Sinti and Roma civil rights movement in FRG (1945-1995)
Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
The article is devoted to the fight for the civil rights of the national minorities – Sinti and Roma – in Germany after World War II. The important feature of this process is its non-violent nature. The peculiarities of the formation of the organization of the movement for the civil rights of these minorities at different stages are reviewed. Furthermore, the driving forces of this movement as well as the methods and means of solving the main problems of the community in FRG at various stages are determined. The struggle of Sinti and Roma for civil rights in Germany began after the Second World War under the condition of prolonging discriminatory practices against these ethnic minorities. The main goal pursued by the leaders of this movement was to eliminate these manifestations towards the Roma community members who were citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as to help Roma refugees, who could be deported back to Germany. During the first postwar years the activists were engaged in helping the Roma in solving private material matters and problems with the restitution of their German citizenship, and in the coming decades, were united in organizations and unions that solved the Sinti and Roma community issues at the land and federal levels. Subsequently, the organizations that defended rights and freedom of Roma people in FRG came to the European and international level to engage with international organizations in order to solve the problems of the ethno-community. The experience of the struggle of Sinti and Roma in Germany for its rights demonstrates that even the most discriminated community has the ability to influence its future. During the second half of the twentieth century, the leading organizations that defended Sinti and Roma’s interests in Germany have achieved the recognition of this ethnic community as a separate national minority with its own language.
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Viacheslav Lukiianchuk
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