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Romania and the Holocaust

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72 years after the end of World War Two, Romania has still not come to terms with its past regarding the Holocaust. Romania, an ally of Germany, deported many Rroma to Transnistria where many of them died of hunger and diseases.
While on paper, a law was enacted for the survivors of the holocaust, granting them a small pension, most Rroma do not receive it – for lack of papers, but basically out of discrimination.

– A decades-old paper war: how the Roma are fighting bureaucracy. In: New Stateman. 01.05.2017. http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/05/decades-old-paper-war-how-roma-are-fighting-bureaucracy [link-preview url=”http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/05/decades-old-paper-war-how-roma-are-fighting-bureaucracy”]

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Dachau

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The concentration camp of Dachau was liberated on the 29th of April.

– http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/29/1945-liberation-of-dachau-nazi-camp-remembered [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/29/1945-liberation-of-dachau-nazi-camp-remembered”]

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

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On the 74th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the Holocaust remembrance day was celebrated in several countries. In Israel, the German foreign minister attended the celebrations as Yad Vashem.

– Holocaust-Gedenktag in Israel: Gabriel erinnert an die Opfer. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 24.04.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/politik/international-holocaust-gedenktag-in-israelgabriel-erinnert-an-die-opfer-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170424-99-181048 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/politik/international-holocaust-gedenktag-in-israelgabriel-erinnert-an-die-opfer-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170424-99-181048″]

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A Hole in the Head

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A long article about the movie “A Hole in the Head” about the Rroma Holocaust, as well as an interview of Raymond Gurene a French manouche who is 100 years old and who managed to escape the Holocaust.
It is interesting to see that this documentary has prompted many articles in the Slovak press.

– Hrôzy rómskeho holokaustu: Pri vraždení ich ani nepočítali, boli menej ako zvieratá. In: Aktualne. 16.04.2017. https://aktualne.atlas.sk/kultura/film-televizia/pri-vrazdeni-ich-ani-nepocitali-boli-menej-ako-zvierata-hovori-romskom-holokauste-autor-noveho-filmu.html [link-preview url=”https://aktualne.atlas.sk/kultura/film-televizia/pri-vrazdeni-ich-ani-nepocitali-boli-menej-ako-zvierata-hovori-romskom-holokauste-autor-noveho-filmu.html”]

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Romania, Rroma, and the Holocaust

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Romania is being pressed to acknowledge and compensate Rroma victims of the mass deportations which occurred during World War Two. A law from 2000 actually guarantees a pension of 55 Euros per month for each year of detention in a camp during the war, but this is not currently extended to the Rroma.
SHAME.

– La Roumanie doit “rendre justice” aux Roms déportés par les pro-nazis. In: La Libre. 08.04.2017. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/la-roumanie-doit-rendre-justice-aux-roms-deportes-par-les-pro-nazis-58e8c77fcd70812a654df7d0 [link-preview url=”http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/la-roumanie-doit-rendre-justice-aux-roms-deportes-par-les-pro-nazis-58e8c77fcd70812a654df7d0″]

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Buchenwald – Minute of Silence

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72 years since the liberation of Buchenwald were marked yesterday by a minute of silence.
May they rest in peace.

– Minute’s silence at Buchenwald concentration camp marks 72 years since liberation. In: Deutsche Welle. 11.04.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/minutes-silence-at-buchenwald-concentration-camp-marks-72-years-since-liberation/a-38384666 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/minutes-silence-at-buchenwald-concentration-camp-marks-72-years-since-liberation/a-38384666″]

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Buchenwald – Commemoration

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A commemoration was held for the anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald.

– Survivors, mourners mark liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. In: Deutsche Welle. 09.04.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/survivors-mourners-mark-liberation-of-buchenwald-concentration-camp/a-38360095 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/survivors-mourners-mark-liberation-of-buchenwald-concentration-camp/a-38360095″]

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Germany and Its Past

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Ludwig Heilmeyers, a respected surgeon, university professor, first rector of the university of Ulm, turned out to have a Nazi past. He was active in asking for the rehabilitation of the Nazi Doctor Wilhelm Beiglböck who conducted “medical experiments on Rroma and Sinti in Dachau.
Germany is still dealing with its past. Many other countries are not.

– Der Uni-Gründer und seine NS-Vergangenheit. In: Augsburger-Allgemeine. 26.03.2017. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/illertissen/Der-Uni-Gruender-und-seine-NS-Vergangenheit-id40982641.html [link-preview url=”http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/illertissen/Der-Uni-Gruender-und-seine-NS-Vergangenheit-id40982641.html”]

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Sinti and Rroma in Germany

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A conference by Peter Höllenreiner, Sinto, Holocaust survivor in Munich highlighted that discrimination against Rroma and Sinti in Germany continues.
He is unfortunately right!

– Soll das alles sein? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 27.03.2017. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/erinnerung-soll-das-alles-sein-1.3438861″]

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A Novel on Holocaust

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A new novel by the German Author Heiko Haumann tells the story of a Rromni during the Nazi period in Germany and the aftermath.
Good that this is being dealt with in Germany! Other countries would do well to dwell on this period of history.

– Von Vorurteil, Willkür und staatlichem Unrecht. In: Badische Zeitung. 25.03.2017. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html [link-preview url=”http://www.badische-zeitung.de/elzach/von-vorurteil-willkuer-und-staatlichem-unrecht–134907235.html”]

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REALLY???

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A French Front National politician is proposing to recover the gold teeth of Rroma to make them pay for their lodgings … This in a small town near Grenoble.
Last time this was done was at Auschwitz! If you had any doubts about the French Front National, this is it.
The Mayor is called Franck Sinisi. His full citation is: “pour loger les Roms, je pense qu’il pourrait y avoir un auto-financement. La Métropole devrait leur payer un dentiste… afin de récupérer les dents en or” [to lodge Roma, I think that there should be a self funding. The state should pay them a dentist … so as to recover their gold teeth].
SHAME – and Write to him and to the Front National.

– Un élu FN de l’Isère suggère de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms. In: L’Express. 17.03.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/fn/un-elu-fn-de-l-isere-suggere-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms_1890292.html
– Isère : un élu FN propose de «récupérer les dents en or des Roms» pour les loger. In: Le Parisien. 17.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/isere-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-les-loger-17-03-2017-6771795.php
– Isère: Un élu FN dérape et propose de «récupérer les dents en or» des Roms. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 17.03.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/2032895-20170317-isere-elu-fn-derape-propose-recuperer-dents-or-roms
– Franck Sinisi, élu FN de l’Isère, propose de « récupérer les dents en or » des Roms. In: fdebranche. 17.03.2017. https://fdebranche.com/2017/03/17/franck-sinisi-elu-fn-de-lisere-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms/
– Isère : “Récupérer les dents en or” des Roms, terrifiante proposition d’un élu FN. In: Midi Libre. 18.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/17/isere-un-elu-fn-derape-et-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms,1480540.php
– Isère : un élu FN propose de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms. In: France Info. 17.03.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/isere-quand-un-elu-fn-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms_2102269.html
– Isère: le dérapage d”un élu FN sur les Roms. In: Le Figaro. 17.03.2017. http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/03/17/97001-20170317FILWWW00289-isere-le-derapage-dun-elu-fn-sur-les-roms.php
– Un élu FN suggère de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms pour financer leur accueil. In: Europe 1. 17.03.2017. http://lelab.europe1.fr/un-elu-fn-suggere-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-pour-financer-leur-accueil-3005519
– Fontaine : le dérapage du Front National. In: Le Dauphiné. 17.03.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/03/17/fontaine-le-derapage-du-front-national [link-preview url=”https://fdebranche.com/2017/03/17/franck-sinisi-elu-fn-de-lisere-propose-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms/ “]

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Ceija Stojka – A Portrait

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Another portrait and exhibition of the Holocaust survivor and painter Ceija Stojka. Her works are on exhibition in the gallery “Kai Dikhas” in Berlin until April 1st.

– CEIJA STOJKA: »SCHAUT HEUTE BITTE NICHT WEG!« In: Kunstdunst Magazin Berlin. 13.03.2017. http://www.kunstdunst.com/ceija-stojka-schaut-heute-bitte-nicht-weg/ [link-preview url=”http://www.kunstdunst.com/ceija-stojka-schaut-heute-bitte-nicht-weg/”]

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France: Festival in Marseilles

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The “Latcho Divano” festival in Marseilles in the South of France is in full swing. There is music, but also an exhibition on Ceja Stojka, a Austrian Holocaust survivor and painter.

– Latcho Divano célèbre les cultures roms et tziganes. In: FR3 Provence Côte d’Azur. 13.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/latcho-divano-celebre-cultures-roms-tziganes-1213175.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/latcho-divano-celebre-cultures-roms-tziganes-1213175.html”]

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Jasenovac: Compensation?

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Relative of the victims of Jasenovac, mostly Jews and Rroma as well as Serbs, are asking for a compensation from the Croatian state. The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that in recent days it received a lawsuit of the relatives of Croatian Serbs, Roma and Jews for the return of confiscated property and for the repayment of the suffering during the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).
Serves the Croatian well for rehabilitating several of the perpetuators of these crimes.

– Svojci žrtev ustaškega režima od Hrvaške zahtevajo odškodnino. In: Planet. 13.03.2017. http://www.planet.si/novice/svet/svojci-zrtev-ustaskega-rezima-od-hrvaske-zahtevajo-35-milijona-dolarjev-odskodnine.html [link-preview url=”http://www.planet.si/novice/svet/svojci-zrtev-ustaskega-rezima-od-hrvaske-zahtevajo-35-milijona-dolarjev-odskodnine.html”]

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Slovakia: More on The Holocaust Documentary

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Decidely, the press in Slovakia is full of news on the documentary by Kirchhoff on the Rroma holocaust. Not bad, especially since the country has not readily acknowledged its deeds.

– Kirchhoffov film otvára zabudnutú tému rómskeho holokaustu. In: Webmagazin. 12.03.2017. http://webmagazin.teraz.sk/hudba-a-film/kirchhoff-diera-v-hlave-holokaust-romsky/7431-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://webmagazin.teraz.sk/hudba-a-film/kirchhoff-diera-v-hlave-holokaust-romsky/7431-clanok.html”]

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Czech Republic: Row on Lety

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The Czech minister wants the Romany Museum in Brno to administer the Lety memorial. It turns out that representatives of the victims disagree with this move. The change of administrator from the current one to the new one was decided unilaterally by the minister.
No comments …

– Czech Human Rights Minister wants Lety concentration camp memorial administered by Museum of Romani Culture, relative of victims disagrees. In: Romea.cz. 11.03.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-human-rights-minister-wants-lety-concentration-camp-memorial-administered-by-museum-of-romani-culture-relative-of [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-human-rights-minister-wants-lety-concentration-camp-memorial-administered-by-museum-of-romani-culture-relative-of”]

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Jewish Drawings of Rroma in Auschwitz

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An article about a Jewish Auschwitz inmate who was forced to paint portraits of interned Rroma with the aim fo identifying “racial traits”. The portraits are all but that. To be looked at, and people to be remembered.

– The Jewish Prisoner Who Was Forced to Draw at Auschwitz, and Rebelled in Her Paintings. In: Haaretz. 11.03.2017. http://www.haaretz.com/life/.premium-1.776501 [link-preview url=”http://www.haaretz.com/life/.premium-1.776501″]

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French Chronicle …

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More camps being closed in the Lille region, following the accusations of aggressions by Rroma youngsters, with one camps dismantled in Lille Hellemes; and a collective is asking the Mayor of Lille whether he wants to “clean up” the town of Rroma (Martine Aubry is the socialist mayor of Lille); then a new trend – garbage – with two articles, one on Rroma helping cleaning out their camp, the other stating that tons of garbage were left by Rroma – both are an old story used to justify eviction; some news in the West on the Holocaust; and finally, some better news in Montpellier, with an association calling for the end of stigmatisation of Rroma, and with a mediation being put in place to allow children to attend school.

– Lille-Hellemmes : un camp rom évacué ce mercredi. In: FR3 Hauts-de-France. 08.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/lille-hellemmes-camp-rom-evacue-ce-mercredi-1210179.html
– Le camp rom de l’ex-imprimerie H2D démantelé. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/128935/article/2017-03-08/le-camp-rom-de-la-rue-chanzy-evacue-ce-mercredi-matin
– « Voulez-vous faire table rase ou construire ? », demande le collectif Roms à Martine Aubry. In: La Voix du Nord. 09.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/129859/article/2017-03-09/voulez-vous-faire-table-rase-ou-construire-demande-le-collectif-roms-martine
– Champs-sur-Marne. Les Roms participent au nettoyage de leur camp. In: Le Parisien. 10.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/champs-sur-marne-77420/champs-sur-marne-les-roms-participent-au-nettoyage-de-leur-camp-10-03-2017-6751740.php
– Courdimanche : après le départ des Roms, des tonnes de déchets à évacuer. In: Le Parisien. 07.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/courdimanche-apres-le-depart-des-roms-des-tonnes-de-dechets-a-evacuer-07-03-2017-6741165.php
– Semaine de la Mémoire à Coutances. Le destin tragique des Roms. In: Ouest France. 05.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/coutances-50200/semaine-de-la-memoire-coutances-le-destin-tragique-des-roms-4836986
– La mission des associations de Montpellier : ne plus stigmatiser les Roms. In: Midi Libre. 11.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/10/montpellier-ne-plus-stigmatiser-les-roms,1477177.php
Montpellier : une médiation mise en place pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Midi Libre. 12.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/11/montpellier-une-mediation-mise-en-place-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms,1477445.php [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/lille-hellemmes-camp-rom-evacue-ce-mercredi-1210179.html “]

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Holocaust Documentary

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Another article about the documentary on Rroma Holocaust “a hole in my head” by Robert Kirchhoff. The documentary interviews survivors. To be seen.

– Utrpenie, o ktorom sa veľa nehovorí. Predstavili dokument o rómskom holokauste. In: Noviny. 08.03.2017. http://www.bratislavskenoviny.sk/najnovsie-spravy-z-bratislavy/kultura-skolstvo/utrpenie-o-ktorom-sa-vela-nehovori.-predstavili-dokument-o-romskom-holokauste.html?page_id=343908 [link-preview url=”http://www.bratislavskenoviny.sk/najnovsie-spravy-z-bratislavy/kultura-skolstvo/utrpenie-o-ktorom-sa-vela-nehovori.-predstavili-dokument-o-romskom-holokauste.html?page_id=343908″]

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