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Current AffairsEP urges Prague to remove pig farm from the site of a WWII concentration camp
The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the
discrimination of Romanies on the European continent. It called on EU
governments to take active steps to improve the position of Romanies, who
make up Europe's largest single ethnic minority. The Czech government in
particular was urged to remove as fast as possible a large pig farm at
Lety, in south Bohemia, the site of a concentration camp for Roma during
the Second World War.
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ICE - specialThe 'Devouring': A look at the Romani Holocaust
The Porrajmos, literally "the Devouring," is the term that the
Roma use to describe the Nazi regime's attempt to wipe their people off
the face of the Earth; for the genocidal wave of terror known to most of
the world as the Holocaust. An estimated half million Roma were killed
during the Second World War — only five percent of the Czech-born
population survived. Nearly all who lived through internment in the
Czech-run labour camps near Hodonin and Lety — now the site of a pig farm
— later perished in the so-called "Gypsy family camp" at
Auschwitz-Birkenau. More
SpecialThe 'Devouring': A look at the Romani Holocaust
The Porrajmos, literally "the Devouring," is the term that the
Roma use to describe the Nazi regime's attempt to wipe their people off
the face of the Earth; for the genocidal wave of terror known to most of
the world as the Holocaust. An estimated half million Roma were killed
during the Second World War — only five percent of the Czech-born
population survived. Nearly all who lived through internment in the
Czech-run labour camps near Hodonin and Lety — now the site of a pig farm
— later perished in the so-called "Gypsy family camp" at
Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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SpotlightA former Gestapo prison recalls the horrors of World War Two
In today's Spotlight, we take a tour of the Small Fortress of Terezin in
North Bohemia, which - together with the Large Fortress, a kilometre away
- was built to defend Bohemia against the Prussian Army. But the
fortresses were never used in battle and the Small Fortress was used as an
army prison and a prison for political prisoners. However, it is mainly
known from the period from 1940-1945, when it was a Nazi German Gestapo
prison.
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SpotlightThe fortress town of Terezin
Today we visit a small town in North Bohemia that many of you are already
familiar with. Some 30,000 tourists visit Terezin every year. The town is
mainly associated with the horrors of the Holocaust, when the Nazis turned
it into a ghetto for tens of thousands of Jews from across Europe. Given
this grim legacy, it is ironic that Terezin is also one of the more
interesting and unusual historic Czech towns, much studied by
architectural historians and town planners. It has one of the oldest and
best preserved Baroque defence systems in Europe. For generations it was a
garrison town, and now it hopes to become a place of learning.
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Talking PointCzech teachers learn to teach about the Holocaust
The small town of Terezin in northern Bohemia is known to most people for
its tragic fate during the Second World War. The Nazis turned the whole
town into a ghetto where tens of thousands of Jews from throughout Europe
were held. Most died, either in Terezin itself or when they were sent on
to the death camps in the east.
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Current AffairsTerezin venue for challenging "Middle European" art
The Middle European Colony for Contemporary Art, also known as M.E.C.C.A,
is a civic association dedicated to bringing important world issues to the
centre of artistic creation. For the anniversary of the Soviet invasion in
August 1968, it has organized a one-day festival to remember Czech
history, to look at current Czech political issues, as well as worldwide
issues. The location of the event is at the 18th century former barracks
of Terezin, the town which the Nazis turned into a Jewish ghetto during
the war. Kay Grigar went to Terezin as the exhibition was being set up. More
Current AffairsRoma commemorate victims at Auschwitz-Birkenau
On Monday hundreds of Roma, including representatives of Czech Romani
groups, visited the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau,
southern Poland to commemorate thousands of victims of the Roma Holocaust.
The ceremony was held on the 60th anniversary of the darkest hour of the
Roma Holocaust when, on the night of August 2-3, 3,000 Roma were sent to
the gas chambers as the liberation forces drew nearer.
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Current AffairsRomani group's Holocaust lawsuit against IBM in Swiss courts could lead to $12bn claim by Roma throughout Europe
A Swiss court has cleared the way for a group of Roma to sue the U.S.
computer giant IBM for allegedly helping Nazi Germany track and identify
victims for slaughter in concentration camps during World War II. The case
could open the door to claims from Roma groups throughout Europe,
including in the Czech Republic, where over 90 percent of the Romani
population was killed during WW II. More
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