And even today the Sinti and Roma have hardly been recognised as
deserving 'compensation', and even when they have been finally
successful in convincing the authorities of their case the sums awarded
have been derisory.
Susan Tebbutt
On Thu,
16 Mar 2000 09:46:30 -0500 Sabine D Rohr <[log in to unmask] > wrote:
> They were definitely active in the West as well. My mother
worked for the
> Ausschuss fuer ehemalige politische Haeftlinge in Hannover, founded by the
> British, but financed by the Sozialamt. They shared their office with the
> VVN until 1950, when the Ausschuss was dissolved. The VVN supported their
> work for former political prisoners. (An interesting footnote: Back then,
> Sinti (gypsies) and Jehova's Witnesses didn't see a penny.)
>
> Sabine Roehr
> Hoboken, USA
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clare Flanagan <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Translation query
>
>
> >
> >
> > It's Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes, founded in Feb
> > 1947 in the East and replaced in 1953 by the Komitee der
> > anifaschistischen Widerstandskaempfer (!). (Some people living in
> > the West involved in it as well of course...)
> > Clare
> >
> >
> > > Sth like "Verein der Verfolgten des Nationalsozialismus"
> > > Beate
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know what the 'VVN' was? I think it was an East German
> > > > organisation of some kind.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much!
> > > >
> > > > Betsy Pennebaker
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > > Dr. Beate Muller
> > > Department of German Studies
> > > School of Modern Languages
> > > Old Library Building
> > > University of Newcastle
> > > Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
> > > Tel.: [+44]0191/2227512
> > > Fax: [+44}0191/2225442
> > >
> >
> > ----------------------
> > Dr Clare Flanagan
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> > 0117 928 9839
> >
> > CONFERENCE APRIL 7-9 2000:
> > 'GERMANY 2000: TAKING STOCK'
> >
> > A CONFERENCE ON POST-1945 GERMANY, WITH THREE STRANDS: LITERARY,
> > CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL.
> >
> > SEE: www.bris.ac.uk.ac.Depts/German
> >
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Dr Susan Tebbutt
Head of German
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
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