A long article on the Roma Holocaust and its long denial in Slovakia. The article explains the basic facts and the reasons behind the denial (still promoted by Slovak Right Wing such as Kotleba’s followers).
– Ma bisteren! Nezabudnite! In: Nazory Pravda. 03.08.2017. https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/437163-ma-bisteren-nezabudnite/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/437163-ma-bisteren-nezabudnite/”]
The proposal to have a place for Roma travellers in the village of Wileroltigen in the Canto of Aargau, the opposition is rising. They are planning a march to show their opposition, and the racist overtones of the slogans and the stereotypes they use are not to be underestimated. The march will take place on the 14th of August.
BAD.
– Das «Hochrisikospiel» von Wileroltigen. In: Der Bund. http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/das-hochrisikospiel-von-wileroltigen/story/29768361 [link-preview url=”http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/das-hochrisikospiel-von-wileroltigen/story/29768361″]
There is a push for the government to recognise August 2nd in Canada.
GOOD
– Let This Be The Last Year Roma Genocide Goes Unrecognized By Canada. In: Huffington Post. 03.08.2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/romanipe/let-this-be-the-last-year-roma-genocide-goes-unrecognized-by-can_a_23063869/ [link-preview url=”http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/romanipe/let-this-be-the-last-year-roma-genocide-goes-unrecognized-by-can_a_23063869/”]
The Bulgarian deputy prime minister has promised more police presence in the Roma parts of Plovdiv. Not to protect its citizen … But to “resolve” the problem of the Roma communities.
BAD
– Bulgarian Deputy PM promises stepped-up police presence in Roma area of Plovdiv. In: Sofia Globe. 03.08.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/03/bulgarian-deputy-pm-promises-stepped-up-police-presence-in-roma-area-of-plovdiv/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/03/bulgarian-deputy-pm-promises-stepped-up-police-presence-in-roma-area-of-plovdiv/”]
A series of reports on the Holocaust Remembrance Day.
– http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/07/remembering-roma-victims-holocaust-170728114822470.html
– https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/council-of-europe-honours-victims-of-roma-holocaust
– http://blog.nohatespeechmovement.org/look-and-dont-forget-young-europeans-commemorate-the-roma-genocide-in-krakow-and-auschwitz/
– http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-2241_en.htm
– https://www.voanews.com/a/romania-observes-deaths-thousands-roma-holocaust/3969832.html
– http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/02/european-commission-honours-roma-holocaust-memorial-day/ [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/council-of-europe-honours-victims-of-roma-holocaust”]
Some background material …
– http://2august.eu [link-preview url=”http://2august.eu”]
Will the pig farm move? On the 2nd of August, the question is still here.
– Roma activist hopes Czech pig farm moves away from camp site. In: The Prague Monitor. 03.08.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/03/roma-activist-hopes-czech-pig-farm-moves-away-camp-site [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/03/roma-activist-hopes-czech-pig-farm-moves-away-camp-site”]
The background of the events of the 2nd of August 1944, the date that marks the Roma Holocaust remembrance day.
– AUGUST 3, 1944: 3,000 ROMA GYPSIES GASSED AT AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. In: Oxygen. 03.08.2017. http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/august-3-1944-3000-roma-gypsies-gassed-at-auschwitz-birkenau-concentration-camp [link-preview url=”http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/august-3-1944-3000-roma-gypsies-gassed-at-auschwitz-birkenau-concentration-camp”]
A short article about a young Hungarian Romni who fled to Montreal, in Canada.
– Se réfugier à Montréal pour fuir la violence. In: Ici Radio Canada. 31.07.2017. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/le-15-18/segments/entrevue/33078/rom-montreal-danny-braun-frida-berki [link-preview url=”http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/le-15-18/segments/entrevue/33078/rom-montreal-danny-braun-frida-berki”]
An interesting project – photos from one single Roma family taken over a period of 20 years – is presented in Arles, in Southern France.
Clearly, as usual, there are clichés in the pictures, but the scope is quite unique.
– LES GORGAN – PORTRAITS D’UNE FAMILLE ROM PAR MATHIEU PERNOT. In: Focus Numérique. 28.07.2017. https://www.focus-numerique.com/portfolio/dossiers/les-gorgans-portraits-d-une-famille-rom-par-mathieu-pernot-20607.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus-numerique.com/portfolio/dossiers/les-gorgans-portraits-d-une-famille-rom-par-mathieu-pernot-20607.html”]
Summer pause on the news in France on Roma. A fire in a camp near Paris blocked one highway; in Triel sur Seine, a camp can stay – at least temporary; in Ivry, near Paris, 60 Roma were evicted from a squat; 13 families who were evicted a year ago in Montreuil are still on the street; in the North, an association is trying to find a suitable spot for a camp; and in the southwest, in Toulouse, residents complain of migrants squatting in their courtyard.
– Gennevilliers : La nationale 135 coupée à la circulation à cause d’un incendie dans le bidonville roms. In: Paris Vox. 31.07.2017. https://www.parisvox.info/2017/07/31/gennevilliers-nationale-135-coupee-a-circulation-a-cause-dun-incendie-bidonville-roms/
– Triel-sur-Seine : le démantèlement du camp de Roms reporté. In: Le Parisien. 25.07.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/triel-sur-seine-78510/triel-sur-seine-le-demantelement-du-camp-de-roms-reporte-25-07-2017-7156092.php
– Le démantèlement des camps de Roms repoussé. In: 79 Actu. 25.07.2017. http://www.78actu.fr/le-demantelement-des-camps-de-roms-repousse_51564/
– Ivry-sur-Seine : 60 Roms évacués d’un squat. In: Le Parisien. 28.07.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-sur-seine-60-roms-evacues-d-un-squat-28-07-2017-7163436.php
– Les treize familles roms de Montreuil vivent depuis un an à la rue. In: Médiapart. 28.07.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/280717/les-treize-familles-roms-de-montreuil-vivent-depuis-un-la-rue
– Le Collectif solidarité roms suggère de créer un camp sur la friche IFTH. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.07.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/197994/article/2017-07-29/le-collectif-solidarite-roms-suggere-de-creer-un-camp-sur-la-friche-ifth
– Depuis presque un an, des migrants dorment dans la cour de leur immeuble. In: La Depeche. 01.08.2017. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/07/31/2620765-toulouse-depuis-presque-an-migrants-dorment-cour-immeuble.html [link-preview url=”https://www.parisvox.info/2017/07/31/gennevilliers-nationale-135-coupee-a-circulation-a-cause-dun-incendie-bidonville-roms/ “]
A lengthy article on Anina Ciuciu, candidate to the senatorial elections in France.
– ANINA CIUCIU SERA PEUT-ÊTRE LA PREMIÈRE SÉNATRICE ROM EN FRANCE.In: Cheek Magazine. 01.08.2017. http://cheekmagazine.fr/societe/anina-ciuciu-senatoriales-rom/
– Romstorie : Anina au Sénat. In: Médiapart. 28.07.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jacques-debot/blog/280717/romstorie-anina-au-senat [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jacques-debot/blog/280717/romstorie-anina-au-senat”]
A bad article on petty criminals – this time Roma kids in Paris trying to get the pin of someone withdrawing money from an automated teller.
In the mind of the journalist – all Roma are like this.
BAD.
What dirty rats! Gang of child thieves use dead RODENT to distract and rob terrified woman at Paris cashpoint. In: The Daily Mail. 28.07.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4739720/Child-thieves-use-dead-rat-try-rob-woman.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4739720/Child-thieves-use-dead-rat-try-rob-woman.html”]
August 2nd is Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day [link-preview url=””]
A bit of fun and etymology of the term “Bohemian” that originated in France being given to the first Roma who arrived there in the early 1400, with passports granted to them by King Sigismund of Bohemia …
– How a 15th century French migration gave us the term ‘Bohemian’. In: 6sqft. 27.07.2017. https://www.6sqft.com/how-a-15th-century-french-migration-gave-us-the-term-bohemian/ [link-preview url=”https://www.6sqft.com/how-a-15th-century-french-migration-gave-us-the-term-bohemian/”]
An article and a book on the Holocaust of French Roma and a some pictures and documents on the French concentration camp of Montreuil en Beley, where Roma were interned during World War Two (by the French – not the Germans …)
– Screen/Print #60: Suzannah Victoria Beatrice Henty on the contradictory nature of reparation politics. In: Archinect. 28.07.2017. http://archinect.com/features/article/150019196/screen-print-60-suzannah-victoria-beatrice-henty-on-the-contradictory-nature-of-reparation-politics [link-preview url=”http://archinect.com/features/article/150019196/screen-print-60-suzannah-victoria-beatrice-henty-on-the-contradictory-nature-of-reparation-politics”]
More on the Roma refugees in the small town of California, Pennsylvania. Of course, they are dirty, they do not want to integrate, etc…
Really bad.
– In one Pa. town, history repeats itself with a clash of cultures: Editorial. In: Penn Live. 28.07.2017. http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2017/07/in_one_pa_town_history_repeats.html
– ‘People fear what they don’t understand’: Culture clash with immigrants divides Pa. town. In: Penn Live. 28.07.2017. http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/07/roma_california_immigrants.html [link-preview url=”http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2017/07/in_one_pa_town_history_repeats.html “]
Anina Ciuciu, a young Romni and laywer is a candidate to the elections in the French Senate and could become France first Senator of Romani origins.
ALL THE LUCK!
– Possible first for French Senator who is Rom. In: West. 27.07.2017. http://www.west-info.eu/possible-first-for-french-senator-who-is-rom/ [link-preview url=”http://www.west-info.eu/possible-first-for-french-senator-who-is-rom/”]
The Greek Parliament passed a resolution this week calling for the resettlement of thousands of Roma into 70 new camps, without any consultation …
BAD
Roma community reacts to resettlement plan. In: Ekathimerini. 28.07.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/220449/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-community-reacts-to-resettlement-plan [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/220449/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-community-reacts-to-resettlement-plan”]
An exhibition in Poland shows Auschwitz through the eyes of its inmates in the form of drawings done by the prisoners.
– New art exhibit in Poland shows Auschwitz through inmates’ eyes. In: The Chicago Sun Times. 114.07.2017. http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/new-art-exhibit-in-poland-shows-auschwitz-through-inmates-eyes/ [link-preview url=”http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/new-art-exhibit-in-poland-shows-auschwitz-through-inmates-eyes/”]
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