Σαν σήμερα, στις 16 Μαΐου του 1944, στα στρατόπεδα του Άουσβιτς, οι "γύφτοι" -ναι, αυτοί οι απάτριδες, οι βδελυροί, οι κλέφτες, οι απαγωγείς παιδιών- αντιστάθηκαν απέναντι στους Γερμανούς στρατιώτες με όποια "όπλα" μπόρεσαν να φτιάξουν και κατάφεραν να καθυστερήσουν για λίγους μήνες (μέχρι τον Αύγουστο) την ομαδική εκτέλεση των φυλακισμένων Ρομά και Σίντι από τους Ναζί.
Οι "γύφτοι" κρατούμενοι, κατάφεραν να εμποδίσουν τους Γερμανούς Ναζί από το να πάρουν τους δικούς τους και ...να τους οδηγήσουν στα κρεματόρια!
Οι "γύφτοι" κρατούμενοι, κατάφεραν να εμποδίσουν τους Γερμανούς Ναζί από το να πάρουν τους δικούς τους και ...να τους οδηγήσουν στα κρεματόρια!
Γι αυτό και η 16η Μαΐου, είναι ημέρα αφιερωμένη παγκοσμίως στην Αντίσταση των Ρομά.
Στο μεταξύ, εμείς, ο εκλεκτός λαός κάποιου θεού, οι "Ελληναράδες", υποδεχόμαστε με αγάπη και εγκαρτέρηση -σαν καλοί χριστιανοί- μαζί με τα οστά της "αγίας" Ελένης, και το 4ο μνημόνιο.
The Forgotten History of Romani Resistance
On the evening of May 16, 1944, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, SS guards armed with machine guns surrounded the area of the camp designated for Roma and Sinti prisoners. Their intent was to round up the nearly 6,000 prisoners there and send them to the gas chambers. But when the guards approached the area, they were met with armed resistance from the inmates.
The prisoners had learned of the planned “liquidation” and fashioned weapons from sheet metal, wood, pipes, rocks, and any other scraps of material they could get their hands on. According to the memories of survivors and witnesses to the incident, the inmates forced the guards into retreat, and though some prisoners were shot that night, the act of resistance allowed the Roma and Sinti prisoners to put off execution for several more months.
How can such an epic episode have been lost to history? Who knows about the Sonderkommandos revolt of August 1944? Who knows about Witold Pilecki, who infiltrated Auschwitz to organize its resistance network?
Keeping alive the memories of these events could help prevent such crimes from happening again in the future.
Στο μεταξύ, εμείς, ο εκλεκτός λαός κάποιου θεού, οι "Ελληναράδες", υποδεχόμαστε με αγάπη και εγκαρτέρηση -σαν καλοί χριστιανοί- μαζί με τα οστά της "αγίας" Ελένης, και το 4ο μνημόνιο.
The Forgotten History of Romani Resistance
On the evening of May 16, 1944, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, SS guards armed with machine guns surrounded the area of the camp designated for Roma and Sinti prisoners. Their intent was to round up the nearly 6,000 prisoners there and send them to the gas chambers. But when the guards approached the area, they were met with armed resistance from the inmates.
The prisoners had learned of the planned “liquidation” and fashioned weapons from sheet metal, wood, pipes, rocks, and any other scraps of material they could get their hands on. According to the memories of survivors and witnesses to the incident, the inmates forced the guards into retreat, and though some prisoners were shot that night, the act of resistance allowed the Roma and Sinti prisoners to put off execution for several more months.
How can such an epic episode have been lost to history? Who knows about the Sonderkommandos revolt of August 1944? Who knows about Witold Pilecki, who infiltrated Auschwitz to organize its resistance network?
Keeping alive the memories of these events could help prevent such crimes from happening again in the future.
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