Tajsa.eu: In the Shadow of Silence - Continuous Destruction of Homes (Romania 2 - Romani)
Channel: Misko Stanisic
Date: 2018-11-04

After surviving deportation to Transnistria by Antonescu’s regime, the Roma survivors have lost many lives of their closest family members, and most of their possessions and properties. After World War II they did not receive any restitution or compensation as Roma were not recognized as victims of persecution. During the communist period the official narrative did not mention the Holocaust or the genocide of the Roma. In year 2000 a new law was passed  recognizing the Roma among victims of World War II persecution, but very few could actually claim their rights for compensation as the bureaucracy is very complicated, and the survivors are facing a lot of ignorance. While World War II victims still can not claim restitution for lost properties, among new generations of Roma there are many who are facing forced evictions. As a result of corruption, or racism, or both, they are being kicked out of their homes where they were living for generations. Still 160 years after the abolition of slavery in Romania, Roma are still on the margins. Can Roma claim the “title” of the only European minority, and in the same time keep the traditions, but change and “update” to the standards of the society?

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