![]() ![]() Not to mention, that unlike so many other books for this topic, this here actually puts some positive results into numbers, because according to the Pew Center and other studies Germany actually halved the prejudice against Sinti and Roma in 20 years from 60% (BRD) and 57 % (DDR) holding negative views to 31 % in 2009. then again she did not say how strict it was and did mention ways around that, like a fake "bride kidnapping." Plus she stated that she was a Lalleri, which is distinct from Sinti… I guess. ![]() But I think Zilli Reichmann mentioned arranged marriages. What was also interesting: according to what some guy called Jan Yoors heard about Sinti from a Lowara family was that they had no arranged marriages and they doubted that Sinti women had the same morality as Romani wives. You see they thought that Romani women could perform hexes or curses. ![]() Nonetheless, I did get some information that I did not know before, like Jewish and other mothers would ask Romani women in the camps to kill their small children before they were gassed, beaten to death, or taken away. ![]() But how does it look internationally?īut whatever, this book is a quick and easy read, but I do wonder where the author gets his information from, as his sources do not seem to cover all of this here. Within the German speaking area it makes sense as Sinti were the "old guard" and Roma was the term used for the new immigrants from the east. Sigh, one of these days we would have to clear whether internationally speaking Sinti are distinct from Roma or not. ![]()
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