Holocaust Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/tag/holocaust/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:34:47 +0000 de hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Holocaust Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/tag/holocaust/ 32 32 France and the Genocide https://rroma.org/de/france-and-the-genocide-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=france-and-the-genocide-2 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:34:47 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27912 An action in France for the recognition of the genocide of the Roma (and the participation of France in it. […]

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]]> An action in France for the recognition of the genocide of the Roma (and the participation of France in it.

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]]> Austria: Memorial https://rroma.org/de/austria-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austria-memorial Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:00:02 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27864 For National Council President Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ), the erection of a memorial to the Roma and Sinti persecuted and murdered […]

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]]> For National Council President Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ), the erection of a memorial to the Roma and Sinti persecuted and murdered under National Socialism is “a long overdue step.” “I very much hope that the ongoing search for a location will soon lead to a positive outcome,” he said in his opening speech at the event marking International Roma Remembrance Day in Parliament.

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]]> Liberec: Vandals https://rroma.org/de/liberec-vandals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liberec-vandals Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:08:52 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27812 A vandal damaged a memorial of Roma children from the Czech city of Liberec who were murdered during the Holocaust. […]

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]]> A vandal damaged a memorial of Roma children from the Czech city of Liberec who were murdered during the Holocaust. The memorial was only erected a year agao.

Shame!

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]]> Środa, Poland: Conference https://rroma.org/de/sroda-poland-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sroda-poland-conference Sat, 05 Apr 2025 08:59:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27792 A special meeting dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Roma and Sinti Genocide during World War II […]

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]]> A special meeting dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Roma and Sinti Genocide during World War II will be held in the Środa Library Aprill 11th. The speaker will be Lucyna Matkowska, née Ondycz, a representative of the second generation of Holocaust survivors from Środa. She will share moving memories of her family, reflections on the memory and legacy of this tragedy, and the challenges facing future generations.

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]]> Łodz – Litzmannstadt Ghetto https://rroma.org/de/lodz-litzmannstadt-ghetto-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lodz-litzmannstadt-ghetto-2 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 08:58:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27789 The “Gypsy” camp in Łódź was the first ghetto intended exclusively for Roma and Sinti in occupied Polish lands. In […]

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]]> The “Gypsy” camp in Łódź was the first ghetto intended exclusively for Roma and Sinti in occupied Polish lands. In the Łódź ghetto, it was located on Wojska Polskiego, Obrońców Westerplatte, Starosikawska and Głowackiego (in today’s street names). in November 1941 almost five thousand Roma and Sinti from Burgenland (the Austro-Hungarian border) were imprisoned.

A guided tour is organised on April 10th at 18:00.

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]]> Genocide of the Roma https://rroma.org/de/genocide-of-the-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genocide-of-the-roma-2 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 07:53:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27722 An exhibition on the Genocide of the Roma during the Nazi Era. What is unfortunate is the use of the […]

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]]> An exhibition on the Genocide of the Roma during the Nazi Era. What is unfortunate is the use of the word “Tsigane” in its title, and in the title of the article.

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]]> Poland: Memorial https://rroma.org/de/poland-memorial-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-memorial-5 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:13:15 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27658 A new memorial for 77 Roma who were murdered in Karczew, Poland, in 1943 is planned. During the interwar period, […]

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]]> A new memorial for 77 Roma who were murdered in Karczew, Poland, in 1943 is planned. During the interwar period, travelling Roma would come to the village of Przewóz (now part of Karczew) for wintering and rented rooms from local farmers. From 1939, Roma lived in the village, as the Germans banned them from travelling. The life of the local Roma community ended tragically on January 2, 1943. Several German soldiers surrounded the village and began to drag Roma out of their homes onto the streets. Anyone who resisted was immediately shot; a total of 77 people were killed during the executions.

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]]> Czechia, Roma, and the Genocide https://rroma.org/de/czechia-roma-and-the-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-roma-and-the-genocide Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:15:32 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27551 March 11, 1943, 642 Roma men, women and children were deported to Auschwitz Birkenau from the Protectorate of Bohemia and […]

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]]> March 11, 1943, 642 Roma men, women and children were deported to Auschwitz Birkenau from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. This was the beginning of the systematic extermination of Roma in that region.

For the majority of Czechoslovak society at the time, this remained on the fringes of interest. Although there were cases where local residents showed sympathy or tried to help, in general, there was little awareness of the fate of the Roma. And after the war, the tragedy of the Roma Holocaust was neglected for a long time. The participation of Czech gendarmes and camp commanders in the genocide of the Roma during World War II was denied for forty years under communism. The taboo was broken after the revolution by historian Ctibor Nečas and journalist Markus Pape, and courageous activists from among Roma also played their part. For example, Jan Hauer, Antonín Lagryn or Čeněk Růžička, all sons of Leti prisoners.

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]]> Kateřina Čapková https://rroma.org/de/katerina-capkova/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=katerina-capkova Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:14:39 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27548 Kateřina Čapková currently works at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, where she researches the various political strategies towards […]

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]]> Kateřina Čapková currently works at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, where she researches the various political strategies towards Roma and Romnja during the Nazi era. In the future, Austria will also increasingly be a focus of her work. Her goal: to finally make historical findings accessible to the general public.

Čapková is a Czech historian and university professor specializing in the history of Roma. Her academic career began in the 1990s at Charles University in Prague. While still a student, she worked in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences.

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]]> Slovakia and the Tiso Regime https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-and-the-tiso-regime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-the-tiso-regime Sat, 15 Mar 2025 09:46:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27519 Hana Kubátová (45) is a historian, she is dedicated to Holocaust research, and works at the Faculty of Social Sciences […]

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]]> Hana Kubátová (45) is a historian, she is dedicated to Holocaust research, and works at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University in Prague. Her book “Where Foxes Say Good Night” about the relationship between Christian nationalism and the Holocaust in Slovakia is currently being published. She says: “When the Tiso regime wanted to create “new Slovaks”, it was easier to say who did not belong to them”. Roma and Jews were definitively part of the New Slovaks…

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