Category Archives: Germany

Germany and 2nd of August

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Germany Federal Council’s President Bodo Ramelow will be traveling to Poland on 2 August to mark the European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Roma. There he will take part in the international commemoration event at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and give a speech.

Celebration

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Celebration

The Research Centre for Antigypsyism at Heidelberg University has celebrated its fifth anniversary. The chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, said at the ceremony that the research centre made it clear how important it is to also deal with the phenomenon of antigypsyism at a scientific level.

Buchenwald: Vandals

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Buchenwald: Vandals

Trees planted to commemorates the victims of the Buchenwald concentration camp were cur down by vandals.

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Romani Rose

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Romani Rose

A movie on Romani Rose, Chairman of the Council of German Sinti and Roma where he speaks about his family.

Germany, Ukraine, and Roma

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Germany, Ukraine, and Roma

The kind of articles on really doesn’t need. In the State of Thuringia, the refugees’ centres are full. But they also speak of “Roma clans”, “Roma extended families”, all the stereotypes.

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Germany and Ukrainian Roma Refugees

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More and more municipalities in the German state of Thuringia are turning to the Thuringian State Association of Sinti and Roma for help when taking in refugees from the Ukraine. “We have been receiving calls for help from the authorities since the beginning of July,” said chairman Jens Hellmann on Tuesday when asked. It seems that since the beginning of the month, more and more Roma who have fled have come to Thuringia by bus. Many of them are illiterate, and there are also reservations among the local population. Since then, the association’s social workers and interpreters have been traveling to the respective locations and helping with translation or accommodation.

Germany, Police, and Roma

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Germany, Police, and Roma

Tiziano Lehmann was eleven when he was arrested by the police, hand-cuffed and racially insulted without any reason. The unusual thing about it: the Sinto boy reports the police – and wins in court. The story of a fairly common police scandal.

Bonn, Roma, and Holocaust

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Bonn, Roma, and Holocaust

The Bonn district council has repeatedly postponed the decision on the memorial plaque for the Sinti from Bonn who deported during National Socialism, which should be installed in front of the station. The State Association of German Sinti and Roma North Rhine-Westphalia criticizes the slow process.

Roma and Germany – A Story

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Radoslav Ganev came to Germany with his mother at the age of 9. They are Roma. But nobody should know it and it stayed that way for a long time. As a native Bulgarian and naturalized German, Radoslav Ganev finishes his high school diploma in Trier, studied political science in Bamberg and now works in the social sector in Munich. At the age of thirty, he decided to no longer hide his ethnic origins.

Romani Rose

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An interview and discussion with Romani Rose, the chairman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma.

Germany and Roma

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Germany and Roma

The antiziganism reporting and information center in Berlin started work on July 5th. With this, antiziganism is finally being monitored in Germany and incidents are being counted and documented. An important step, because surveys show again and again how widespread social rejection of Sinti and Roma is. An interview with dr. Guillermo Ruiz, the project manager of the registration and information centre and political officer of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma.

Germany and Racism

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Germany and Racism

A Sinti family residing in Bavaria, who made a stop in Ettlingen, reports on terrible racist insults. The police has been alerted and an audio recording was presented.

Germany and Antiziganism

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The nationwide reporting and information centre for antiziganism has been opened in Berlin. In the future, attacks and insults directed against Roma and Sinti can be reported there.

Germany, Holocaust, and Roma

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Germany, Holocaust, and Roma

Claudia Roth, a prominent German Green politician and one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag. She is also currently serving as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media has declined to attend a ceremony marking the 100thbirthday of Philomena Franz, where the Sintica and Holocaust survivor will tell about her life.

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