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Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Close the Camps

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The leader of the Five Star movement, Beppe Grillo stated he wants to close the Roma camps that dot the surroundings of Rome and other major Italian cities and fight against beggars.
Two issues here: First – this has been promised by the Five Star movement several times (and by its mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, numerous times, and second – Beppe Grillo is using all STEREOTYPES on can imagine: “Those who say they have no income and go around in luxury cars are out. Those who ask for money in the metro, with kids in tow, are out. What’s more, vigilance against purse snatchers on the metro will be raised.”
Bad

– Scrap Rome’s Roma camps and beggars. In: ANSA.13.06.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/06/13/scrap-romes-roma-camps-and-beggars_163db6e0-035a-4bd1-a1d5-9c1f80213d9f.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/06/13/scrap-romes-roma-camps-and-beggars_163db6e0-035a-4bd1-a1d5-9c1f80213d9f.html”]

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Slovakia, the Police, and Roma

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A follow up on the beatings by the police of Roma residents from the Slovak town of Zborov. On April 16th, the police beat up children, pregnant women, and finally threatened residents in case a video of the incident would be released (which happened).
Shame that the police can do this, double shame that they have not yet been prosecuted.

– https://youtu.be/OrCwfhc9leo
– Slovakia: Romani residents of Zborov tell Romea.cz that police beat children, pregnant women, threatened retribution if video released. In: Romea.cz. 12.06.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-romani-residents-of-zborov-tell-romea-cz-that-police-beat-children-pregnant-women-threatened-retribution-if-video [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/OrCwfhc9leo “]

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Switzerland and Roma Holocaust

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There is a strong push by Roma organisations in Switzerland to have Switzerland recognise August 2nd the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The day has already been recognised by the European Union, and, as this year Switzerland is heading the Holocaust Remembrance Commemorations, Switzerland should recognise it too.
This day was chosen as it marked the end of the Zigeunerlager at Auschwitz, with the remaining inmates executed during the night.

– «Man muss sich bewusst sein, dass 500’000 Roma vernichtet wurden». In: Der Bund. 09.06.2017. http://www.derbund.ch/schweiz/standard/man-muss-sich-bewusst-sein-dass-500-000-roma-vernichtet-wurden/story/13979654 [link-preview url=”http://www.derbund.ch/schweiz/standard/man-muss-sich-bewusst-sein-dass-500-000-roma-vernichtet-wurden/story/13979654″]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany: Exhibition on Holocaust

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An exhibition called “Racial Diagnosis: Gypsy” – the term used by the Nazis to brand Roma as inferior beings, opened in Nuremberg. It tells the story of the persecution under the Nazis, but also the story of the survivors post 1945.

– »Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner« im Doku-Zentrum Nürnberg. In: Sontagsblatt. 08.06.2017. http://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/kultur/rassendiagnose-zigeuner-im-doku-zentrum-nuernberg [link-preview url=”http://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/kultur/rassendiagnose-zigeuner-im-doku-zentrum-nuernberg”]

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Racism in Germany

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The German Socialist party (SPD) is accusing the rightist coalition in parliament to block the establishment of a planned expert committee of the Bundestag for the historical workup of the discrimination against the Sinti and Roma in Germany.
A pity.

– „Hierzulande besonders menschenverachtende Angriffe gegen Roma“. In: Die Welt. 08.06.2017. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article165326151/Hierzulande-besonders-menschenverachtende-Angriffe-gegen-Roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article165326151/Hierzulande-besonders-menschenverachtende-Angriffe-gegen-Roma.html”]

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Roma Travellers in Switzerland

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An article about the situation of Roma travellers in Switzerland and about a project aimed at helping them. Result: One can discuss with the authorities – this has improved, but the results are worse than ever. There is a strong discrimination in Switzerland against non-Swiss travellers.

– Ohne Halt durchs Bernbiet. In: Der Bund. 08.06.2017. http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/ohne-halt-durchs-bernbiet/story/29087215 [link-preview url=”http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/ohne-halt-durchs-bernbiet/story/29087215″]

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Berlin – Discrimination

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A Roma association – Amaro Foro – is denouncing the continuing discriminations in Germany against Sinti and Roma. They have collected quite a documentation on the facts that paints a dire picture: discrimination through state officials; racist commentaries; and a press that only paints the worst stereotypes.

– Sinti und Roma werden in Berlin häufiger diskriminiert. In: RBB24. 30.05.2017. https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/05/sinti-und-roma-werden-in-berlin-haeufiger-diskriminiert.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2017/05/sinti-und-roma-werden-in-berlin-haeufiger-diskriminiert.html”]

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Romanian Deportation

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A BBC reportage on the deportation of Rroma to Transdiestra during World War Two. A little know chapter of the Holocaust.

– The Roma Victims of the Holocaust. In: BBC News. 23.05.2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xm3 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0531xm3″]

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Lety, and an Activist

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An article about Jožka Miker, a Rroma activist. He engages himself among other things into closing the pig farm that stands on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, where many relatives of his wife were killed during the war. This fight has been ongoing since at least 25 years, and is still not closed.

– JOŽKA GEGEN DIE SCHWEINEMAST – VOM KAMPF UM WÜRDIGES ERINNERN AN DAS ROMA-KZ LETY. In: Radio Prague. 18.05.2017. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/kaleidoskop/jozka-gegen-die-schweinemast-vom-kampf-um-wuerdiges-erinnern-an-das-roma-kz-lety [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/kaleidoskop/jozka-gegen-die-schweinemast-vom-kampf-um-wuerdiges-erinnern-an-das-roma-kz-lety”]

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Belgrade, the Police, and Rroma

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The municipal police in Belgrade has been caught forbidding Rroma children to play in a municipal park – they were filmed and the video was posted online.
SHAME!

– Police blasted for not letting Roma children play in park. In: B92. 19.05.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=19&nav_id=101323 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=19&nav_id=101323″]

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Russian Guitar Festival

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The annual Russian Guitar Festival is in full swing with Oleg Timofeyev and Vadim Kolpakov. If you can – go!

– The annual Russian Guitar Festival: A Russian revival in its 11th instalment. In: Little Village Mag. http://littlevillagemag.com/the-annual-russian-guitar-festival-a-russian-revival-in-its-11th-installment/ [link-preview url=”http://littlevillagemag.com/the-annual-russian-guitar-festival-a-russian-revival-in-its-11th-installment/”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: 16 of May

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Rroma manifested en masse in Rome in the context of the 16 of May, the day of resistance commemorating the Rroma uprising in Auschwitz Birkenau in 1944. They took the opportunity to ask for civil and social inclusion.

– Rom e Sinti, sit-in a Montecitorio per l’inclusione sociale e civile. In: Roma da Leggere. 16.05.2017. http://www.romadaleggere.it/comunita-rom-e-sinti-inclusione-sociale-e-civile/
– ROM E SINTI IN PRESIDIO A ROMA NEL GIORNO DELLA LORO RESISTENZA CONTRO LE SS AD AUSCHWITZ. In: Radio Onda d’Urto. 16.05.2017. http://www.radiondadurto.org/2017/05/16/rom-e-sinti-in-presidio-a-roma-nel-giorno-della-loro-resistenza-contro-le-ss-ad-auschwitz/
Oggi a Rimini la Giornata dei Sinti in Italia. In: SMTV San Marino. 16.05.2017. http://www.smtvsanmarino.sm/attualita/2017/05/16/oggi-rimini-giornata-sinti-italia [link-preview url=”http://www.romadaleggere.it/comunita-rom-e-sinti-inclusione-sociale-e-civile/ “]

France News Western Europe

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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France: Festival in Lyon

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The Gypsy Lyon Festival will open its doors on the 18th of May in Lyon, France.

– Croix-Rousse : le Gypsy Lyon Festival revient pour une 8e edition. In: Lyon Capitale. http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition [link-preview url=”http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Culture/Musique/Croix-Rousse-le-Gypsy-Lyon-Festival-revient-pour-une-8e-edition”]

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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”]

Austria News Western Europe

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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Slovenia and Discrimination

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A video game is trying to measure the bias against Rroma in Slovakia. It is trying to assess the discrimination that goes unreported.
Interesting experiment.

– Discrimination in action: the value of experiments in human rights. In: Open Democracy. 05.05.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/ana-bracic/discrimination-in-action-value-of-experiments-in-human-rights [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/ana-bracic/discrimination-in-action-value-of-experiments-in-human-rights”]

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Turkey – Rroma Festival

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This week end, the Kakava Festival is taking place in Edirne.

– Kakava: Roma festival draws thousands to Turkey’s Edirne. In: TRT World. 06.05.2017. http://www.trtworld.com/turkey/kakava-roma-festival-draws-thousands-to-turkeys-edirne-350671 [link-preview url=”http://www.trtworld.com/turkey/kakava-roma-festival-draws-thousands-to-turkeys-edirne-350671″]

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