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Renata BerkyováAuthor's articles![]() Renata Berkyová 8 May 2022 speaking at the commemorative ceremony at Lety u Písku (PHOTO: Petr Zewlakk Vrabec)
Renata Berkyová at Lety u Písku: How is the current Romani society living in the Czech Republic to comprehend the open racism toward Romani refugees from Ukraine?9.5.2022 10:32 full story![]() Renata Berkyová: "Ferigate" has revealed how Czech society approaches sexual harassment31.5.2021 5:47 full story![]() February marks the 62nd anniversary of communist Czechoslovakia forcibly sedentarizing Romani people5.2.2021 10:08 full story![]() videoAcademic Huub van Baar has found Romani people succeed on the labor market when given a chance11.10.2019 7:59 full story![]() videoROMEA TV: Irrefutable evidence found that industrial pig farm was built on top of former concentration camp for Roma3.10.2019 13:41 full story![]() Ian Hancock, Romani linguist at the University of Texas, has been awarded an OBE4.1.2019 8:30 full story![]() Lety after the Romani genocide, Part Three: The 1990s pave the way to a price tag of half a billion crowns21.12.2018 10:50 full story![]() Lety after the Romani genocide, Part Two: Survivors erect a cross, protests against pig farm ignored16.12.2018 11:47 full storyLety after the Romani genocide, Part One: Local authorities wanted to build another camp there for Roma after the war4.12.2018 7:14 full story![]() Renata Berkyová: Concept of the Porajmos as a reflection of the marginalization of Roma in historiography6.6.2018 13:25 In recent years, in connection with commemorations of the tragic fate of Romani people during the Second World War and the expansion of our awareness of the Holocaust and its Romani victims, a breakthrough event has been in the making. Apparently the most recent example of this in the Czech Republic is the state buyout of the pig farm located on the site of former so-called "Gypsy Camp" at Lety u Písku, which was preceded by years of relentless pressure on the highest state representatives by the relatives of the victims, activists, and experts. full story![]() Renata Berkyová: How a Czech gadjo from Reflex magazine couldn't help showing his racism30.5.2018 12:40 The discussion of what words we are supposed to use to refer to people who are not Romani has apparently been underway since the term "Rom" became domesticated as part of Czech journalistic discourse. The Editor-in-Chief of Reflex magazine, Marek Stoniš, published a commentary on 24 May in which he objects to the term "non-Rom", specifically, the term "non-Romani children". full story![]() Novel about the Holocaust and its Romani victims, "Jacob's Colours", now in Czech translation30.4.2018 10:09 Te den, cha, te maren, denaš. "If they give you food, accept it, if they beat you, get out of there." full story![]() Jana Horváthová: Today Czech society perceives removing the pig farm from the Roma genocide site as necessary19.12.2017 6:01 On Thursday, 23 November a breakthrough moment happened with the signing of the contract to buy out the pig farm in Lety u Písku. The farm has been standing since the 1970s on the place where, during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, a so-called "Gypsy camp" used to be, a place where Czech Roma and Sinti were forcibly interned in order to then be transported to Auschwitz. full story![]() Renata Berkyová for DVTV: Even the Czech President doesn't know how to honor the memory of Lety, the pig farm remains30.7.2017 7:57 A recent edition of the Apel ("Appeal") program broadcast by the Czech Internet television station DVTV has been dedicated to the existence of the pig farm at Lety u Písku that stands at the location of a former concentration camp for Romani people. Renata Berkyová was featured and news server Romea.cz publishes her words in full translation here. full story![]() Romani fashion designer wins one million Czech crowns, will launch brand3.7.2017 7:39 Romani fashion designer Pavel Berky has won the competition on the Czech designer reality show "The Way". The main prize of the contest, which ran over the course of the last few months each Saturday on the cable television channel TV Óčko, is one million crowns [EUR 38 000] and the opportunity to develop a fashion brand.full story ![]() Testimonies of survivors of the Nazi-era concentration camp for Roma at Lety in Czech Republic still not discussed27.3.2017 7:53 On 15 March 1939, Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler proclaimed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in those regions of occupied Czechoslovakia. His representativesproceeded to violate the provisions of the Czechoslovak Constitution concerning human rights for the duration of the Protectorate and, in addition to imposing binding, discriminatory regulations targeting Jews, the Protectorate Government, led by Rudolf Beran under the direction of Nazi Germany, also targeted persons living on the fringes of society. full story ![]() "Baruvas" Romani student meeting in Brno, Czech Republic confirms that education makes sense14.3.2017 7:11 "It was a brilliant feeling to see Romani people around me who are interested in education, who are motivated, who have dreams and vision. I am glad that none of us are alone in this now. Personally, it gave me a lot of new energy and appetite to work on myself even more, because I have the hope that it makes sense to do so," says Martin Dudi, a student of Philosophy and Religion at the South Bohemian University who attended a meeting of Romani college and high school students, "Baruvas", that took place in Brno during the first weekend in March. full story![]() Renata Berkyová: Slovak party wants to take Romani children from their families to counter public fears16.9.2015 22:50 One might think that the state removing children from the care of their own parents in order to re-educate them is an historical phenomenon only. In Slovakia, though, Ms Nicholsonová of the "Freedom and Solidarity" Party has said she believes such a concept could spare Romani children from "inhuman treatment" in the settlements. full story![]() Renata Berkyová: Should the Czech Gov't Agency for Social Inclusion have been more "Romani"?24.4.2015 21:33 Over the last few days, Martin Šimáček has become a popular face in the media in connection with his dismissal from the post of director of the Agency for Social Inclusion. The entire Agency staff and a noticeable portion of the public have protested the decision of Czech Human Rights Minister Jiří Dienstbier to remove him. full story |