The video of the Roma manifestation against racism and against Okamura, the MP and president of the rightist party who effectively denies the Roma Holocaust.
– https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/”]
The Norwegian Government wants to fund a memorial for the Roma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic.
– Norway wants to fund Czech Roma Holocaust memorial. In: The Prague Monitor. 15.03.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/15/norway-wants-fund-czech-roma-holocaust-memorial [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/15/norway-wants-fund-czech-roma-holocaust-memorial”]
The story of a young 23 year old Sintica who was deported 75 years to Auschwitz told by one of his family. She did not survive.
– Im Viehtransporter nach Auschwitz: So erlebte das Sinti-Mädchen Unku den Nazi-Terror. In: Focus. 12.03.2018. https://www.focus.de/regional/sachsen-anhalt/halle-saale-im-viehtransporter-nach-auschwitz-so-erlebte-das-sinti-maedchen-unku-den-nazi-terror_id_8595558.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/regional/sachsen-anhalt/halle-saale-im-viehtransporter-nach-auschwitz-so-erlebte-das-sinti-maedchen-unku-den-nazi-terror_id_8595558.html”]
The city of Munich commemorated the deportation of 150 Sinti to Auschwitz 75 years ago. The police was heavily involved in these deportations and knew what was going on.
May they rest in peace.
– So half die Münchner Polizei bei der Ermordung von Sinti und Roma. In; Süddeutsche Zeitung. 12.03.2018. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/nationalsozialismus-so-half-die-muenchner-polizei-bei-der-ermordung-von-sinti-und-roma-1.3901385
– Gedenken an 75 Jahre Deportation von Sinti und Roma. In: Sonntagsblatt. 13.03.2018. https://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/menschen/gedenken-75-jahre-deportation-von-sinti-und-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/menschen/gedenken-75-jahre-deportation-von-sinti-und-roma”]
More articles on the commemorations of the mass deportation of Roma and Sinti from Germany to Auschwitz 75 years ago.
– Endstation Auschwitz: Als Sinti und Roma von Bremen in den Tod geschickt wurden. In: Buten un Binnen. 08.03.2018. https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/gesellschaft/sinti-roma-auschwitz100.html
– Gedenkveranstaltung erinnert an Völkermord an Sinti und Roma. In: Focus. 04.03.2018. https://www.focus.de/regional/niedersachsen/gedenkstaetten-gedenkveranstaltung-erinnert-an-voelkermord-an-sinti-und-roma_id_8556823.html
– Deportiert, ermordet und vergessen. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 06.03.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/mahnmal-in-wiesbaden-deportiert-ermordet-und-vergessen-a-1460812
– Gedenkfeier für deportierte Sinti und Roma am Wiesbadener Mahnmal. In; Wiesbadener Kurier. 09.03.2018. http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/lokales/wiesbaden/nachrichten-wiesbaden/gedenkfeier-fuer-deportierte-sinti-und-roma-am-wiesbadener-mahnmal_18577365.htm
– Gedenken an die März-Deportationen von Sinti und Roma. In: Stuttgart. 09.03.2018. https://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/273273/1/9/647814? [link-preview url=”https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/gesellschaft/sinti-roma-auschwitz100.html “]
An event in the Czech Republic to commemorate the deportation of Roma to Auschwitz. This is new in the Czech Republic …
– Event in Brno marks anniversary of Roma transfer to Auschwitz. In: The Prague Monitor. 07.03.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/03/08/event-brno-marks-anniversary-roma-transfer-auschwitz [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/03/08/event-brno-marks-anniversary-roma-transfer-auschwitz”]
The Roma camp of Berlin Marzahn, one of the first camp established by the Nazis for Roma in 1936 was closed 75 years ago and most of its inmates were sent to their death to Auschwitz.
March 1943 saw many Roma and Sinti deported to death camps all over Germany.
May they rest in peace.
– Vor 75 Jahren begann die Deportation der Sinti und Roma aus Marzahn. In: Berliner Woche. http://www.berliner-woche.de/marzahn/bildung/vor-75-jahren-begann-die-deportation-der-sinti-und-roma-aus-marzahn-d144021.html
– “… durch die Polizei abgeholt”. In: TAZ. 06.03.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5486300/ [link-preview url=”http://www.berliner-woche.de/marzahn/bildung/vor-75-jahren-begann-die-deportation-der-sinti-und-roma-aus-marzahn-d144021.html “]
Increasingly, Roma Moldovan Holocaust survivors and their families are turning to Jewish organisations to help them obtain compensation. Up till now, most Roma survivors in Eastern Europe have not received anything for the Holocaust, even more so in Moldova.
– Pourquoi les survivants tsiganes de la Shoah se tournent vers les Juifs. In: The Time of Israël. 03.03.2018. https://fr.timesofisrael.com/pourquoi-les-survivants-tsiganes-de-la-shoah-se-tournent-vers-les-juifs/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.timesofisrael.com/pourquoi-les-survivants-tsiganes-de-la-shoah-se-tournent-vers-les-juifs/”]
Roughly 120 people gather in Bergen Belsen to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the deportation of the Roma and Sinti to Auschwitz.
– 120 Gäste gedenken in Bergen-Belsen der Deportation der Sinti und Roma. 04.03.2018. http://www.cellesche-zeitung.de/S5372439/120-Gaeste-gedenken-in-Bergen-Belsen-der-Deportation-der-Sinti-und-Roma [link-preview url=”http://www.cellesche-zeitung.de/S5372439/120-Gaeste-gedenken-in-Bergen-Belsen-der-Deportation-der-Sinti-und-Roma”]
An act at the memory of the Roma killed in Dubnica nad Váhom as part of the Ma bisteren project which aims to remind people about the victims of the Roma Holocaust. In 1942-1944 a work unit was established in Dubnica nad Váhom, where Romani men were interned. In November 1944,
a “rehabilitation camp for Gypsies” was set up by the Ministry of National Defense. In essence, it was a concentration camp from which transports were planned to the extermination concentration camps abroad. More than 700 Romani men, women and children were concentrated during the month. On February 23, 1945, under the pretext of transportation to the hospital, they were loaded with a truck and taken to a local garrison where they brutally assassinated them.
May they rest in peace.
– Z. Kumanová: Príkoria spáchané na Rómoch nemôžu upadnúť do zabudnutia. In: Teraz. 01.02.2018. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/z-kumanova-prikoria-spachane-na/311309-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/z-kumanova-prikoria-spachane-na/311309-clanok.html”]
The Romani artist and Holocaust survivor Ceija Stoika is being honoured with a full retrospective of 150 of her works the in Paris “Maison Rouge” foundation, near the Paris Bastille Opera.
A must see!
– Paris würdigt Roma-Künstlerin Ceija Stojka. In: WN. 28.02.2018. http://www.wn.de/Welt/Kultur/Kunst/3201937-Das-Grauen-zeigen-Paris-wuerdigt-Roma-Kuenstlerin-Ceija-Stojka [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Welt/Kultur/Kunst/3201937-Das-Grauen-zeigen-Paris-wuerdigt-Roma-Kuenstlerin-Ceija-Stojka”]
Following the statements by Tomio Okamura and consorts regarding the Roma Holocaust in the Czech Republic (almost all Roma were killed), a Czech historian reminds his fellow citizen of what really happened.
– Czech historian reminds public that cruel abuse was perpetrated at concentration camp for Roma in Moravia. In: Romea.cz. 20.02.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-historian-reminds-public-that-cruel-abuse-was-perpetrated-at-concentration-camp-for-roma-in-moravia [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-historian-reminds-public-that-cruel-abuse-was-perpetrated-at-concentration-camp-for-roma-in-moravia”]
The Czech Government Council is proposing to formally recognise the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (August 2nd), the day commemorating the liquidation of the Roma camp in Auschwitz.
– Gov’t council for declaring Roma Holocaust memorial day. In: The Prague Monitor. 19.02.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/19/govt-council-declaring-roma-holocaust-memorial-day [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/19/govt-council-declaring-roma-holocaust-memorial-day”]
A manifestation took place in Brno, Czech Republic, to protest the Holocaust denial by politicians of the extreme rightist party SPD and its leader Tomio Okamura.
We need more of these, and also in other countries!
– Brno procession protests against Roma Holocaust denial. In: The Prague Monitor. 16.02.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/16/brno-procession-protests-against-roma-holocaust-denial [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/16/brno-procession-protests-against-roma-holocaust-denial”]
Norway is contributing money to build a memorial on the ground of the former concentration camp of Lety.
– Norway Grants to contribute to new Roma Holocaust memorial. In: The Prague Monitor. 14.02.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/14/norway-grants-contribute-new-roma-holocaust-memorial [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/14/norway-grants-contribute-new-roma-holocaust-memorial”]
The Czech MP and Right Wing party leader Tomio Okamura as well as his right hand and MP Miroslav Rozner are being sued by Roma families of Holocaust victims after having both denied the Roma Holocaust.
Good! Let’s hope they are condemned too!
– Českí Rómovia podali trestné oznámenie na Okamuru a Roznera. In: Spravy Pravda. 08.02.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/svet/clanok/457864-ceski-romovia-podali-trestne-oznamenie-na-okamuru-a-roznera/
– Families of Roma Holocaust victims suing SPD leader Okamura. In: The Prague Monitor. 09.02.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/09/families-roma-holocaust-victims-suing-spd-leader-okamura [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/svet/clanok/457864-ceski-romovia-podali-trestne-oznamenie-na-okamuru-a-roznera/ “]
The Czech Jewish community called for Tomio Nakamura to excuse himself for his comments on the Roma Holocaust and on Lety. The young Social Democrats, on the other hand, are suing Miloslav Rozner, a MP from Nakamura’s party for similar reason as he denied the Roma Holocaust.
Shame.
– Young Social Democrats suing MP over Roma Holocaust denial. In: The Prague Monitor. 06.02.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/06/young-social-democrats-suing-mp-over-roma-holocaust-denial
– Prague Jewish Community wants SPD to apologise for words on Lety. In The Prague Daily Monitor. 06.02.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/02/06/prague-jewish-community-wants-spd-apologise-words-lety [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/06/young-social-democrats-suing-mp-over-roma-holocaust-denial “]
The Czech MP and president of an extreme rightist party, Tomio Okamura, officially apologised for having been “imprecise” when he claimed that people could walk in or out of the Lety concentration camp, and then doubled up: He cirted Jan Rataj, a history professor who alleges that the Protectorate’s “Gypsy Camps” were not concentration camps…
Roma organisations have filed a crime report against Okamura. Let’s see if anything happens.
– Czech MP apologizes for “imprecision”, then urges people to read historian who calls the Romani Holocaust a “myth”. In: Romea. 04.02.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-mp-apologizes-for-imprecision-then-urges-people-to-read-historian-who-calls-the-romani-holocaust-a-myth
– Czech citizens file crime report over MP’s remarks denying the suffering of Romani genocide victims. In: Romea. 03.02.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-citizens-file-crime-report-over-mp-s-remarks-denying-the-suffering-of-romani-genocide-victims [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-mp-apologizes-for-imprecision-then-urges-people-to-read-historian-who-calls-the-romani-holocaust-a-myth “]
An interview of Adam Bartosz, Activist, on why the Roma Holocaust is so little known in Poland. This was recorded in Lithuania on a commemoration of the Holocaust and the inauguration of a novel depicting the Holocaust through the eyes of a young Rom.
What Adam Bartosz forgets to say is that speaking of bad things can bring the Evil back, and hence, many Polska Roma simply never spoke about it, not even to their families.
– Bartosz: Postrzegamy Romów przez pryzmat dwóch stereotypów. In: ZW. 31.01.2018. http://zw.lt/kultura-historia/bartosz-postrzegamy-romow-pryzmat-dwoch-stereotypow/
– Historia zagłady Romów oczami dziecka – nie tylko dla dzieci. In: ZW. 29.01.2018. http://zw.lt/wilno-wilenszczyzna/historia-zaglady-romow-oczami-dziecka-nie-tylko-dla-dzieci/ [link-preview url=”http://zw.lt/kultura-historia/bartosz-postrzegamy-romow-pryzmat-dwoch-stereotypow/ “]
The Czech MP and leader of an extreme right party Tomio Okamura cast doubts about the events that occurred in the Roma Camp of Lety: On the Holocaust Remembrance Day, he stated in an interview on television the camp was not fenced in and people could walk in our out.
Well, Mr. Okamura should get his fact rights, and he should be prosecuted for Holocaust Denial.
Note that on the picture here, he is in good company ….
– Czech MP marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day by doubting what happened at Romani genocide site. In: Romea.cz. 30.01.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-mp-marks-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-by-doubting-what-happened-at-romani-genocide-site
– Múzeum rómskej kultúry žiada verejné ospravedlnenie od Tomia Okamuru. In: Aktuality. 29.01.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/559546/muzeum-romskej-kultury-ziada-verejne-ospravedlnenie-od-tomia-okamuru/
– Museum asks Okamura to apologise for words on Lety camp. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 30.01.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/01/30/czech-museum-asks-okamura-apologise-words-lety-camp [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/559546/muzeum-romskej-kultury-ziada-verejne-ospravedlnenie-od-tomia-okamuru/ “]
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