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Österreich News Westeuropa

Austria and the Holocaust

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An interesting article from the catholic church about the Roma victims of the Holocaust in the Diocese of Eisenstadt in the Easern part of the country. There, the camp of Lackenbach had more than 4’000 local Roma who were doing forced labour in appalling conditions. Many more were simply sent to death camps.

– Österreich: Ermordeten Roma Würde zurückgeben. In: Radio Vatican. 22.06.2017. http://de.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/22/österreich_ermordeten_roma_würde_zurückgeben/1320729 [link-preview url=”http://de.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/22/österreich_ermordeten_roma_würde_zurückgeben/1320729″]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Lety – Still

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The closure of the pig farm in Lety is still not yet secured, in spite of promises by the government to buy the farm back.
This pig farm on the site of a former concentration camp for Roma in the Czech republic hasn’t been resolved in by now nearly 30 years…

– Activists demand removal of pig farm from Roma Holocaust site. In: Times of Israel. 25.06.2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-demand-removal-of-pig-farm-from-roma-holocaust-site/ [link-preview url=”http://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-demand-removal-of-pig-farm-from-roma-holocaust-site/”]

News Osteuropa Polen

Poland: Apologies

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The Polish Ombudsman for Human Rights apologised officially saying the Polish Nation participated in the Holocaust.
Well done!

– Polish ombudsman apologises for Holocaust comments. In: Radio Poland. 20.06.2017. http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/312854,Polish-Ombudsman-apologises-for-Holocaust-comments [link-preview url=”http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/312854,Polish-Ombudsman-apologises-for-Holocaust-comments”]

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Switzerland and Roma Holocaust

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There is a strong push by Roma organisations in Switzerland to have Switzerland recognise August 2nd the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The day has already been recognised by the European Union, and, as this year Switzerland is heading the Holocaust Remembrance Commemorations, Switzerland should recognise it too.
This day was chosen as it marked the end of the Zigeunerlager at Auschwitz, with the remaining inmates executed during the night.

– «Man muss sich bewusst sein, dass 500’000 Roma vernichtet wurden». In: Der Bund. 09.06.2017. http://www.derbund.ch/schweiz/standard/man-muss-sich-bewusst-sein-dass-500-000-roma-vernichtet-wurden/story/13979654 [link-preview url=”http://www.derbund.ch/schweiz/standard/man-muss-sich-bewusst-sein-dass-500-000-roma-vernichtet-wurden/story/13979654″]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Germany: Exhibition on Holocaust

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An exhibition called “Racial Diagnosis: Gypsy” – the term used by the Nazis to brand Roma as inferior beings, opened in Nuremberg. It tells the story of the persecution under the Nazis, but also the story of the survivors post 1945.

– »Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner« im Doku-Zentrum Nürnberg. In: Sontagsblatt. 08.06.2017. http://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/kultur/rassendiagnose-zigeuner-im-doku-zentrum-nuernberg [link-preview url=”http://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/kultur/rassendiagnose-zigeuner-im-doku-zentrum-nuernberg”]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

Romanian Deportation

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A BBC reportage on the deportation of Rroma to Transdiestra during World War Two. A little know chapter of the Holocaust.

– The Roma Victims of the Holocaust. In: BBC News. 23.05.2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xm3 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xm3″]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Lety, and an Activist

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An article about Jožka Miker, a Rroma activist. He engages himself among other things into closing the pig farm that stands on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, where many relatives of his wife were killed during the war. This fight has been ongoing since at least 25 years, and is still not closed.

– JOŽKA GEGEN DIE SCHWEINEMAST – VOM KAMPF UM WÜRDIGES ERINNERN AN DAS ROMA-KZ LETY. In: Radio Prague. 18.05.2017. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/kaleidoskop/jozka-gegen-die-schweinemast-vom-kampf-um-wuerdiges-erinnern-an-das-roma-kz-lety [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/kaleidoskop/jozka-gegen-die-schweinemast-vom-kampf-um-wuerdiges-erinnern-an-das-roma-kz-lety”]

Italien News Westeuropa

Italy: 16 of May

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Rroma manifested en masse in Rome in the context of the 16 of May, the day of resistance commemorating the Rroma uprising in Auschwitz Birkenau in 1944. They took the opportunity to ask for civil and social inclusion.

– Rom e Sinti, sit-in a Montecitorio per l’inclusione sociale e civile. In: Roma da Leggere. 16.05.2017. http://www.romadaleggere.it/comunita-rom-e-sinti-inclusione-sociale-e-civile/
– ROM E SINTI IN PRESIDIO A ROMA NEL GIORNO DELLA LORO RESISTENZA CONTRO LE SS AD AUSCHWITZ. In: Radio Onda d’Urto. 16.05.2017. http://www.radiondadurto.org/2017/05/16/rom-e-sinti-in-presidio-a-roma-nel-giorno-della-loro-resistenza-contro-le-ss-ad-auschwitz/
Oggi a Rimini la Giornata dei Sinti in Italia. In: SMTV San Marino. 16.05.2017. http://www.smtvsanmarino.sm/attualita/2017/05/16/oggi-rimini-giornata-sinti-italia [link-preview url=”http://www.romadaleggere.it/comunita-rom-e-sinti-inclusione-sociale-e-civile/ “]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

France: Holocaust Commemoration

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On the day of the Rroma resistance, commemorating the uprising of Rroma in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rroma celebrated in St. Denis, next to Paris.

– Saint-Denis : les Tziganes se souviennent de leurs combats d’hier… et d’aujourd’hui. In: Le Parisien. 14.05.2017. http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php [link-preview url=”http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php”]

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Exhibition on Holocaust

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An exhibition on the Rroma Holocaust opened last week in Nurenberg.

– “Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner” im Dokumentationszentrum. In: Bayrischer Rundfunk. 09.05.2017. http://www.br.de/nachrichten/mittelfranken/inhalt/ausstellung-sinti-roma-dokumentationszentrum-nuernberg-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www.br.de/nachrichten/mittelfranken/inhalt/ausstellung-sinti-roma-dokumentationszentrum-nuernberg-100.html”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Hamburg Memorial

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A memorial to the victims of the Holocaust was opened on the site of a former train station from which people were deported.

– Hamburg unveils memorial to Jews, Roma killed in Holocaust. In: Fox News. 10.05.2017. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/10/hamburg-unveils-memorial-to-jews-roma-killed-in-holocaust.html [link-preview url=”http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/10/hamburg-unveils-memorial-to-jews-roma-killed-in-holocaust.html”]

Österreich News Westeuropa

Austria: Exhibition about Holocaust

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An exhibition in Vienna shows the roots and the facts about the Rroma Holocaust in World War Two.
Good, especially since Austria did little work in this respect.

– Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit: Ausstellung zeigt Völkermord and Roma. In: Vienna Online. 09.05.2017. http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522 [link-preview url=”http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522″]

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Germany, Holocaust, and Protests

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In Germany, Rroma protests – for example for the right of refugees from Kosovo an former Yugoslavia – have been held at or around memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Not an easy thing, and this is shown in this article.

– Wenn Roma gehört warden. In: Taz. 07.05.2017. https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

France, the Elections, and Manouches

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A 91 years old Manouche, Raymond Gureme, who himself is a Holocaust survivor, warns against Le Pen. Let’s hope for tomorrow. And it is good that such views are put forward!

– Roma Raymond Gureme warns of civil war if Le Pen wins. In: Al Jazeera. 06.05.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Lety and the Czech Government

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The commemoration of the Rroma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the former camp of Lety (Czech Republic) seem in a bad shape. They were due to be held on the 13th, but the Rroma organisations are postponing their participation following the resignation of the Czech government. This resignation potentially endangers the decision to buy back the site from the operator of the pig farm located on there.

– European Grassroots Antiracist Movement postpones involvement by internationals in Lety commemoration/ In: Romea.cz. 04.05.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/european-grassroots-antiracist-movement-postpones-involvement-by-internationals-in-lety-commemoration [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/european-grassroots-antiracist-movement-postpones-involvement-by-internationals-in-lety-commemoration”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Police Pursues Kotleba’s Party MPs

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The Slovakian police interrupted a debate of a parliament commission to question a MP – Stanislav Mizík – from the extreme rightist party of Kotleba – and to charge him with crimes such as Holocaust denial. Another MP from the same party, Milan Mazurek was also charged with crimes for his comments on radio against Rroma, migrants, and Moslems.
GOOD!

– Police pursue MPs for racist statements. In: The Slovak Spectator. 03.05.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20523225/police-pursue-mps-for-racist-statements.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20523225/police-pursue-mps-for-racist-statements.html”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Thüringen and Survivor’s Graves

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The German state of Thürigen is the latest one who has moved to protect the graves of the Holocaust survivors. In Germany, if the family doesn’t pay, the graves are removed after a 30 years period. Now, the graves of Rroma and Sinti former Holocaust survivros will be preserved for posterity.
May they rest in peace!

– Thüringen schützt und pflegt Gräber von Sinti und Roma. In: Focus Online. 02.05.2017. http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/regierung-thueringen-schuetzt-und-pflegt-graeber-von-sinti-und-roma_id_7068819.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/regierung-thueringen-schuetzt-und-pflegt-graeber-von-sinti-und-roma_id_7068819.html”]

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Romania and the Holocaust

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72 years after the end of World War Two, Romania has still not come to terms with its past regarding the Holocaust. Romania, an ally of Germany, deported many Rroma to Transnistria where many of them died of hunger and diseases.
While on paper, a law was enacted for the survivors of the holocaust, granting them a small pension, most Rroma do not receive it – for lack of papers, but basically out of discrimination.

– A decades-old paper war: how the Roma are fighting bureaucracy. In: New Stateman. 01.05.2017. http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/05/decades-old-paper-war-how-roma-are-fighting-bureaucracy [link-preview url=”http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/05/decades-old-paper-war-how-roma-are-fighting-bureaucracy”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Dachau

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The concentration camp of Dachau was liberated on the 29th of April.

– http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/29/1945-liberation-of-dachau-nazi-camp-remembered [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/29/1945-liberation-of-dachau-nazi-camp-remembered”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Holocaust Remembrance Day

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On the 74th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the Holocaust remembrance day was celebrated in several countries. In Israel, the German foreign minister attended the celebrations as Yad Vashem.

– Holocaust-Gedenktag in Israel: Gabriel erinnert an die Opfer. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 24.04.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/politik/international-holocaust-gedenktag-in-israelgabriel-erinnert-an-die-opfer-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170424-99-181048 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/politik/international-holocaust-gedenktag-in-israelgabriel-erinnert-an-die-opfer-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170424-99-181048″]

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