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France: Holocaust Commemoration

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On the day of the Rroma resistance, commemorating the uprising of Rroma in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rroma celebrated in St. Denis, next to Paris.

– Saint-Denis : les Tziganes se souviennent de leurs combats d’hier… et d’aujourd’hui. In: Le Parisien. 14.05.2017. http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php [link-preview url=”http://m.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-tziganes-se-souviennent-de-leurs-combats-d-hier-et-d-aujourd-hui-14-05-2017-6948240.php”]

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Exhibition on Holocaust

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An exhibition on the Rroma Holocaust opened last week in Nurenberg.

– “Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner” im Dokumentationszentrum. In: Bayrischer Rundfunk. 09.05.2017. http://www.br.de/nachrichten/mittelfranken/inhalt/ausstellung-sinti-roma-dokumentationszentrum-nuernberg-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www.br.de/nachrichten/mittelfranken/inhalt/ausstellung-sinti-roma-dokumentationszentrum-nuernberg-100.html”]

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Hamburg Memorial

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A memorial to the victims of the Holocaust was opened on the site of a former train station from which people were deported.

– Hamburg unveils memorial to Jews, Roma killed in Holocaust. In: Fox News. 10.05.2017. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/10/hamburg-unveils-memorial-to-jews-roma-killed-in-holocaust.html [link-preview url=”http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/10/hamburg-unveils-memorial-to-jews-roma-killed-in-holocaust.html”]

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Austria: Exhibition about Holocaust

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An exhibition in Vienna shows the roots and the facts about the Rroma Holocaust in World War Two.
Good, especially since Austria did little work in this respect.

– Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit: Ausstellung zeigt Völkermord and Roma. In: Vienna Online. 09.05.2017. http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522 [link-preview url=”http://www.vienna.at/auf-den-spuren-der-vergangenheit-ausstellung-zeigt-voelkermord-an-roma/5273522″]

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Germany, Holocaust, and Protests

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In Germany, Rroma protests – for example for the right of refugees from Kosovo an former Yugoslavia – have been held at or around memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Not an easy thing, and this is shown in this article.

– Wenn Roma gehört warden. In: Taz. 07.05.2017. https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/”]

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France, the Elections, and Manouches

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A 91 years old Manouche, Raymond Gureme, who himself is a Holocaust survivor, warns against Le Pen. Let’s hope for tomorrow. And it is good that such views are put forward!

– Roma Raymond Gureme warns of civil war if Le Pen wins. In: Al Jazeera. 06.05.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/roma-holocaust-survivor-civil-war-le-pen-wins-170506075159631.html”]

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Lety and the Czech Government

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The commemoration of the Rroma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the former camp of Lety (Czech Republic) seem in a bad shape. They were due to be held on the 13th, but the Rroma organisations are postponing their participation following the resignation of the Czech government. This resignation potentially endangers the decision to buy back the site from the operator of the pig farm located on there.

– European Grassroots Antiracist Movement postpones involvement by internationals in Lety commemoration/ In: Romea.cz. 04.05.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/european-grassroots-antiracist-movement-postpones-involvement-by-internationals-in-lety-commemoration [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/european-grassroots-antiracist-movement-postpones-involvement-by-internationals-in-lety-commemoration”]

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Slovakia: Police Pursues Kotleba’s Party MPs

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The Slovakian police interrupted a debate of a parliament commission to question a MP – Stanislav Mizík – from the extreme rightist party of Kotleba – and to charge him with crimes such as Holocaust denial. Another MP from the same party, Milan Mazurek was also charged with crimes for his comments on radio against Rroma, migrants, and Moslems.
GOOD!

– Police pursue MPs for racist statements. In: The Slovak Spectator. 03.05.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20523225/police-pursue-mps-for-racist-statements.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20523225/police-pursue-mps-for-racist-statements.html”]

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Thüringen and Survivor’s Graves

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The German state of Thürigen is the latest one who has moved to protect the graves of the Holocaust survivors. In Germany, if the family doesn’t pay, the graves are removed after a 30 years period. Now, the graves of Rroma and Sinti former Holocaust survivros will be preserved for posterity.
May they rest in peace!

– Thüringen schützt und pflegt Gräber von Sinti und Roma. In: Focus Online. 02.05.2017. http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/regierung-thueringen-schuetzt-und-pflegt-graeber-von-sinti-und-roma_id_7068819.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/regierung-thueringen-schuetzt-und-pflegt-graeber-von-sinti-und-roma_id_7068819.html”]

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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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