Sinti and Romanies

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• Central Council of German Sinti and Roma — The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (German: Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma) is a German Romanies rights group based in Heidelberg, Germany. It is headed by Romani Rose, who lost 13 of his close family in the Holocaust.References*… …   Wikipedia

• Sinti — o Sinta (masc. sing.=Sinto; fem.sing.=Sintisa) es el nombre de la población gitana en Europa.[1] Tradicionalmente nómada, hoy tan solo un pequeño porcentaje del grupo lo es. En tiempos pasados, frecuentemente vivían en las afueras de comunidades …   Wikipedia Español

• Sinti — (oder Manouches) sind eine Untergruppe der europäischen Roma. Sie leben in Mittel und Westeuropa und im nördlichen Italien. Sie gelten als die am längsten in Mitteleuropa lebende und als die größte in Deutschland lebende Roma Gruppe.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Verband der Deutschen Sinti und Roma —    Germany. The main organization of Sinti, based in Heidelberg and run by Romani Rose. It represents the Sinti in consultations with the German government, has a documentation center, and intervenes on behalf of the rights of the Sinti and… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues —    (CPRSI)    Est. 1994 in Warsaw. The Contact Point was set up by the Budapest meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 1994. Its first coordinator was Jacek Paliszewski, followed by Nicolae Gheorghe in 1999.… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• South and Central America —    There could be more than a million Romanies in Latin America, the majority being descendants of Kalderash and other Vlah immigrants. Some writers give a figure as high as four million, with one million in Brazil alone. There are also… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Norwegian and Swedish Travellers — Not to be confused with Indigenous Norwegian Travellers. The Norwegian and Swedish Travellers (Norwegian: romanifolket; Swedish: resande; Scandoromani: romanisæl, romanoar, rom(m)ani, tavringer/ar, tattare) are a group or branch of the Romani… …   Wikipedia

• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights —    (ODIHR)    Est. 1992. An institution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Founded in 1992, its aim is to promote human rights by assisting participating states to build democratic societies. Its field of work… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Romani society and culture — The culture of the Romani people is rich and various because of unique properties of Romani history. In spite of the large variety in Romani culture, all the Romani peoples have similar value system and world perception. Indian heritage… …   Wikipedia

• Acronyms and Abbreviations — ACERT Advisory Committee for the Education of Romanies and other Travellers AGO Association of Gypsy Organisations BBC British Broadcasting Corporation c. circa; about CDCC Conseil de Coopération Culturelle CDMG European Committee on Migration… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Holocaust —    The Nazi genocide of Jews, Gypsies, and others, particularly in the period following 1941.    When the National Socialist Party came to power in Germany in 1933, it inherited laws against nomadism already in operation. From the beginning, the… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies