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Poland: Adam Bartosz

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An interview of Adam Bartosz, Activist, on why the Roma Holocaust is so little known in Poland. This was recorded in Lithuania on a commemoration of the Holocaust and the inauguration of a novel depicting the Holocaust through the eyes of a young Rom.
What Adam Bartosz forgets to say is that speaking of bad things can bring the Evil back, and hence, many Polska Roma simply never spoke about it, not even to their families.

– Bartosz: Postrzegamy Romów przez pryzmat dwóch stereotypów. In: ZW. 31.01.2018. http://zw.lt/kultura-historia/bartosz-postrzegamy-romow-pryzmat-dwoch-stereotypow/
– Historia zagłady Romów oczami dziecka – nie tylko dla dzieci. In: ZW. 29.01.2018. http://zw.lt/wilno-wilenszczyzna/historia-zaglady-romow-oczami-dziecka-nie-tylko-dla-dzieci/ [link-preview url=”http://zw.lt/kultura-historia/bartosz-postrzegamy-romow-pryzmat-dwoch-stereotypow/ “]

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/ “]

Jasenovac

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A reportage on Jasenovac, the notorious Ustaša concentration camp in Croatia. Let’s not forget that during the war nearly ALL Croatian Roma were killed. The only original Croatian Roma are currently to be found in Italy where some of them fled in 1944.

– JASENOVAC DEATH CAMP AND CROATIA’S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST. In: In Serbia. 28.01.2018. https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/ [link-preview url=”https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/”]

Switzerland: A First!

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Alain Berset, the current president of the Swiss Confederation, issued a statement for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in which, for the first time Roma were also mentioned.
Good!

– “Holocaust-Tragödie verpflichtet zum Nachdenken”. In: Kath.ch. 27.01.2018. https://www.kath.ch/newsd/holocaust-tragoedie-verpflichtet-zum-nachdenken/ [link-preview url=”https://www.kath.ch/newsd/holocaust-tragoedie-verpflichtet-zum-nachdenken/”]

More on the Brussel Event

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A longer article on the first ever commemoration in the EU parliament of the Roma Holocaust. Roma representatives and MPs decried the current rise of the extreme right.

– Hommage aux ” victimes oubliées ” tziganes de la Shoah à Bruxelles. In: The Times of Israël. 25.01.2018. https://fr.timesofisrael.com/hommage-aux-victimes-oubliees-tziganes-de-la-shoah-a-bruxelles/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.timesofisrael.com/hommage-aux-victimes-oubliees-tziganes-de-la-shoah-a-bruxelles/”]

Recognise the Genocide!

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An editorial on the need for a wider recognition of the Roma Holocaust.

– Time for world to recognise Roma genocide. In: Daily Nation. 27.01.2018. https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Time-for-world-to-recognise-Roma-genocide-/440808-4280266-o3gkqyz/index.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Time-for-world-to-recognise-Roma-genocide-/440808-4280266-o3gkqyz/index.html”]

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”]

Lessons for the Auschwitz Staff

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The staff of the Auschwitz memorial and museum had a training covering the lesser known part of the Holocaust, namely the execution of numerous Jews and most of the Roma on the spot. 2’300 such mass killing spots have been identified so far, and many more remain unknown.

– Auschwitz Museum Receives 1st Ever “Holocaust by Bullets” Training. In: The Daily Telescope. 27.01.2018. https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000 [link-preview url=”https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000″]

Lessons for the Auschwitz Staff

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The staff of the Auschwitz memorial and museum had a training covering the lesser known part of the Holocaust, namely the execution of numerous Jews and most of the Roma on the spot. 2’300 such mass killing spots have been identified so far, and many more remain unknown.

– Auschwitz Museum Receives 1st Ever “Holocaust by Bullets” Training. In: The Daily Telescope. 27.01.2018. https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000 [link-preview url=”https://dailytelescope.com/pr/auschwitz-museum-receives-1st-ever-holocaust-by-bullets-training/49000″]

Holocaust Remembrance

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An intervention from Soraya Post on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day – 27th of January.

– Holocaust remembrance – we cannot stay silent again. In: Euractiv. 26.01.2018. https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/holocaust-remembrance-we-cannot-stay-silent-again/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/holocaust-remembrance-we-cannot-stay-silent-again/”]

EU and Roma Holocaust

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For the first time, the EU parliament remembers the Roma victims of the Holocaust.
Good, but why did it take Europe 73 years to do so?

– EU PARLIAMENT HOLOCAUST EVENT REMEMBERS ROMA VICTIMS FOR 1ST TIME. In: The Jerusalem Post. 24.01.2018. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/For-first-time-EU-parliament-Holocaust-event-remembers-Roma-victims-too-539699 [link-preview url=”http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/For-first-time-EU-parliament-Holocaust-event-remembers-Roma-victims-too-539699″]

Testimony

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An interview of Anna Kwiatkowska, a Polish Romni Holocaust survivor.
From the World Jewish Congress page. Too bad they used the “P” word for the Roma Holocaust.

– https://www.facebook.com/WorldJewishCong/videos/10156019206004805/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/WorldJewishCong/videos/10156019206004805/”]

Litzmannstadt Ghetto

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An article about the tragic fate of the Roma in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. The Roma part of the Ghetto was liquidated 76 years ago. Many of the Roma there came from the Austrian Burgenland.
May they rest in peace.

– Tragiczna historia Romów z Litzmannstadt Ghetto. In: Dzeinnik Łodzki. 18.01.2018. https://plus.dzienniklodzki.pl/historia/a/tragiczna-historia-romow-z-litzmannstadt-ghetto,12854450 [link-preview url=”https://plus.dzienniklodzki.pl/historia/a/tragiczna-historia-romow-z-litzmannstadt-ghetto,12854450″]

Austria: Reassurances

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It is fairly bad if the president of a country feels obliged to reassure Holocaust survivors that they don’t risk anything… This is what happened in Austria, on the background of an Austrian interior minister who suggested to “concentrate” refugees in camps.

– Austrian President Seeks to Reassure Holocaust Survivors on Government. In: USNews (Reuters). 11.01.2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-11/austrian-president-seeks-to-reassure-holocaust-survivors-on-government
– FPÖ-Innenminister Kickl will Flüchtlinge “konzentriert” an einem Ort halten. In: Die Welt. 11.01.2018. https://www.welt.de/newsticker/news1/article172400202/Parteien-FPOE-Innenminister-Kickl-will-Fluechtlinge-konzentriert-an-einem-Ort-halten.html [link-preview url=”https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-11/austrian-president-seeks-to-reassure-holocaust-survivors-on-government “]

Litzmanstadt Ghetto

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Łódź remembers about the Roma from the Litzmannstadt ghetto commemorating the 76th anniversary of the liquidation of the Roma camp.
May they rest in peace.

– Łódź pamięta o Romach z Litzmannstadt getto. In: TuŁodz. 06.01.2018. https://www.tulodz.com/wiadomosci,lodz-pamieta-o-romach-z-litzmannstadt-getto,wia5-3267-5958.html [link-preview url=”https://www.tulodz.com/wiadomosci,lodz-pamieta-o-romach-z-litzmannstadt-getto,wia5-3267-5958.html”]

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”]

Auschwitz

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Let’s hope the record number of visitors also learnt something about the causes, the issues, and about what happened to Roma.

– Auschwitz sees record number of visitors in 2017. In: Poland Radio. 03.01.2018. http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/342586,Auschwitz-sees-record-number-of-visitors-in-2017 [link-preview url=”http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/342586,Auschwitz-sees-record-number-of-visitors-in-2017″]

Saul Friedlander

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The writer and Hamburg native Saul Friendlander is interviewed in the context of the inauguration on the 27th of December of a monument on the site of the Hannover railway station. From this place, more than 8’000 Jews, Roma, Sinti and others were sent to their death. Saul Friedlander survived.
He is afraid of the increased denial of the Holocaust. So are we.

– “Meine Heimat ist meine Geschichte”. In: Der Spiegel. 27.12.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/historiker-saul-friedlaender-a-1147717.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/historiker-saul-friedlaender-a-1147717.html”]

Hungary: A bit too Easy

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Tibor Ágoston, a Jobbik representative in the city of Debrecen in Eastern Hungary, voted against the local government scholarship for a young Rom. In his speech, he said he would support real talent in Debrecen, but not a “catch all” program.
Jobbik initiated an investigation into the case.
It turns out that Tibor Ágoston was sentenced to a HUF 750,000 (2’500 EUR) in March 2016 for holocaust denial. A nice fellow he certainly is.
He has now made a written statement resigning from all his positions and functions in Jobbik.

– Kilépett a Jobbikból a roma fiatal támogatását megvonó képviselő. In: Index. 28.12.2017. https://index.hu/belfold/2017/12/28/kilepett_a_jobbikbol_a_roma_fiataltol_a_tamogatast_megvono_kepviselo/
– Inkább kilép a Jobbikból a roma fiatalon gúnyolódó debreceni képviselő. In: HVG. 28.12.2017. http://hvg.hu/itthon/20171228_Inkabb_kilep_a_Jobbikbol_a_roma_fiatalon_gunyolodo_debreceni_kepviselo [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2017/12/28/kilepett_a_jobbikbol_a_roma_fiataltol_a_tamogatast_megvono_kepviselo/ “]

Lety – What Next?

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Now that the pig farm in Lety is closing – a long fight goes to the end. What comes next, in view of the rising extremism in the Czech Republic is difficult to predict. This reportage shows the situation in Ušti nad Labem and it is scary.

– Czech Roma reclaim Holocaust site from pig farmers. In: Deutsche Welle. 20.12.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/czech-roma-reclaim-holocaust-site-from-pig-farmers/a-41872009 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/czech-roma-reclaim-holocaust-site-from-pig-farmers/a-41872009″]

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