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Hungary Eurovision

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Surprise, the winner of the Eurovision contest for representing the country in the next Eurovision contest in Kiev is a Rroma singer. Will be the first time that Hungary is represented by Rroma…
As for the song, well, it is in Hungarian …

– Joci Pápai is Hungary’s choice for Eurovision 2017. In: Eurovision TV. 18.02.2017. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=joci_papai_is_hungarys_choice_for_eurovision
– Joci Pápai – Origo (Hungary) 360° A dal performance. In: Eurovision TV. 19.02.2017. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/multimedia/videos?id=256593
– Hungary: “Origo might even have societal impact on the country”. In: ESC Daily. 20.02.2017. http://www.escdaily.com/hungary-origo-societal-impact/#
– HUNGARIAN GYIPSY MUSICIAN JOCI PÁPAI WILL CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN EUROVISION 2017. In: Hungary Today. 20.02.2017. http://hungarytoday.hu/news/hungarian-gyipsy-musician-joci-papai-will-celebrate-diversity-eurovision-2017 [link-preview url=”http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=joci_papai_is_hungarys_choice_for_eurovision “]

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Papuša

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The movie Papusha about the Polish Rromni Papuša (Bronisława Wajs) made it down under in New Zealand. Whether the movie provides an insight in the life of Rroma remains to be seen.

– Insights into the Roma way of life. In: Wellington Weekly News. 18.02.2017. http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105159&headline=Insights%20into%20the%20Roma%20way%20of%20life&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 [link-preview url=”http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105159&headline=Insights%20into%20the%20Roma%20way%20of%20life&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017″]

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Austria, Meat Factory, and a KZ

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A bit of an outcry in Austria after a giant of the food industry stated it wanted to open a meat factory for processing pork on the site of a former Nazi camp where Rroma and Jews were interned. In addition, the former owners of the land claimed they were never received any compensation for the land that was seized.
Seems to be a K&K thing …

– La construction d’une usine à viande sur un ancien camp nazi autrichien crée la colère. In: The Times of Israel. 19.02.2017. http://fr.timesofisrael.com/la-construction-dune-usine-a-viande-sur-un-ancien-camp-nazi-autrichien-cree-la-colere/ [link-preview url=”http://fr.timesofisrael.com/la-construction-dune-usine-a-viande-sur-un-ancien-camp-nazi-autrichien-cree-la-colere/”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

You could think it has changed …

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An interesting article on the situation of Rroma in Germany, more than 70 years after the end of the Nazi regime. You could think it has changed. Not really unfortunately. Racism, discrimination, ignorance.
Bad reality.

– Over 70 Years Ago, Nazis Victimized This Community. They Still Struggle For Acceptance. In: Huffington Post. 18.02.2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nazis-roma-acceptance_us_5893c6a4e4b0c1284f252321 [link-preview url=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nazis-roma-acceptance_us_5893c6a4e4b0c1284f252321″]

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Germany and Berlin Festival

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The Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany issued a statement about the Berlin Festival and the movie on Django Reinhardt’s life.
They greeted the release of this movie and the fact that it was shown at the opening of the festival, stating that the festival gave a strong signal that the situation of minorities always reflects the situation of the society at large.

Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma würdigt den Berlinale Eröffnungsfilm ‚Django‘. In: Scharf Links. 13.02.2017. http://www.scharf-links.de/45.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=59445&cHash=21442e4d7e [link-preview url=”http://www.scharf-links.de/45.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=59445&cHash=21442e4d7e”]

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Germany: New Association in Augsburg

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A new association for Rroma and Sinti in Augsburg has been created and is being officially presented at the town hall. The organisation wants to promote the culture, combat discrimination and stereotypes, and remember the victims of the Holocaust.

– Eine Stimme für Sinti und Roma: Augsburger Regionalverband hat große Pläne. In: Stadtzeitung Augsburg. 17.02.2017. http://www.stadtzeitung.de/augsburg-city/politik/eine-stimme-fuer-sinti-und-roma-augsburger-regionalverband-hat-grosse-plaene-d21806.html [link-preview url=”http://www.stadtzeitung.de/augsburg-city/politik/eine-stimme-fuer-sinti-und-roma-augsburger-regionalverband-hat-grosse-plaene-d21806.html”]

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25%

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A new term “Gruppenbezogene Meschenfeindlichkeit” – meaning roughly “Group related human hostility” is making the rounds in Germany.
What it means is simply racism against minorities. And the article points it out, 25% of Germans are against Rroma and Sinti.

– Ein Begriff macht Karriere: “Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit”. In: Telepolis. 11.02.2017. https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Ein-Begriff-macht-Karriere-Gruppenbezogene-Menschenfeindlichkeit-3622607.html [link-preview url=”https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Ein-Begriff-macht-Karriere-Gruppenbezogene-Menschenfeindlichkeit-3622607.html”]

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Ukraine, Health, and Discrimination

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The Ombudsman has acted against discrimination of Roma in the Odessa hospital. Valery Lutkovska, Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights insists that discrimination against Roma in accessing health services is inadmissible.
Monitoring the rights of Rroma in Ukraine showed that among the list of the many challenges they face, there is a particularly acute problem of discrimination in accessing health services.
BAD

– Омбудсмен выступила против дискриминации ромов в одесских больницах. In: УСИ. 14.02.2017. https://usionline.com/2017/02/14/ombudsmen-vystupila-protiv-diskriminatsii-romov-v-odesskih-bolnitsah/ [link-preview url=”https://usionline.com/2017/02/14/ombudsmen-vystupila-protiv-diskriminatsii-romov-v-odesskih-bolnitsah/”]

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Opening of the Movie Django

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The movie on Django Reinhard’s life opened at the Berlin Film festival, with some mixed critiques. During the opening, Rroma and the Holocaust were prominently cited, and comparisons with current times were made.

– Berlin Film Review: ‘Django’ In: Variety. 09.02.2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/
– Political resistance on Berlinale red carpet. In: DW. 09.02.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/political-resistance-on-berlinale-red-carpet/a-37487190 [link-preview url=”http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/ “]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

An Interview with Dotschy Reinhardt

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An interview with the musician and political activist Dotschy Reinhardt. She is fighting against stereotypes and prejudice and is now also engaged in politics.
Well done!

– „Ich habe mir eine Wut angefressen“ In: TaZ. 09.02.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5379918/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5379918/”]

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Stefan Eicher

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The Swiss and internationally renowned musician Stefan Eicher is embarking on a new endeavour, trying to find his Jenisch roots. He is a prominent member of that minority who was severely discriminated against in Switzerland.

– Die Musik einer Minderheit. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 01.02.2017. https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/kino/unerhoert-jenisch-die-musik-der-fahrenden-ld.142810 [link-preview url=”https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/kino/unerhoert-jenisch-die-musik-der-fahrenden-ld.142810″]

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Football Again

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Seems that racism and prejudice are an integral part of Football. This time this is an Australian goalkeeper who was fined for having insulted another player, calling him a “f*cking Gypsy” …
What a surprise.

– City keeper in hot water for shocking racial slur. In: Yahoo AU Sports. 05.02.2017. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/a/34342322/dean-bouzanis-gypsy-slur-besart-berisha-melbourne-a-league-derby/#page1 [link-preview url=”https://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/a/34342322/dean-bouzanis-gypsy-slur-besart-berisha-melbourne-a-league-derby/#page1″]

Ungarn News Osteuropa

Hungary and Rroma Holocaust

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What happens in Hungary do on Holocaust Day? Well, the Rroma Holocaust Centre in Csepel announced it will close for lack of funds. They lack 110k USD.
Bad.

– Roma Holocaust center closes in Csepel due to lack of funding. In: Budapest Beacon. 30.01.2017. http://budapestbeacon.com/news-in-brief/roma-holocaust-center-closes-csepel-due-lack-funding/44232 [link-preview url=”http://budapestbeacon.com/news-in-brief/roma-holocaust-center-closes-csepel-due-lack-funding/44232″]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

Christian Clavier’s Latest Movie

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The French comic Christian Clavier’s latest movie “A bras ouvert” [with open arms] tells the story of a Frenchman who lodges a family of Rroma… Needless to say, all clichés are there.
BAD!

– Bande-annonce : Christian Clavier accueille les Roms “A bras ouverts” In: OZAP. 03.02.107. http://www.ozap.com/actu/bande-annonce-christian-clavier-accueille-les-roms-a-bras-ouverts/518629
– A bras ouverts : Christian Clavier accueille des Roms chez lui [Bande-annonce]. In: L’Internaute. 31.01.2017. http://www.linternaute.com/cinema/film/1360745-a-bras-ouverts-christian-clavier-accueille-des-roms-chez-lui-bande-annonce/ [link-preview url=”http://www.ozap.com/actu/bande-annonce-christian-clavier-accueille-les-roms-a-bras-ouverts/518629 “]

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Holland: Holocaust Museum

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The Ditch government sets over 8 Mio EUR for a Dutch Holocaust Museum and Memorial commemorating the ca. 102’000 Jews, Rroma and Sinti who were murdered in that country during World War Two.

– Dutch government allocates over $8.5 million to establishing Holocaust museum. In: JTA. 01.02.2017. http://www.jta.org/2017/02/01/news-opinion/world/dutch-government-allocates-over-8-5-million-to-establishing-holocaust-museum [link-preview url=”http://www.jta.org/2017/02/01/news-opinion/world/dutch-government-allocates-over-8-5-million-to-establishing-holocaust-museum”]

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Marine Le Pen in Northern France

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The president (and presidential candidate) of the Front National said in a meeting in Dinan, in the north, that criminality and insecurity were the result of the presence of 1’000 Rroma in that city.
This is racism at its worst.
SHAME

– Sécurité à Denain : Marine Le Pen met en cause “1000 Roms” In: FR3 Nord Pas de Calais. 27.01.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nord-pas-de-calais/nord/denain/securite-denain-marine-pen-met-cause-1-000-roms-1184947.html
– Pour Marine Le Pen, il y a de l’insécurité « parce qu’il y a 1 000 Roms sur la ville » In: La Voix du Nord. 27.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/109864/article/2017-01-27/pour-marine-le-pen-il-y-de-l-insecurite-parce-qu-il-y-1-000-roms-sur-la-ville
– Dans le Nord, Marine Le Pen joue la carte anti-Fillon. In: L’Oeuil sur Le Front. 27.01.2017. https://oeilsurlefront.liberation.fr/actualites/dans-le-nord-marine-le-pen-en-croisade-contre-fillon [link-preview url=”https://oeilsurlefront.liberation.fr/actualites/dans-le-nord-marine-le-pen-en-croisade-contre-fillon”]

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Croatia, Holocaust and Boycott

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This year, Jews again boycotted the Croatian commemorations of the Holocaust. Several Rroma organisations too, although several other did attend.
An explanation of why this boycott: The history is being quietly rewritten in Croatia, and the crimes of the Ustasha and the murders they committed are being retouched.
Rroma and Jews were their victims in camps such as the infamous Jasenovac.

Why Croatian Jews Boycotted This Year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. In: The Smithonian. 27.01.2017. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-croatian-jews-boycotted-years-holocaust-remembrance-day-180961958/ [link-preview url=”http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-croatian-jews-boycotted-years-holocaust-remembrance-day-180961958/”]

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Auschwitz and Rroma

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Testimonies of Rroma and Sinti from Auschwitz.

– AUSCHWITZ AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE SINTI AND ROMA. In: Romarchiv. https://blog.romarchive.eu/?p=7336 [link-preview url=”https://blog.romarchive.eu/?p=7336″]

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Germany and the Holocaust

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A good article on how Germany remembers and deals with its past.

– Holocaust remembrance day: How Germany reflects on its Nazi past. In: The Local (DE). 27.01.2017. https://www.thelocal.de/20170127/holocaust-remembrance-day-how-germany-reflects-on-its-nazi-past [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20170127/holocaust-remembrance-day-how-germany-reflects-on-its-nazi-past”]

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Ukraine: Rroma Holocaust

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An interview of a Rroma activits on the Rroma Holocaust in the Ukraine where many Rroma were killed, most simply shor on the spot by German troops. And a side note on how to call the Holocaust – certainly not Porajmos which isu usally used as sexual assault.
In each Rroma family in the Ukraine, there have been victims of the Holocaust. Let’s not forget them!

– У Чернігові нацисти у 1942-му винищили майже всю ромську громаду міста. In: громадське радіо. 28.01.2017. https://hromadskeradio.org/programs/kyiv-donbas/u-chernigovi-nacysty-u-1942-mu-vynyshchyly-mayzhe-vsyu-romsku-gromadu-mista [link-preview url=”https://hromadskeradio.org/programs/kyiv-donbas/u-chernigovi-nacysty-u-1942-mu-vynyshchyly-mayzhe-vsyu-romsku-gromadu-mista”]

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