Genocide – rroma.org https://rroma.org Mon, 11 May 2026 16:15:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Genocide – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Czechia and Minorities https://rroma.org/czechia-and-minorities-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-and-minorities-2 Mon, 11 May 2026 16:15:52 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32541 The Czech Constitution rejects calling any group of people “parasites” or considering somebody “inferior”, Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (Civic Democratic Party – ODS) explained at the commemorative ceremony for the Romani and Sinti victims of the Holocaust in Lety u Písku, referring to the recent words of Foreign Minister Petr Macinka and Government Commissioner for Climate Policy and the Green Deal, Filip Turek, both of the Motorists for Themselves party. The gathering honored the memory of the victims of the concentration camp for Roma and Sinti that was established in Lety in 1942.

]]> Michal Mižigár https://rroma.org/michal-mizigar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michal-mizigar Mon, 11 May 2026 16:11:53 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32538 In his speech to the commemorative ceremony in Lety u Písku, Czech Republic, Romani scholar Michal Mižigár pointed out that the memorial on the site of the former WWII-era concentration camp for Roma and Sinti is not just a reminder of the past, but also a call to address current racism against Romani people. He spoke to the long struggle for the dignified memorial, the present-day segregation of Romani children in the schools, the forced sterilization of Romani women, and the need to involve Romani men and women in decision-making on matters which affect them.

]]> Commemoration in Lety https://rroma.org/commemoration-in-lety-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commemoration-in-lety-2 Fri, 08 May 2026 15:41:40 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32511 On Sunday, 10 May 2026 at 12:00 CET the commemorative ceremony honoring the memory of the victims of the WWII-era concentration camp for Roma and Sinti will be held on the grounds of the Lety u Písku Memorial to the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti in Bohemia. The gathering is held by the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust in the Czech Republic with the support of the Czech Culture Ministry and the Foundation for Holocaust Victims.

]]> Commemoration in Lety https://rroma.org/commemoration-in-lety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commemoration-in-lety Wed, 06 May 2026 15:17:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32480 On Sunday, 10 May 2026 at 12:00 CET, the annual commemoration will be held to honour the memories of the victims of what was once a Roma concentration camp in Lety u Písku. The Event is organized by the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust in the Czech Republic (VPORH) with the support of the Czech Culture Ministry and the Foundation for Holocaust Victims.

]]> French Chronicle … https://rroma.org/french-chronicle-359/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-chronicle-359 Sun, 03 May 2026 14:21:19 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32440 A long article in the French Le Monde on the Genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust, and the fact that the French are relatively silent about it. Why are they still using “Tsiganes”?

Other news are more of the usual. An article about the so-called insertion vilalge near Nantes, in Western France; a neighbourhood in Lille is unhappy with a Roma camp; and a fire in Montpellier.

]]> Ustaša Murder https://rroma.org/ustasa-murder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ustasa-murder Sat, 02 May 2026 15:40:04 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32431 Max Bamberger was a violinist. He traveled with a Sinti circus and entertained people. He, his wife and two children were victims of a massacre on 24 and 25 April 1945, not far from the Croatian-Slovenian border, in the village of Hrastina near Marija Gorica. One of the most horrific Ustasha crimes against Roma committed in the NDH. It was perhaps the last mass crime against the Roma and Sinti on the territory of occupied Europe during World War II. This crime was committed by one of the Ustasha units from Jasenovac, namely the 1st Ustaški obrabeni zdrug, the so-called Luburićevci.

]]> Auschwitz Exhibition https://rroma.org/auschwitz-exhibition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=auschwitz-exhibition Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:24:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32363 The traveling exhibition “Auschwitz. Not so long ago. Not so far away” will be shown at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum next year. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum announced this on Monday. Using original artifacts, the exhibition conveys the history and significance of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

]]> Vienna Memorial https://rroma.org/vienna-memorial-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vienna-memorial-2 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:16:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32350 An article in the Slovak press about the forthcoming memorial of the Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazi genocide to be erected in Vienna.

]]> Memory https://rroma.org/memory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memory Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:14:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32347 According to the Council of Europe, they key to prevent discrimination against Roma and travellers, is the importance of historical memory.

Unfortunately, not as simple, look at the Holocaust and Antisemitism.

]]> Vienna Memorial https://rroma.org/vienna-memorial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vienna-memorial Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:46:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32322 After a very long time, Vienna will erect a memorial to the Roma and Sinti victim of the Holocaust in the Weghuberpark in Vienna-Neubau, built in front of the Ministry of Justice.

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