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France News Western Europe

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/ “]

Germany News Western Europe

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/”]

France News Western Europe

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”]

Croatia News Eastern Europe

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”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

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”]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

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”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

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″]

France News Western Europe

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″]

News Switzerland

Switzerland Chairs the Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

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Switzerland just took over the chairmanship of the Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The committee in charge also includes Rroma organisations.

– Swiss chair International Holocaust Alliance. In: Swissinfo. 08.03.2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/human-rights-mandate_swiss-to-chair-international-holocaust-alliance/43013666 [link-preview url=”http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/human-rights-mandate_swiss-to-chair-international-holocaust-alliance/43013666″]

Germany News Western Europe

Thürigen and Graves

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The German state of Thürigen followed the lead of other German regions and now protects the graves of Rroma and Sinti holocaust victims. Many of thé families of these victims cannot afford the yearly fee and thus according to German customs, the graves would have been removed 25 years after the death of the person.
Good that those who survived the holocaust can rest in peace.

– Thüringen schützt Gräber von verfolgten Sinti und Roma. In: t-online. 07.03.2017. http://www.t-online.de/regionales/id_80559474/thueringen-schuetzt-graeber-von-verfolgten-sinti-und-roma.html [link-preview url=”http://www.t-online.de/regionales/id_80559474/thueringen-schuetzt-graeber-von-verfolgten-sinti-und-roma.html”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Documentary on Rroma Holocaust

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Robert Kirchhoff was born in 1968 in Nitra and studied documentary production and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and cameraman, and has had a number of films that have won awards at domestic and foreign festivals. Amongst others, he made documentaries Hey, Slovaks !, Ghost in the Machine, The Case Cervanová, etc. and was a producer and co-producer of films like Blind Loves Disease of the Third Power, in Ash.
From 2003 to 2016, he has been preparing a documentary on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti called A “Hole in the Head”, which will have its premier in March 2017. He has interviewed many survivors of the Holocaust and recorded their fate.

– Vyhľadal Rómov a Sintov, ktorí prežili holokaust, a natočil skutočné diery v hlave. Etno safari odmietol. In: Dennik. 01.03.2017. https://dennikn.sk/681418/vyhladal-romov-a-sintov-ktori-prezili-holokaust-a-natocil-skutocne-diery-v-hlave-etno-safari-odmietol/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/681418/vyhladal-romov-a-sintov-ktori-prezili-holokaust-a-natocil-skutocne-diery-v-hlave-etno-safari-odmietol/”]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary, the Rroma Holocaust, and Finances

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Back and forth between the Hungarian government and Rroma in the case of the closure of the Csepel Rroma Holocaust Centre. According to a Rroma representative, the government tried to pressure them not to make a press conference and accused the centre of irregularities, especially concerning wages and social contributions.
BAD.

– Roma valóságvita a minisztériummal. In: Nepszava. 23.02.2017. http://nepszava.hu/cikk/1121700-roma-valosagvita-a-miniszteriummal [link-preview url=”http://nepszava.hu/cikk/1121700-roma-valosagvita-a-miniszteriummal”]

Austria News Western Europe

Austria, Meat Factory, and a KZ

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A bit of an outcry in Austria after a giant of the food industry stated it wanted to open a meat factory for processing pork on the site of a former Nazi camp where Rroma and Jews were interned. In addition, the former owners of the land claimed they were never received any compensation for the land that was seized.
Seems to be a K&K thing …

– La construction d’une usine à viande sur un ancien camp nazi autrichien crée la colère. In: The Times of Israel. 19.02.2017. http://fr.timesofisrael.com/la-construction-dune-usine-a-viande-sur-un-ancien-camp-nazi-autrichien-cree-la-colere/ [link-preview url=”http://fr.timesofisrael.com/la-construction-dune-usine-a-viande-sur-un-ancien-camp-nazi-autrichien-cree-la-colere/”]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany: New Association in Augsburg

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A new association for Rroma and Sinti in Augsburg has been created and is being officially presented at the town hall. The organisation wants to promote the culture, combat discrimination and stereotypes, and remember the victims of the Holocaust.

– Eine Stimme für Sinti und Roma: Augsburger Regionalverband hat große Pläne. In: Stadtzeitung Augsburg. 17.02.2017. http://www.stadtzeitung.de/augsburg-city/politik/eine-stimme-fuer-sinti-und-roma-augsburger-regionalverband-hat-grosse-plaene-d21806.html [link-preview url=”http://www.stadtzeitung.de/augsburg-city/politik/eine-stimme-fuer-sinti-und-roma-augsburger-regionalverband-hat-grosse-plaene-d21806.html”]

France Germany News Western Europe

Opening of the Movie Django

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The movie on Django Reinhard’s life opened at the Berlin Film festival, with some mixed critiques. During the opening, Rroma and the Holocaust were prominently cited, and comparisons with current times were made.

– Berlin Film Review: ‘Django’ In: Variety. 09.02.2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/
– Political resistance on Berlinale red carpet. In: DW. 09.02.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/political-resistance-on-berlinale-red-carpet/a-37487190 [link-preview url=”http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/ “]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary and Rroma Holocaust

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What happens in Hungary do on Holocaust Day? Well, the Rroma Holocaust Centre in Csepel announced it will close for lack of funds. They lack 110k USD.
Bad.

– Roma Holocaust center closes in Csepel due to lack of funding. In: Budapest Beacon. 30.01.2017. http://budapestbeacon.com/news-in-brief/roma-holocaust-center-closes-csepel-due-lack-funding/44232 [link-preview url=”http://budapestbeacon.com/news-in-brief/roma-holocaust-center-closes-csepel-due-lack-funding/44232″]

Netherlands News Western Europe

Holland: Holocaust Museum

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The Ditch government sets over 8 Mio EUR for a Dutch Holocaust Museum and Memorial commemorating the ca. 102’000 Jews, Rroma and Sinti who were murdered in that country during World War Two.

– Dutch government allocates over $8.5 million to establishing Holocaust museum. In: JTA. 01.02.2017. http://www.jta.org/2017/02/01/news-opinion/world/dutch-government-allocates-over-8-5-million-to-establishing-holocaust-museum [link-preview url=”http://www.jta.org/2017/02/01/news-opinion/world/dutch-government-allocates-over-8-5-million-to-establishing-holocaust-museum”]

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Croatia, Holocaust and Boycott

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This year, Jews again boycotted the Croatian commemorations of the Holocaust. Several Rroma organisations too, although several other did attend.
An explanation of why this boycott: The history is being quietly rewritten in Croatia, and the crimes of the Ustasha and the murders they committed are being retouched.
Rroma and Jews were their victims in camps such as the infamous Jasenovac.

Why Croatian Jews Boycotted This Year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. In: The Smithonian. 27.01.2017. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-croatian-jews-boycotted-years-holocaust-remembrance-day-180961958/ [link-preview url=”http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-croatian-jews-boycotted-years-holocaust-remembrance-day-180961958/”]

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