Tag Archives: Holocaust

A Young Sinto

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A young Sinto, Giano Weiss from the city of Paderborn, is engaging himself for the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust in his city and for trying to establish the facts. He was received by the Prime Minister of the State of Northwest Westphalia.

– Ministerpräsident Laschet ermutigt jungen Paderborner Sinto. In: Neue Westfälische. 24.11.2017. http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html [link-preview url=”http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html”]

More on Lety!

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More articles on the purchase of the pig farm on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic.

– Tschechien: Roma-Gedenkstätte ersetzt Schweinemast auf früherem NS-Lagergelände. In: RT. 24.11.2017. https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/61138-tschechien-roma-gedenkstaette-ersetzt-schweinemast-auf-früherem-ns-lagergelaende/
– Schweinefarm wird zur KZ-Gedenkstätte. In: N-TV. 23.11.2017. https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Schweinefarm-wird-zur-KZ-Gedenkstaette-article20148960.html
– Czechy: Rząd wykupił chlewnię obejmującą teren obozu dla Romów. In: Farmer.pl. 24.11.2017. http://www.farmer.pl/fakty/unia-europejska/czechy-rzad-wykupil-chlewnie-obejmujaca-teren-obozu-dla-romow,75112.html [link-preview url=”https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/61138-tschechien-roma-gedenkstaette-ersetzt-schweinemast-auf-früherem-ns-lagergelaende/ “]

Bought !

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At last, the pig farm on the former site of the Lety concentration camp has been bought by the Czech Government.

– Czech Republic buys pig farm at former Nazi camp to shutter it. In: The Times of Israel. 23.11.2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/czech-republic-buys-pig-farm-at-former-nazi-camp-to-shutter-it/ [link-preview url=”https://www.timesofisrael.com/czech-republic-buys-pig-farm-at-former-nazi-camp-to-shutter-it/”]

Stolpersteine …

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A really worrying trend in Berlin: Stumbling stones, these little stones encased in the pavement remembering victims of the Holocaust, are being removed an destroyed. A worrying trend.

– Vandals Are Attacking Berlin’s Powerful Citywide Holocaust Memorial. In: City Lab. 16.11.2017. https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/11/berlin-stolpersteine/545990/ [link-preview url=”https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/11/berlin-stolpersteine/545990/”]

Lety

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An article over the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic. The pig farm which stands on the grounds will soon be bought by the Czech government and the site will be transformed in a memorial to the victims.

– Der Preis der Würde. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 07.11.2017. http://www.fr.de/panorama/tschechien-der-preis-der-wuerde-a-1381501?GEPC=s2 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/panorama/tschechien-der-preis-der-wuerde-a-1381501?GEPC=s2″]

Stolpersteine …

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Dozens of stumbling stones, these little stones that remind people of Holocaust victims and are embedded in the pavement, were stolen in Berlin.
BAD.

– Stolpersteine in Neukölln gestohlen. In: Tagesspeigel. 07.11.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/gedenken-an-holocaust-opfer-stolpersteine-in-neukoelln-gestohlen/20548596.html
– Germany: Nazi victim memorial stones stolen in Berlin. In: Death Rattles Sport. 08.11.2017. http://deathrattlesports.com/germany-nazi-victim-memorial-stones-stolen-in-berlin/152363 [link-preview url=”http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/gedenken-an-holocaust-opfer-stolpersteine-in-neukoelln-gestohlen/20548596.html “]

Stumbling Stones …

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The “Stolpersteine” [Stumbling stones] project continues. This time in Münster, were 4 stones were placed to remember the fate of the Sinti family Lübke.

– Stolpersteine erinnern an Familie. In: Westfälische Nachrichten. 04.11.2017. http://www.wn.de/Muenster/3041758-Gedenken-an-im-Konzentrationslager-Ermordete-Stolpersteine-erinnern-an-Familie [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Muenster/3041758-Gedenken-an-im-Konzentrationslager-Ermordete-Stolpersteine-erinnern-an-Familie”]

Germany – a Long Fight

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An article and review of the long fight that led to the recognition by Germany of the racial motivation of the Holocaust against Sinti and Roma. This was only achieved in 1982 …

– Langer Kampf gegen Verfolgung. In: Deutschlandfunk. 02.11.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sinti-und-roma-buergerrechtsbewegung-langer-kampf-gegen.1769.de.html?dram:article_id=399680 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sinti-und-roma-buergerrechtsbewegung-langer-kampf-gegen.1769.de.html?dram:article_id=399680″]

Moldova; Monument

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A monument commemorating the Roma Holocaust will be erected in Moldova, a place where many Roma were killed during World War Two.

– Moldova will build a monument to Roma victims of the Holocaust. In: PRI. 30.10.2017. https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-30/moldova-will-build-monument-roma-victims-holocaust [link-preview url=”https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-30/moldova-will-build-monument-roma-victims-holocaust”]

Exhibition on Holocaust

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The exhibition called “Racial Diagnosis: Gypsy” can be seen in Ingolstadt, Germany.

– “Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner”. In: Donaukurier. 24.10.2017. http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/kultur/Ingolstadt-Rassendiagnose-Zigeuner;art598,3568665 [link-preview url=”http://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/kultur/Ingolstadt-Rassendiagnose-Zigeuner;art598,3568665″]

Lety at Last

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Two US articles on Lety and the fact that the Czech government will finally buy the pig farm on the site.
Unfortunately, both articles contain misleading information. That 1’300 Roma were sent to Auschwitz from there, that there were 10’000 Roma in the Czech Republic before the War etc. Fact is that many people who were shipped to Auschwitz were not registered, and that no one knows how many Roma there was in the Czech Republic before the war.
One thing though is sure: After the War, there were none left.
May they rest in peace.

– Czechs to make memorial at ex-Nazi Roma concentration camp. In: The National Post. 23.10.2017. http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/czech-govt-to-buy-pig-farm-on-nazi-concentration-camp-land
– Czechs to make memorial at ex-Nazi Roma concentration camp. In: Fox News. 23.10.2017. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23/czechs-to-make-memorial-at-ex-nazi-roma-concentration-camp.html [link-preview url=”http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/czech-govt-to-buy-pig-farm-on-nazi-concentration-camp-land “]

Not only the Nazis …

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A research view on the persecution of Roma and Sinti in Austria and other countries. This was not a punctual process, but rather a long evolution that culminated in the Holocaust.
They are right.

– „Nicht alles kam auf Druck der Nazis“ In: Science ORF. http://science.orf.at/stories/2873209/ [link-preview url=”http://science.orf.at/stories/2873209/”]

Czech Republic: Prize

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A Roma activist, Cenek Ruzicka, was awarded the Czech Artis Bohemiae Amicis prize for his efforts to remove the pig farm from the Lety concentration site.
Good.

– Culture Ministry awards Czech Roma activist. In: The Prague Monitor. 02.10.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/02/culture-ministry-awards-czech-roma-activist [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/02/culture-ministry-awards-czech-roma-activist”]

Exhibition on the Czech Roma Holocaust

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An exhibition of the vanished world of the Czech Roma and Sinti who were killed almst to the last one during World War Two.

– Exhibition “A Vanished World” about indigenous Czech Roma and Sinti again on display in Prague. In: Romea.cz. 17.09.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/exhibition-a-vanished-world-about-indigenous-czech-roma-and-sinti-again-on-display-in-prague [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/exhibition-a-vanished-world-about-indigenous-czech-roma-and-sinti-again-on-display-in-prague”]

Hodonin

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The Roma museum will be in charge of the new memorial museum in the Hodonin Roma concentration camp.
The memorial was to be opened last August but the opening was deferred due to a controversy on who would be running it going forward.

– Roma Museum to operate new memorial in Hodonín near Kunštát. In: The Prague Monitor. 19.09.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/09/19/roma-museum-operate-new-memorial-hodon%C3%ADn-near-kunštát [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/09/19/roma-museum-operate-new-memorial-hodon%C3%ADn-near-kunštát”]

Croatia: Commemorative Plaque for Nazis

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A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Eastern Croatia, not far from the former concentration camp of Jasenovac… This plaque uses the Ustaša slogan “Za dom spremni” [Ready for the Country] and is definitively not OK.
Bad.

– Croatie : une plaque commémorative pro-nazie réinstallée plus loin d’un ancien camp. In: Times of Israel. 08.09.2017. http://fr.timesofisrael.com/croatie-une-plaque-commemorative-pro-nazie-reinstallee-plus-loin-dun-ancien-camp/ [link-preview url=”http://fr.timesofisrael.com/croatie-une-plaque-commemorative-pro-nazie-reinstallee-plus-loin-dun-ancien-camp/”]

Babi Yar

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September is the month to commemorate the victims of the massacre at Babi Yar where Jews but also many Roma were brutally executed by the German troops.
No memorial to this day really mark the site. A new attempt is being started to be completed in time for the 80th anniversary of this massacre.

– In Ukraine, it’s time for a Holocaust memorial at Babi Yar. In: The Hill. 31.08.2017. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/348756-in-ukraine-its-time-for-a-holocaust-memorial-at-babi-yar [link-preview url=”http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/348756-in-ukraine-its-time-for-a-holocaust-memorial-at-babi-yar”]

The Faces of the Perpetrators …

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A series of photos of German soldiers forced to watch footage of concentration camps… They gry, the said they didn’t fight for that – but actually one knows that the Wehrmacht saw it happen and participated in summary executions …

– Nemeckým vojakom bolo do plaču, keď videli teror v koncentračných táboroch. Svetoznáma fotografia zobrazuje znechutené tváre. In: Refresher.sk. 27.08.2017. https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare [link-preview url=”https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare”]

Germany: The Story of the Family Weiss

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A story about a Sinti family in Post War Germany. This shows what Roma had to face in the aftermath of the War and Holocaust in Germany.

Die unerzählte Geschichte der Familie Weiß. In: Dewezet. 25.08.2017. https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html”]

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