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Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

16 May 1940

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16 May 1940

Deportations of Sinti and Roma started on the 16th of May 1940. Commemorations were held in several German Länder.

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Commemoration Day of Roma Deportation

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On the commemoration of the deportation of Roma in Germany, a statement of the situation of Roma in the Ukraine.

 

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German Railway and Roma

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German Railway and Roma

Another article on the discussions held between the head of the German Railway and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma on the racist events against Roma aboard trains in March. The conclusion is, there is no structural racism against Roma, just single cases …

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German Trains vs. Roma

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German Trains vs. Roma

The Deutsche Bahn, the German railway company wants to sort out their bias against Roma.

About time, as they did deport quite a few of them a while back.

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

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No news this week on Roma in France. A fire in a camp in the South that may have had criminal origins is the only thing that happened.

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Not much news in France this week. A camp near Paris was dismantled; a educational book presented in Marseilles; some issues near Montpellier’s new transition camp; and a Rom condemned for aggressions in Meaux.

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Documentation Centre

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Documentation Centre

The German government has adopted the concept of a Documentation Centre for Dealing with the German Occupation Regime in Europe. The monumental project is the result of many years of work and discussions about what such a place should be like.

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UK and Travellers

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The fact that some travellers want to settle near a landmark in Yorkshire doesn’t bring the best in the UK press. Stereotypes galore.

 

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Ruža Nikolić Lakatos

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The Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos passed away yesterday at the age of 77. May she rest in peace.

Born in Hungary in 1945, she grew up in a traditional and musical Lovara family who traded horses. Her musical talent was evident from early on. When she was 11, her family moved to Austria due to the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. There she met her husband Mišo Nikolić and had her first public appearance on the initiative of the music ethnologist Ursula Hemetek. She then founded the band “Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos and The Gypsy Family” with her husband and sons and gained international fame. Passing on the song tradition to younger generations was particularly important to her. It is thanks to her that the songs of the Lovara in Austria were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

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German Police and Roma

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The process against police in Singen, Germany, for having arrested and handcuffed an 11 year old Sinto is starting. Not clear whether it will continue, as the police got cold feet and accepted the fine that was handed to them.

Too bad, as this kind of behaviour needs to be legally sanctioned.

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Jimmy Carr and Roma

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Jimmy Carr and Roma

The UK comedian said in a Netflix show:

“When people talk about the Holocauste, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.

“No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.”

He needs to be condemned for this. There have been numerous articles on this, all negative, even in newspapers not generally known for their support of Roma. See the list below for a full view of what has been written since yesterday afternoon!

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

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More of the usual. A camp is being closed in Limeil, another one in Livry sur Seine. Another camp was vacated leaving lots of garbage. All near Paris. In Montpellier, camps are being closed now that the new insertion village has been opened. Near Grenoble, an owner who tried to chase Roma squatters ends up in police custody. And finally, a young Rom is being condemned for aggressions in front of ATMs.

All bad.

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Review of the Biennale

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Review of the Biennale

Poland is represented this year by the exhibition “Charming the world” by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas. How was it created? And will it be possible to see it in Poland?

Roma culture is strongly associated with dance and music, but seldom with visual arts. This changes slowly, among others thanks to Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, who now represents Poland at the Venice Biennale – the most important event of this type in the world.

The artist is a Romni and has devoted all her work to date to the fight to change the historical narrative of the Roma community. Both the romantic one, showing the Roma people as free, dealing mainly with music and wandering around the world, and the ominous one – ascribing to them a tendency to cheat and trick others. She does it in an artistically original, intriguing and, above all, convincing way. – I don’t want to fight the whole world, naively thinking that it will suddenly change everything.

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