene-selma-darf-nicht-abgeschoben-werden [link-preview url=”https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/in-hamburg-geborene-selma-darf-nicht-abgeschoben-werden”]
A new cultural centre in the city of Minden aims at presenting the culture of Sinti and Roma, to inform about them and thus reduce the stereotypes and prejudices against them. This is more than needed due to the increase of discrimination and prejudices in Germany in recent years.
– Sinti und Roma rufen zu Einsatz gegen Rechtspopulismus auf. In: MiGazin. 31.10.2016. http://www.migazin.de/2016/10/31/neues-bildungszentrum-vorsitzender-zentralrats-deutscher/ [link-preview url=”http://www.migazin.de/2016/10/31/neues-bildungszentrum-vorsitzender-zentralrats-deutscher/”]
An article obout he Holocaust memorial in Berlin, wich, according to this writing could not be build today, first because it only commemorates the Jewish victims and not Rroma and others, but mostly because the anti-Semitisms has increased so much that such a monument would be controversial.
Bad.
– ‘Berlin’s Holocaust memorial couldn’t have been built in today’s Germany’ In: i24. 30.10.2016. http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/128893-161030-berlin-s-holocaust-memorial-couldn-t-have-been-built-in-today-s-germany [link-preview url=”http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/128893-161030-berlin-s-holocaust-memorial-couldn-t-have-been-built-in-today-s-germany”]
A nice commentary from Romany Rose, the chairman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma, on racism, on multicultural society, and on tolerance.
– Gastkommentar von Romani Rose: Vielfältiges Europa verteidigen. In: Mindener Tagblatt. 31.10.2016. http://www.mt.de/lokales/minden/20963451_Gastkommentar-von-Romani-Rose-Vielfaeltiges-Europaverteidigen.html [link-preview url=”http://www.mt.de/lokales/minden/20963451_Gastkommentar-von-Romani-Rose-Vielfaeltiges-Europaverteidigen.html”]
An attempt by a French news outlet to explain the difference between travellers, Rroma, Gitans, Manouches, etc.
BAD … First it still uses “Tzigane” as the general term. And then, states that Rrom means man – no, it means husband or someone from that group and so on. Would be good if journalists inform themselves before writing things.
– TSIGANES, ROMS, GITANS OU GENS DU VOYAGE… LES DISTINCTIONS À FAIRE. In: LCI. 29.10.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/tsiganes-roms-gitans-ou-gens-du-voyage-les-distinctions-a-faire-2010040.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lci.fr/societe/tsiganes-roms-gitans-ou-gens-du-voyage-les-distinctions-a-faire-2010040.html”]
Up to 97% of the Rroma population in an Irish town have been subjected to racist abuse…
BAD.
– Racist attacks revealed on Roma. In: The Independent (IR). 29.10.2016. http://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/racist-attacks-revealed-on-roma-35157282.html [link-preview url=”http://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/racist-attacks-revealed-on-roma-35157282.html”]
The French news were certainly dominated with the news of the recognition of the French role in the deportation of Rroma during World War Two.
There were nevertheless other news too… Conflict between Rroma (i.e. in the context newly arrived ones) and gens du voyage (i.e. in this context Manouches – a group that descends from the Sinti) near Paris; the plight of the expulsed Rroma from Montreuil near Paris; an essay about people living in the street in Paris, saying one cannot accept this; the story of a squat in Western France whose owner is rather uncertain; in Dijon, in Bourgogne, a squat was evicted; an essay about the situation of Rroma in the poorest French town in the North, Roubaix; a fire near a highway in Eastern France provoqued by Rroma; an finally an essay on women health amongst migrants and Rroma in Paris.
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes : la situation se tend entre Roms et gens du voyage. In: Le Parisien. 28.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/saint-thibault-des-vignes-77400/saint-thibault-des-vignes-la-situation-se-tend-entre-roms-et-gens-du-voyage-28-10-2016-6263640.php
– Montreuil. Familles Roms expulsées: sans fiche de paye. In: Mediapart. 27.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/271016/montreuil-familles-roms-expulsees-sans-fiche-de-paye
– SDF à Paris : on ne doit pas s’habituer. In: Le Parisien. 26.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/paris-la-nuit-avec-ses-sdf-26-10-2016-6252363.php
– A Sainte-Luce : qui possède le terrain occupé par les Roms ? In: Ouest France. 25.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/sainte-luce-qui-possede-le-terrain-occupe-par-les-roms-4581885
– Dijon : des heurts en marge de l’évacuation du squat de la rue du Gaz. In: Le Bien Public. 27.10.2016. http://www.bienpublic.com/edition-dijon-ville/2016/10/26/dijon-le-squat-de-la-rue-du-gaz-en-cours-d-evacuation
– Le point de vue: charité bien ordonnée? In: Nord Éclair. 28.10.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/le-point-de-vue-charite-bien-ordonnee-ia0b0n1278545
– Sur l’A31 la visibilité est gênée par un départ de feu. In: 5 Minutes (LUX). 26.10.2016. http://5minutes.rtl.lu/grande-region/laune/970568.html
– En maraude, auprès des femmes sans-abris. In: Actu Soins. 27.10.2016. http://www.actusoins.com/280622/maraude-aupres-femmes-abris.html [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/271016/montreuil-familles-roms-expulsees-sans-fiche-de-paye”]
The French president François Hollande recognised yesterday the role of the French state in the internment and deportation of Rroma during World War Two. This is a first, and comes only more than 70 years after the facts!
What took you so long?
– Hollande reconnaît le rôle de l’État dans la persécution des Tsiganes. In: Le Figaro. 29.10.2016. http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/10/28/01016-20161028ARTFIG00163-hollande-va-rendre-hommage-aux-tsiganes-internes-pendant-la-seconde-guerre-mondiale.php
– Hollande recognizes French role in WWII internment of Roma. In: Deutsche Welle. 29.10.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/hollande-recognizes-french-role-in-wwii-internment-of-roma/a-36196813
– Hollande acknowledges French role in Roma internment during WWII. In: i24. 29.10.2016. http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/128855-161029-hollande-acknowledges-french-role-in-roma-internment-during-wwii
– Tsiganes internés de 1940 à 1946 : Hollande reconnaît la responsabilité de la France. In: Le Point. 29.10.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/hollande-va-rendre-hommage-aux-tsiganes-internes-de-1940-a-1946–29-10-2016-2079435_20.php
– France played a role in Nazi persecution of Gypsies, President Francois Hollande says. In: ABC News. 29.10.2016. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-30/france-admits-role-it-played-in-internment-of-french-gypsies/7978056
– François Hollande reconnaît la responsabilité de la France dans l’internement de milliers de Roms durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. In: LINFO.RE. 29.10.2016. http://www.linfo.re/france/societe/705350-francois-hollande-reconnait-la-responsabilite-de-la-france-dans-l-internement-de-milliers-de-roms-durant-la-seconde-guerre-mondiale
– Commémorations à Montreuil-Bellay : des représentants d’un collectif de sans-papiers et de l’association Rroms-Anjou refoulés. In: FR3 News. 29.10.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/maine-et-loire/angers/commemorations-montreuil-bellay-representants-collectif-papiers-association-rroms-anjou-refoules-1119331.html
– Les nomades internés sous Vichy : l’histoire oubliée. In: France Inter. 29.10.2016. https://www.franceinter.fr/info/les-tsiganes-internes-sous-vichy-l-histoire-oubliee [link-preview url=”https://www.franceinter.fr/info/les-tsiganes-internes-sous-vichy-l-histoire-oubliee”]
The city of Main in Germany, paired with Miskolc is sticking to its guns. It is providing funds and help for Rroma via the Maltese orders. Main is somewhat embarrassed here as Miskolc is evicting Rroma from its centre on spurious grounds.
And giving funds to the Maltese order is nice, but not sufficient. Political action is required.
– Stadtrat bleibt dabei: Roma in Miskolc werden unterstützt. In: Main-Echo. 26.10.2016. http://www.main-echo.de/regional/stadt-kreis-aschaffenburg/art3983,4287212 [link-preview url=”http://www.main-echo.de/regional/stadt-kreis-aschaffenburg/art3983,4287212″]
The City of Rome recently closed a centre which mostly lodged Rroma. According to local NGOs, this was more an eviction rather than a closure, as many of the people were not relocated in other centres.
The NGOs and the European Roma Right Centre are accusing the city to violate the human rights of the Rroma as well as not fulfilling their obligations according to European Laws.
– Rom, chiude il centro di via Amarilli. L’accusa: “Come uno sgombero forzato”. In Roma Today. 25.10.2016. http://www.romatoday.it/politica/chiusura-centro-accoglienza-via-amarilli.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/politica/chiusura-centro-accoglienza-via-amarilli.html”]
A special exhibition on the persecution of Rroma and Sinti is currently shown in the National Socialism Documentation Centre in Munich.
– NS-Dokuzentrum über die Verfolgung von Sinti und Roma. In: Bild. 27.10.2016. http://www.bild.de/regional/aktuelles/bayern/ausstellung-ueber-sinti-und-roma-im-nsdokuzentrum-48456232.bild.html [link-preview url=”http://www.bild.de/regional/aktuelles/bayern/ausstellung-ueber-sinti-und-roma-im-nsdokuzentrum-48456232.bild.html”]
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