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politicsJanuary 27th is the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism here in Germany, it's the day when Auschwitz was liberated by the Sowjet army.
For the first time a Romani survivor, Zoni Weisz*, spoke in the Bundestag on this day.
Speech by Zoni Weisz for "Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism" on 27 Januar 2011 [via GoogleTranslate]
*Weisz is a Dutch Sinto whose immediate family was murdered. He could escape the train to Auschwitz thanks to a Dutch policemen. He is a member of the
Dutch and International Auschwitz Committee. In January 2007 he was the keynote speaker at the opening of the exhibition "The Holocaust against the Roma and Sinti and present day racism in Europe" at the headquarters of the United Nations. [translated from his German wikipedia entry]
*"Sinta and Roma" is the official name in Germany for the Romani minority.
ETA. Mods, I'd like to add "holocaust", "antiziganism", "porajmos" and/or "genocide" but I can't decide where in your tagging system to put them.
For the first time a Romani survivor, Zoni Weisz*, spoke in the Bundestag on this day.
Speech by Zoni Weisz for "Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism" on 27 Januar 2011 [via GoogleTranslate]
We are Europeans and have the same rights as any other citizens, have the same opportunities as they apply to every European.
It can not and should not be that a people who have been discriminated against through the centuries, and continues, today, in the twenty-first century, are still excluded and being deprived of any honest chance of a better future.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to end by expressing the hope that our loved ones have not died in vain. We must remember them in the future, we must continue to proclaim the message of peaceful coexistence and building a better world - so our children can live in peace and security.
*Weisz is a Dutch Sinto whose immediate family was murdered. He could escape the train to Auschwitz thanks to a Dutch policemen. He is a member of the
Dutch and International Auschwitz Committee. In January 2007 he was the keynote speaker at the opening of the exhibition "The Holocaust against the Roma and Sinti and present day racism in Europe" at the headquarters of the United Nations. [translated from his German wikipedia entry]
*"Sinta and Roma" is the official name in Germany for the Romani minority.
ETA. Mods, I'd like to add "holocaust", "antiziganism", "porajmos" and/or "genocide" but I can't decide where in your tagging system to put them.
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Date: 2011-01-29 12:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-31 12:56 am (UTC)Sorry, I actually forgot this for a bit.
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Date: 2011-02-04 02:37 am (UTC)