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Germany – More Racism

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The crypt of a Sinti family was defaced in a racially motivated attack in Germany. In addition, SS runes were drawn in the snow on their car, leaving little doubt that this is motivated by hate.

– Sinti-Gruft geschändet / SS-Runen auf dem Auto. In” SZ LZ. 08.02.2018. http://www.szlz.de/startseite_artikel,-sintigruft-geschaendet-ssrunen-auf-dem-auto-_arid,2438433.html
– Nach Grabschändung: Erneut SS-Runen an Sinti-Auto. In: SZ LZ. 09.02.2018. http://www.szlz.de/startseite_artikel,-nach-grabschaendung-erneut-ssrunen-an-sintiauto-_arid,2438732.html [link-preview url=”http://www.szlz.de/startseite_artikel,-sintigruft-geschaendet-ssrunen-auf-dem-auto-_arid,2438433.html “]

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Plauen: It Was a Crime

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The fire that ripped through a house mostly inhabited by Roma and migrants was most probably of criminal origins. A 26 years old man from Dresden was arrested on suspicion of arson.

– Brand in Plauen absichtlich gelegt. In: Sächsische Zeitung. 09.02.2018. https://www.sz-online.de/sachsen/brand-in-plauen-absichtlich-gelegt-3875997.html
– Großbrand im Roma-Viertel: “Die Bewohner haben Angst”. In: Vogtland Anzeiger. 06.02.2018. http://vogtland-anzeiger.de/Vogtland_Anzeiger/cms-nachrichten/plauen/grossbrand-im-roma-viertel-die-bewohner-haben-angst-.html [link-preview url=”https://www.sz-online.de/sachsen/brand-in-plauen-absichtlich-gelegt-3875997.html “]

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Plauen: On the Fire

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The new fire in the City of Plauen may have been racially motivated. The Central Councile of German Sinti and Roma is asking for a thorough investigation of the fire that killed three people.

– Brand in Plauen möglicherweise rassistisch motiviert. In: MiGazin. 07.02.2018. http://www.migazin.de/2018/02/07/roma-zentralrat-brand-in-plauen-moeglicherweise-rassistisch-motiviert/ [link-preview url=”http://www.migazin.de/2018/02/07/roma-zentralrat-brand-in-plauen-moeglicherweise-rassistisch-motiviert/”]

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Mismanagement

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The State of Schleswig Holstein Sinti and Roma Association is being pilloried for mismanagement: bills for more than 60’000 EUR are missing, the member of the association used cars for private purposes, etc.
This is better than expected as in the beginning, the organisation was de-facto accused to have used money for private purposes. This no longer seems to be the case.

– Sinti und Roma: Für 60.000 Euro fehlen Belege. In: NDR. 05.02.2018. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Sinti-und-Roma-Fuer-60000-Euro-fehlen-Belege,sintiroma110.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Sinti-und-Roma-Fuer-60000-Euro-fehlen-Belege,sintiroma110.html”]

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Plauen: Fire …

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Again the city of Plauen, which made it to the headlines in December after the firebombing of a house that lodged Roma. This time, a fire in a house that housed Roma on the ground floor and other people in the upper floors killed two residents. Several of the people in that building had already escaped the previous fire.

– FEUERDRAMA IM DACHGESCHOSS: HIER STARBEN ZWEI MENSCHEN UND SECHS HUNDE. In: Tag 24. 06.02.2018. https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/plauen-vogtland-sachsen-brand-wohnungsbrand-feuer-zwei-tote-verletzte-hunde-flammen-inferno-440938 [link-preview url=”https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/plauen-vogtland-sachsen-brand-wohnungsbrand-feuer-zwei-tote-verletzte-hunde-flammen-inferno-440938″]

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Czech Republic: Okamura

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The Czech MP and leader of an extreme right party Tomio Okamura cast doubts about the events that occurred in the Roma Camp of Lety: On the Holocaust Remembrance Day, he stated in an interview on television the camp was not fenced in and people could walk in our out.
Well, Mr. Okamura should get his fact rights, and he should be prosecuted for Holocaust Denial.
Note that on the picture here, he is in good company ….

– Czech MP marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day by doubting what happened at Romani genocide site. In: Romea.cz. 30.01.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-mp-marks-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-by-doubting-what-happened-at-romani-genocide-site
– Múzeum rómskej kultúry žiada verejné ospravedlnenie od Tomia Okamuru. In: Aktuality. 29.01.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/559546/muzeum-romskej-kultury-ziada-verejne-ospravedlnenie-od-tomia-okamuru/
– Museum asks Okamura to apologise for words on Lety camp. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 30.01.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/01/30/czech-museum-asks-okamura-apologise-words-lety-camp [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/559546/muzeum-romskej-kultury-ziada-verejne-ospravedlnenie-od-tomia-okamuru/ “]

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Göttingen: Holocaust Remembrance

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The city of Göttingen in Gemrnay commemorated the Holocaust Memorial Day with a special event for the Sinti and Roma.

– Holocaust-Gedenktag zur Verfolgung von Sinti und Roma. In: HNA. 26.01.2018. https://www.hna.de/lokales/goettingen/goettingen-ort28741/holocaust-gedenktag-zur-verfolgung-von-sinti-und-roma-9557573.html [link-preview url=”https://www.hna.de/lokales/goettingen/goettingen-ort28741/holocaust-gedenktag-zur-verfolgung-von-sinti-und-roma-9557573.html”]

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Germany: NPD Poster

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More noise on the extreme rightist party (NPD) on their election poster “Geld für die Oma statt für Sinti and Roma” [Money for Grandma instead for Sinti and Roma]. The Prosecutor has stopped the enquiries into the posters, as they cannot determine who hung it … REALLY? They know who printed it without doubts.
The German Central Council of Sinti and Roma has vehemently protested.

– Ermittlungen zu umstrittenem NPD-Wahlplakat eingestellt: In: Die Welt. 24.01.2018. https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article172784341/Ermittlungen-zu-umstrittenem-NPD-Wahlplakat-eingestellt.html
– Sinti und Roma kritisieren Einstellung von NPD-Strafverfahren. Fehlende Anhaltspunkte? In: Domradio. 23.01.2018. https://www.domradio.de/themen/kirche-und-politik/2018-01-23/sinti-und-roma-kritisieren-einstellung-von-npd-strafverfahren [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article172784341/Ermittlungen-zu-umstrittenem-NPD-Wahlplakat-eingestellt.html “]

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Berlin: Agreement?

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Roma and Sinti organisation in berlin hope for a breakthrough in the Berlin Senate leading to an extensive agreement between them and the city for bettering the situation of Sinti and Roma in Berlin.

– Ein Sprachrohr für Roma. In: ND. 16.01.2018. https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1076341.ein-sprachrohr-fuer-roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1076341.ein-sprachrohr-fuer-roma.html”]

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Exhibition in Verden

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An exhibition on Sinti and Roma in sport in Germany is focusing on the lives of three Sinti sportsmen Oswald Marschall (Boxing), Walter Laubinger and Sergio Peter (Football).

– Ausstellung im Verdener Rathaus berichtet über Sinti und Roma im Sport. In: Kreiszeitung. 16.01.2018. https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/verden/verden-ort47274/ausstellung-verdener-rathaus-berichtet-ueber-sinti-roma-sport-9531205.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/verden/verden-ort47274/ausstellung-verdener-rathaus-berichtet-ueber-sinti-roma-sport-9531205.html”]

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Really?

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The German who was indicted for racial hatred following racist posts on Facebook against Roma and Sinti whose process was adjourned last week is fearing for his security …
Really – and what about the Roma?

– Angeklagter hat Angst um seine Sicherheit. In: Märkische Allgemeine. 10.01.2018. http://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Potsdam/Angeklagter-hat-Angst-um-seine-Sicherheit [link-preview url=”http://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Potsdam/Angeklagter-hat-Angst-um-seine-Sicherheit”]

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Visit

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The president of the German Federal Criminal Police visited the documentation centre of the Central Council of the German Sinti and Roma and met with its president, Romani Rose.
Purpose of the visit: Dialogue and discussion on the situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany.

– Präsident des Bundeskriminalamtes Holger Münch zu Besuch im Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma. In: Zentralrat Sinti and Roma. 12.01.2018. http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/praesident-des-bundeskriminalamtes-holger-muench-zu-besuch-im-dokumentations-und-kulturzentrum-deutscher-sinti-und-roma/ [link-preview url=”http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/praesident-des-bundeskriminalamtes-holger-muench-zu-besuch-im-dokumentations-und-kulturzentrum-deutscher-sinti-und-roma/”]

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Incitation to Racial Hatred

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The process of a German accused of having posted racist insults on a Facebook page has been adjourned … The person’s lawyer says he didn’t post it himself …
No comments.

– Hetze gegen Roma: Prozess gegen 37-Jährigen ausgesetzt. In: Focus. 10.01.2018. https://www.focus.de/regional/potsdam/prozesse-hetze-gegen-roma-prozess-gegen-37-jaehrigen-ausgesetzt_id_8278862.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/regional/potsdam/prozesse-hetze-gegen-roma-prozess-gegen-37-jaehrigen-ausgesetzt_id_8278862.html”]

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Plauen: “Let them Burn!”

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The attack against the house where foreigners and Roma lived was clearly racially motivated.
IT was really bad.

– “Lasst die brennen” – Gaffer beschimpfen Retter vor brennendem Haus, in dem Roma leben. In: Vice. 10.01.2018. https://www.vice.com/de/article/9knzy8/lasst-die-brennen-gaffer-beschimpfen-retter-vor-brennendem-haus-in-dem-roma-leben [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/de/article/9knzy8/lasst-die-brennen-gaffer-beschimpfen-retter-vor-brennendem-haus-in-dem-roma-leben”]

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German, Slovaks, and Roma: Background

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The incident with the German, Slovaks, and Roma actually occurred in a house that was partially burnt down on December 29th. There were 19 wounded in the attack that was pretty much directed against Roma.
BAD.

– PLAUEN: BRANDANSCHLAG MIT RASSISTISCHER UND ANTIZIGANISTISCHER KOMMENTIERUNG. In: Bell Tower. 10.01.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/plauen-brandanschlag-mit-rassistischer-und-antiziganistischer-kommentierung-13149 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/plauen-brandanschlag-mit-rassistischer-und-antiziganistischer-kommentierung-13149″]

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Book

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A new book was published recently in Mannheim, Germany, on the history of Roma and Sinti in that city and their constant discrimination and persecution.

– Stadt dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: Mannheimer Morgen. 10.01.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-thema-des-tages-stadt-dokumentiert-geschichte-der-sinti-und-roma-_arid,1178750.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-thema-des-tages-stadt-dokumentiert-geschichte-der-sinti-und-roma-_arid,1178750.html”]

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Really???

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A classical New Year Concert took place in Germany under the title “Spiel Zigeuner!” [Play, Gypsy]. Not the best choice to say the least.

– „Spiel, Zigeuner!“: Neujahrskonzert mit kontroversem Titel. In: Dewezet. 08.01.2018. https://www.dewezet.de/kultur/kultur-lokal_artikel,-spiel-zigeuner-neujahrskonzert-mit-kontroversem-titel-_arid,2430532.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/kultur/kultur-lokal_artikel,-spiel-zigeuner-neujahrskonzert-mit-kontroversem-titel-_arid,2430532.html”]

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Germany: Trial

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The case made the headlines. A boy disappeared in Berlin, was abused and eventually killed. Horrible story.
The process here goes against a person who was a member of a facebook page “looking for Elias” and who took the opportunity to write (sic.) “Dirty Roma, these miscarriages of incest, also steal children”. He is in court for incitation to racial hatred.

– Prozess der Woche Der Hetzer, der im Fall Elias Sinti und Roma böswillig beschimpfte. In: Berliner Zeitung. 08.01.2018. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/29438228 [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/29438228″]

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Aussenlager …

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An article on the so-called “Aussenlager” – the small camps affiliated with a major Concentration Camp but who have been largely forgotten or kept under silence since the end of the War.
This is bad, as this is one of the common places where crimes were committed.

– Vom Erinnern und Vergessen: das KZ-Außenlager in Heppenheim. In: Echo. 06.01.2018. http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/bergstrasse/heppenheim/vom-erinnern-und-vergessen-das-kz-aussenlager-in-heppenheim_18432630.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/bergstrasse/heppenheim/vom-erinnern-und-vergessen-das-kz-aussenlager-in-heppenheim_18432630.htm”]

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Orban in Germany

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Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister, visited the German CSU at the Monastery of Seeon in Bavaria. While they report the critique about that visit, the paper also mentions that Orban did a housing project for Roma in Mohacs, a small town in the South of Hungary. That was a fig leaf project and let’s be clear, Orban policies are not pro-Roma.

– Orbán genießt auch in Mohács Rückhalt. In: Manheimer Morgen. 06.01.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/bergstraesser-anzeiger_artikel,-bergstrasse-orbán-geniesst-auch-in-mohács-rueckhalt-_arid,1176837.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/bergstraesser-anzeiger_artikel,-bergstrasse-orbán-geniesst-auch-in-mohács-rueckhalt-_arid,1176837.html”]

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