Mariella Mehr -- Poet, Memoirist, Acivisit, Survivor Not many Roma divulge their experience of the Holocaust. Unlike the many Jewish organizations which provide documentary evidence, speakers' bureaus, and interviews about the extermination of six million European Jews, the Romany do not talk about the Porrajmos, Hilter's execution of 500,000 Roma. In Romani culture, to mention that horror is… Continue reading November writer’s news
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The Romani World: Researching a misunderstood people
Not so long ago, kids cheered the Gypsy Parisian dancer, Ezmerelda befriend a hunchback on the Disney screen. The red-tempered Carmen bewitched opera and bull-fighting fans, everywhere in the countless iterations of that Spanish tragedy. And then Hollywood got its hands on a group of American Romanichel, the U.S. branch of Irish Travelers, in the… Continue reading The Romani World: Researching a misunderstood people