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Babyn Yar

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On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi commemorated the 83rd anniversary of the massacre of more than 30,000 Jews by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators in the Babyn Jar gorge near Kyiv in 1941.

“Babyn Jar is a terrifying symbol that shows that the most heinous crimes occur when the world chooses to ignore, remain silent, be indifferent and lacks the determination to stand up to evil,” Zelensky, who is of Jewish descent himself, said on the X social network.

According to official data, 100,000 – 150,000 people were killed in the Babyn Jar gorge in 1941 and 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Ukraine. The primany targets were Jews and Roma.

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Poland: Memorial

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A memorial to Roma killed in 1944 was dedicated recently in Dębina Gorzędowska to commemorate the tragic events of 1944, when approximately 60 Roma were killed by German gendarmes. Among those gathered were not only witnesses to history, but also their descendants.

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Poland: Memorial

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The ceremony of consecration of the monument to the Roma people murdered in 1944 in Dębina Gorzędowska. The place of the tragedy was a small forest grove near the villages of Kocierzowy, Wąglin and Gertrudów. Here, in July 1944, about 60 Roma lost their lives. Women, children and men were shot by German gendarmes. A dozen or so people survived from the camp in Dębina Gorzędowska, mainly children, who were outside the camp at the time of the massacre. As a result of the exhumations, the remains were laid to rest in the Roman Catholic parish cemetery in Konstantynów Łódzki. On September 24, the monument was consecrated by Father Dean Leszek Kaźmierczak.

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80 Years Commemoration

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The director of Poland’s Auschwitz Museum has said it is “hard to imagine” the presence of a Russian delegation at next year’s commemoration marking 80 years since the death camp was liberated by the Red Army. Yes, indeed, especially in view of the ethnic cleansing some of the Russian troops have been doing against Roma in occupied Ukrainians regions.

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Slovenia, Partisans, and Excecutions

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Communist partisans murdered 3’450 in the cave under Macesnova gorica in early 1945. These were Slovenians prisonners of war and Roma. Some of theme still do not have a burial place. The mayor of Ljubljana refused recently that the Roma killed in this massacre be buried in the city’s cemetery.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Babyn Yar

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An exhibition follows the path taken by Kyiv Jews on their last journey on September 29, 1941. At every step, you can look into numerous mirrors. They reflect the fates of victims of the Holodomor and Mariupol, deported Crimean Tatars and executed Roma, prisoners of the GULAG, Syrts and Yagidny, prisoners of war killed in Katyn, Darnytsia and Olenivka.

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Reflections on Lety

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Some reflections on the memorial of the former concentration camp of Lety, in Czechia with a question: Will the trees that have been planted there become tall before racism against Roma disappears?

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Ukraine and August 2nd

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Ukraine commemorated August 2nd with a ceremony on the site of Babyn Yar where, besides the many jews, Roma were also executed.

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Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma

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The official statement of the Central Council of the German Sinti and Roma on August 2nd.

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French Chronicle …

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Not much in France this week: An article on the commemoration of August 2nd in the Rivesaltes camp in France. Roma were imprisoned in this camp during World War Two. And finally, the arrestation of three young French who were planning to kidnap and kill two Roma.

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August 2nd Commemorations: Western Europe

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Some statements and articles from Western Europe.

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August 2nd Commemorations: Czechia

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A few articles in the Czech press for the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz Birkenau.

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August 2nd Commemorations: Poland

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Quite a few articles in the Polish press for the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz Birkenau. Focus on the very high level German delegation.

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August 2nd Commemorations: Slovakia

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Quite a few articles in the Slovak press for the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz Birkenau.

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