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Łodz: Litzmannstadt Ghetto

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1942 a key year in the history of the ghetto, mostly due to camps operating within it, intended for Roma and Polish children. In January, the Germans liquidated the so-called gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager). In December, in the area separated from the ghetto, the Preventive Security Police Camp for Polish Youth in Łódź (Polen-Jugendverwahrlager der Sicherheitspolizei in Litzmannstadt) was established.

A walk in the footsteps of both camps will focus on their history, the fate of the victims and the relations between the camps and the surrounding ghetto.

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Karel Holomek

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On Friday, people gathered at the Brno crematorium to say their last farewell to the co-founder of the Museum of Roma Culture, Karel Holomek. Holomek died on the twenty-seventh of August. The Brno native was an important Roma activist, publicist and politician.

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Slovenia and Roma

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After a months-long campaign, 11 mayors and mayors of Dolenj, Belokrajna and Posavina municipalities in Slovenia submitted proposals for changes to social legislation to the National Assembly. Throughout the collection of signatures, the mayors announced that the purpose of the changes was to protect the benefits of children from socially difficult backgrounds and to encourage interest in the integration of the unemployed into the labour market.

They of course kept silent the fact that the proposals target Roma, because otherwise the proposals would be rejected as unconstitutional, because they are discriminatory. But it is obvious that problems such as children’s non-enrolment in school are primarily associated with the Roma. The mayor of Novo Mesto, Gregor Macedoni, who is at the head of the initiative, told STA that their initiative deals in a general way with the problem of children who, being born in a “certain social environment”, are marked by the fact that they have no future, and there is a high probability that, that they will not finish primary school. According to his estimate, there are 1.5 percent of such children in Slovenia.

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Desegregation in Slovakia

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A new inclusive kindergarten was opened in Spišské Tomášovce in the district of Spišská Nová Ves on Thursday. 70 children are enrolled in it, of which 33 are from the Roma community. TASR was informed about this by Michaela Kotradyová from the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Roma Communities.

The representative of the Slovak government for Roma communities, Ján Hero, attended the opening, who pointed out that the first three years of life are the most decisive for how children will do in kindergarten and how they will be able to apply themselves later in life. “That’s when the fastest brain development takes place. Intervention during this period is therefore crucial. I am very happy that this work was successful and I am grateful that it adheres to the principles of destigmatisation, desegregation, deghettoization,” he declared.

  • V Spišských Tomášovciach otvorili novú inkluzívnu materskú školu. In: Tearz. 31.08.2023. https://www.teraz.sk/regiony/v-spisskych-tomasovciach-otvorili-no/737915-clanok.html
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Czech Republic and Roma

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During a debate between Roma and ministers of the Czech government organised by Romea on Wednesday in Brno, Minister of Justice Pavel Blažek (ODS) assured representatives of the Roma community that there is no such thing as racial justice in the Czech Republic. He thus rejected some of the statements of Roma that the courts judge cases when the perpetrators are Roma and differently when others. He considers the release from custody of a man who is suspected of the June murder near the Brno Dam to be a standard procedure. Blažek described the debate, which was organized by the organizations ROMEA and Romodrom and filmed by ROMEA TV, as beneficial.

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Ukraine, War, and Minorities

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Roma displaced by the war still have problems with access to the labour market in the Ukraine. According to a study by an international charitable organization, which was conducted in May 2023 among Roma immigrants in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, and Zakarpattia regions, the situation has improved.

However, there still are integration problems, discrimination, access to the labour market and ensuring the financial independence of immigrant families, information, and children’s access to education. The most difficult situation is in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

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Czech Republic, Roma, and Ukrainians

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Some Czech Roma are protesting about the release of the Ukrainian who killed a Rom in Brno recently. He is no longer in jail but on bail. The release of the murderer from the Brno case is a slap in the face of the Roma. “One less gypsy, so what?” according to Romani leader Tancoš.

These confrontations between Ukrainian refugees and Roma have not been good. Some Roma sided with some extreme right parties to complain about Ukrainian refugees. Our attitude is: Let’s see what justice says about this case. It is definitively bad that the suspect was released on bail, with the judge expressing doubt about this being a murder.

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Germany: Exhibition

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The exhibition “The Path of #Sinti and #Roma” by the Hessian State Association of Sinti and Roma  in northern Hesse will be shown from Saturday, September 2, 2023 (opening from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.) until September 26, 2023.

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Moldova and Roma Barons

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The Soroca “baron” of all Roma Artur Cerari tells who can inherit his position as the leader of the Roma and what qualities his successor should have, according to observatorul.md. One of the main candidates is the daughter of the current baron.

This “baron” represents a vica of Kalderaša or related group, which is by far not all Roma.

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Kosovo: Police Brutality?

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Roma gathered today in Gračanica, Kosovo, at a protest organized by the Association of Roma in Kosovo “Opre Roma”, due to the beating of a Rom by the Kosovo Police.

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Croatia, Roma, and Education

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On August 29, 2023, the final conference of the Erasmus project “KULko” – “Development of cultural capital of Roma students” was held at Orehovica Elementary School in Orehovica, carried out in partnership by Orehovica Elementary School, Čakovec Public Open University, Lendava Human University and Elementary School Franceta Prešerna in Črenšovka. The project which was funded with 60,000 euros, lasted 18 months, involved 20 classroom teachers from Orehovica Elementary School (where 62 percent of the children are Roma) and the Slovenian Franceta Prešerna Elementary School, and the project produced various analyses and offered practical solutions for teachers, to help Roma children better integrate in school.

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Roma and Czech Media

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Roma are mostly presented negatively in the media, they still face discrimination! This follows from a survey by Romea. Respondents to the survey had the opportunity to choose Roma personalities, who were then invited by the first Roma internet television to the Desetiminutovka Plus program. “Some mentioned specific names, others just fields from which Roma should be invited to our program. Some of the names of Romany personalities that appeared in the poll, we have already had as guests on the show.

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Slovakia: Large Project

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A call for projects entitled “Assistance to municipalities with the presence of marginalized Roma communities in arranging legal relations to land under settlements” has been started in Slovakia. More than 17 million euros have been allocated from European Union. “The aim of the call is to support the processes associated with the arrangement of ownership and use relationships to land in settlements in municipalities with the presence of marginalized Roma communities,” the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma communities said.

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French Chronicle …

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The usual, unfortunately, this last week in France on Roma.

In Bordeaux, an article on the Podensac camp where Roma who were expulsed from another camp re-settled; A new camp in Ermenonville; in Lyon, neighbour of a new “insertion camp” are protesting against nuisances; and of course, criminality with the theft of copper in Lyon.

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Slovakia: Roma Spirit

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The nomination campaign of the jubilee 15th year of Roma Spirit is going to the finals. Last days to submit an application for the award! It is possible to nominate exceptional people and activities that contribute to the improvement of the situation of Roma in Slovakia by filling out the online application only until September 3!

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Montenegro: Roma Mediators

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UNICEF, the EU and the NGO HELP call on Montenegrin national and local authorities to provide an adequate number of Roma mediators employed in the educational, health and child and social welfare systems in order to end the poverty of Roma children in Montenegro.

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Karel Holomek

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Karel Holomek, a Roma activist, journalist, politician, with  degree in mechanical engineering and founder of the Museum of Roma Culture, died at the age of 86 on Sunday afternoon.

May he rest in peace.

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