The Chairman of the German Central Council of Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, pointed out that the National Socialists called on the population in 1933 not to buy from Jews and had police and SS troops march in front of Jewish businesses. He was criticising a letter by the Austrian police of the Burgenland warning the population about Sinti and Roma.

Rose appealed to Interior Minister Karner of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) to initiate disciplinary proceedings against those responsible within the police force. He emphasized that the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities entered into force in Austria in 1998. This obligates the state to counteract all forms of anti-Gypsyism. The Central Council stated that the Europe-wide rise of nationalist forces, which often base their political program on racism and incitement and have now become the strongest political force in Austria, is alarming.

• Polizeiskandal in Österreich: Zentralrat „schockiert und fassungslos“ über Boykottaufruf in Neusiedl am See.. In: Deutschlandfunk. 08.05.2026. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/polizeiskandal-in-oesterreich-zentralrat-schockiert-und-fassungslos-ueber-boykottaufruf-in-neusiedl–100.html