So called “Stolpersteine” (Stumbling blocks) are being set in the pavements of cities to remember the victims of the Holocaust. In the meantime, 53’000 such stones have been set in 18 European countries, some of which for Rroma.
Further articles on the defamation of the Rroma Holocaust Memeorial in Berlin.
SHAME!
A conference on the persecution of Rroam and Sinti in World War Two but also before.
The camp in St. Pantaleon in Weyer used to house Rroma during World War Two. On the 18th, there will be a remembrance for the Rroma victims there. It is chilling to read the story of this camp and the fact that many new what was going on there …
An article by a Turkish German paper on the Rroma Holocaust. And yes, it is true, it was Rroma’s fault.
Romani Rose, the president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma says in an interview that the values to which we have arrived at on the Holocaust, the persecution of minorities etc. are under threat.
Rroma Pride took place yesterday in 14 European cities. In Prague, they pointed aout the scandal of Lety where a pig farm is located on the site of a former concentration camp.
Ukraine commemorates the start of the Babi Yar massacre near Kiev which saw nearly 100’000 people killed in 1941, mostly Jews, but also Rroma and some others.
Remember!
A conference on the fate of Sinti and Rroma under the Third Reich shows the facts as they are: It was a racially based persecution, something that is often not so clear in people’s minds. Good to speak about it.
The press made a mistake… The rumour that refugees would be housed on the Buchenwald concentration camp site were proved to be wrong. Thanks God.
Germany is housing refugees in the former concentration camp of Buchenwald. Really.
A review of Israel Galvan’s “Lo Real” performance based on the Rroma Holocaust in Edinburgh.
An exhibitions of Photos from the Litzmanstadt Ghetto, a place where Jews, but also Rroma were interned before being dispatched to other camps.
Israel Galvan’s “Lo Real”, the Flamenco spectacle that speaks of the Rroma Holocaust is in Edinburgh this week.
An interesting opinion on the camps that will be established specifically for refugees from the Balkans in Germany, in view of the German responsibility in the Rroma Holocaust.
A visit together with Romani Rose, president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma, in Auschwitz. One thing can be said: In Germany, they deal with the past. Some other countries should follow.
Ten pictures to look at …
Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, warned against the modern racism against Rroma while at the commemorations of the Rroma Holocaust. We cannot but agree with him here.
In the article, the term of “Porajmos” is used. This term has often been put in conjunction with the Rroma Holocaust. Actually, it means a sexual rape, and is only understood in some Vlax dialects. This term should not be used at all in this context.
Israel Galvan, the Flamenco dancer, in his latest choreography “Lo Real” paid a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.
Worth seeing!
Bavaria is going ahead with a controversial plan to set up camps for refugees from the Balkan. These camps, especially in view of the past – Dachau was one of the first camps to be set up in Germany – and since Rroma make about a third of all Balkan refugees, leave a bitter taste.
There has to be better solutions…
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