Gemeinsame Aufmärsche und Konzerte: Neonazis aus Deutschland und Tschechien suchen die Zusammenarbeit. NPD-Mitglieder aus Sachsen bei Demonstrationen gegen Roma
Zwischen deutschen und tschechischen Neonazis entwickelt sich seit einigen Jahren eine enge Kooperation. Das bestätigte die Bundesregierung in ihrer Antwort auf eine kleine Anfrage der Linksfraktion. Die tschechischen Neonazis wollen vom »reichen Erfahrungsschatz« der NPD profitieren, um »das gleiche mit ähnlichen Methoden in der Tschechischen Republik zu erreichen«, erklärte demnach Tomas Vandas, Vorsitzender der tschechischen neonazistischen »Arbeiterpartei für Soziale Gerechtigkeit« (DSSS).
Ein Beispiel für die organisierte Zusammenarbeit zwischen NPD und DSSS ist die Jahresfeier des NPD-Verlages Deutsche Stimme im April 2011 in Riesa. Dort wurde mit dem »Manifest z Riesy/Manifest von Riesa« eine engere Kooperation vereinbart. In der Folge trafen sich Ende Mai 2011 die Vorsitzenden beider Parteien in Prag. Continue reading Rechter Grenzverkehr
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Czech Police recommend Romani residents stay home during ultra-right march
A meeting was held today at the community center at the Chanov housing estate in Most between representatives of the church, the Hate is No Solution initiative, the municipal and state police, and local residents. The main aim of the meeting was to agree on a common approach toward Saturday’s march at Chanov by supporters of the Workers‘ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti – DSSS) and radical neo-Nazis from the National Resistance (Národní odpor – NO), who will be demonstrating their strength beneath the windows of the Romani families who live there. ROMEA TV requested permission to film today’s meeting, but the organizers would not permit it.
The community center discussion was completely dominated by police representatives and their paradoxical tactical recommendation of „Don’t be afraid – stay home“. Opening remarks were made by the director of the Municipal Police in Most, Bronislav Schwarz. His speech to the Romani residents, expressed in very familiar language that involved a fair amount of vulgarity, clearly communicated that it would be best for Chanov residents to remain shut up at home and that they neither express themselves nor show themselves during the march. “Don’t be terrorized, just stay home. This is all just journalists bullshitting that someone is coming here. No one’s coming here,“ Schwarz recommended.
What Schwarz thinks of Romani people was recently revealed in a statement he gave to the tabloid news server Parlamentnílisty.cz. He was quoted by them as saying that „out of 100 Gypsies, 10 are decent and hardworking, and we shouldn’t throw them into the same bag as the rotten ones.“ Continue reading Czech Police recommend Romani residents stay home during ultra-right march
Czech conference on extremism: Detectives investigating violent attack on Romani family
Detectives in Vysočina region are investigating a violent attack on a Romani family that may have been racially motivated. Petr Šváb of the Jihlava Police made the announcement earlier this week at a conference on extremism organized by the Vysočina Regional Authority. The incident occurred last year. The regional edition of Deník is reporting that Šváb did not want to reveal more details.
„I don’t want to talk about it yet, because it is a complicated case and we have not managed to prove racial motivation for the time being,“ Šváb told the Jihlava edition of Deník. He mentioned the case during a discussion with conference attendees who wanted to know whether extremists have been committing violence in the region.
The aim of the conference, which was supported by the Czech Education Ministry and the European Union, was to draw attention to extremism, which could become increasingly important given the current social situation in the region. Organizers also wanted to present the issue comprehensively with respect to the theoretical side and to familiarize participants with current trends and developments in extremism in the Czech Republic. Continue reading Czech conference on extremism: Detectives investigating violent attack on Romani family
Study warns of possible new attacks against Roma as neo-Nazi movement gains traction
A new study commissioned by the Interior Ministry has suggested that the neo-Nazi movement in the Czech Republic (estimated as 4,000 strong with 400 hardcore members) is successfully pushing an agenda of hatred and racism in troubled parts of the country. As it stands, the last decade or so saw a number of arson attacks against ethnic Roma families including a highly-publicised case where a toddler barely survived and was left with lifelong disabilities. According to the latest report, unless more comprehensive measures are taken soon, racially-motivated attacks spurred by the neo-Nazi movement, may increase.
I spoke to political analyst Miroslav Mareš who headed the project.
“Regarding neo-Nazism, the situation is fairly stable but what we are seeing is the rise of ‘usual’ racism: in socially-troubled areas we can see the involvement of the regular population in anti-Roma demonstrations and the neo-Nazis are the ‘drivers’ of anti-Roma activities and prejudices. Of course, there are a lot of problems regarding the issue but we can now hear racist statements from local politicians from non-extremist parties. And some extremists have said ‘Look, they are drawing from our traditional programme’.”
Neo-Nazis, then, are increasingly successful in pushing their agenda?
“I think that they are and now they are active in public demonstrations. At last year’s May 1 rally in Brno they were present along with members of the far-right Workers Party of Social Justice. That is what has been happening.” Continue reading Study warns of possible new attacks against Roma as neo-Nazi movement gains traction
Czech neo-Nazis going to Rotava this weekend brought German neo-Nazis to last fall’s protest there
On Saturday, 29 October 2011, the Workers‘ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti – DSSS) held an anti-Romani demonstration in Rotava (Sokolov district) together with neo-Nazis from Germany. The DSSS has itself been infiltrated by neo-Nazis, including its cells in the Karlovy Vary region.
One section of Rotava, a small town on the border between the Czech Republic and Germany, is generally considered to have the most socially excluded locality in the entire Karlovy Vary region. Support from local residents is the main reason the DSSS is returning to Rotava this weekend. The website Antifa.cz covers this topic and has published an extensive new article, „Nazis in Rotava“, which news server Romea.cz is excerpting below. The full article can be read (in Czech only) at http://www.antifa.cz/content/nackove-v-rotave .
There are roughly 13 localities on the territory of the Karlovy Vary region that can be considered „socially excluded“. In 2005 the Czech Labor and Social Affairs Ministry commissioned the „Analysis of Socially Excluded Romani Localities and Communities and the Absorption Capacity of Entities Working in the Area“ (Analýza sociálně vyloučených romských lokalit a komunit a absorpční kapacity subjektů, působících v této oblasti). In that analysis, Rotava was labeled as the most socially excluded locality in the whole region. At the time, news server Romea.cz published the following commentary, from which we now cite the following as having been prescient:
„Municipalities often do not know what to do to address the bad situation in which residents of these localities find themselves. Most residents live in privately-owned buildings which the town and villages have no influence over. Other towns in the region with predominantly Romani neighborhoods include Aš, Cheb, Kraslice and Sokolov, while small villages also have such neighborhoods. However, the approach taken by the private owners of the buildings is not uniform. For example, on Wolkerova street in Cheb, the landlords have made almost no investment into repairing their properties, while in Sokolov the buildings have gradually been repaired. However, once such properties are renovated, a large part of their original tenants have to leave them. The town that social workers consider a ticking time bomb is Rotava. In recent years, dozens of Romani people from all over the region have been moving there.“ Continue reading Czech neo-Nazis going to Rotava this weekend brought German neo-Nazis to last fall’s protest there
Roma-Hetze in Tschechien
Hass auf die Nachbarn
Jedes Wochenende herrscht Belagerungszustand: Die Roma im tschechischen Varnsdorf verbarrikadieren sich in ihrem Haus, draußen marschieren die grölenden Ultrarechten auf. Am meisten Angst haben die Belagerten vor Hasstouristen aus dem Ausland – den Neonazis aus Deutschland.
Jetzt spielen es sogar schon die Kinder. „Zigeuner ins Gas“, tönt es dann mit heller Stimme. Beim ersten Mal ging Julius Danko noch ans Fenster. „Hört auf! Wisst ihr denn eigentlich, was ihr da sagt?“, rief der 49-Jährige den Nachbarskindern zu. Die spielten „Demonstranten und Polizei“ unten im Hof des ehemaligen Hotels „Sport“. Zuvor hatten sie ausgelost, wer Demonstrant sein muss. Wer will schon den „Bösen“ spielen? Auch wenn man dabei aus vollem Hals krakeelen kann. Also losen die Kinder die Rollen aus.
Das Leben hat für Julius Danko zu viele Nieten bereitgehalten. Vor gut drei Jahren hatte der Familienvater einen Herzinfarkt. Damit begann der Abstieg der Familie, der mit dem Umzug ins „Sport“ vor einem Jahr sein Ende fand. Jetzt sitzt er mit seiner fünfköpfigen Familie in einer 55-Quadratmeter-Wohnung. Über das Sofa haben sie ein Gemälde mit einer lächelnden Nackten gehängt. Auf dem Schrank hat Dankos Frau Verona mächtige Plastikblumen platziert, außerdem haben sie ein Handtuch mit buntem Urwaldvogel als Schmuck an die Wand gehämmert. „Wir haben nicht viel, aber wir machen das Beste daraus“, wischt Verona Dankova über die Diskrepanz zwischen der üppigen Nackten und dem kreischbunten Tukan hinweg.
Die Familie hat bessere Zeiten gesehen. Damals, als Verona und ihr Mann beide einen Job hatten und man in einem Haus mit Garten wohnte. Die Kinder konnten im Sommer in einem aufblasbaren Becken plantschen. „Ich hatte sogar eine kleine Tomatenzucht“, erzählt Verona Dankova. Sie lächelt dabei, aber es ist ein angespanntes Lächeln. In nicht mal zwei Stunden wird vor dem Haus das geschehen, was die Kinder im Hinterhof so oft lautstark nachspielen. In Varnsdorf wird an diesem Wintersonntag wieder marschiert.
Eigentlich haben die Demonstranten längst erreicht, was sie wollen. Die Dankos wünschen sich nur eines, dass sie hier endlich weg können. In eine Wohnung in einem sichereren Teil der Stadt, weit weg vom „Sport“ – aber wie sollen sie sich die Miete von der kleinen Invalidenrente leisten? Und vielleicht kommen dahin auch wieder die Rechten? Continue reading Roma-Hetze in Tschechien
Czech town of Rotava rents right-wing extremists meeting space
Romani residents of the Czech town of Rotava are expressing their dissatisfaction with the fact that the Workers‘ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti – DSSS) will be holding an event there. News server iDNES.cz reports that the town hall has rented out its „Slovanský dům“ cultural center to the party for an event on 28 January. Local Romani residents consider the meeting planned in Rotava by party chair Vandas to be a provocation.
Mayor Iva Kalátová argued to iDNES.cz that the hall was not being rented by the town, but by the cultural and information center itself, and that there was no reason to reject the party if what will be held there is a meeting. „We do not have the right to ban it,“ the mayor said.
Kalátová’s statement makes it seem as if the cultural and information center is an independent entity and as if the mayor had no influence over the decision. However, Hana Mašková of the center claims to be just an employee. She says the center is linked to the municipality and she cannot take independent decisions: „Madame Mayor and the other town councilors knew about this rental,“ Mašková elucidated to news server Romea.cz.
Kalátová made a statement to news server Romea.cz about the rental at the start of January. When asked for a statement on what the DSSS had posted on their website about the upcoming event, she replied: „I don’t follow the DSSS website. However, the town, as the owner of those spaces, has the right to rent them to those who are interested. The DSSS was interested.“ Deputy Mayor Jan Šedlbauer commented on the rental at the start of January as follows: „I personally know nothing about this rental of space to the DSSS. Madame Mayor is responsible for those decisions.“
„This is unnecessary, things are calm in Rotava. We will not be protesting against their event. It does worry us that the town has given the Workers‘ Party permission and rented the Slovanský dům to it. That’s bad news,“ Robert Koky of the Romani association Meta told iDNES.cz. Last fall Meta declared that it intended to get children off the street and improve the situation inside the Romani community.
Quelle: Romea.cz
Stand: 20.01.2012
Hundreds gather for anti-Roma rally in Varnsdorf
Some 200 people yesterday attended a meeting in support of a local family that was allegedly attacked by Romanies in Varnsdorf on January 1, and they criticised the Town Hall for not solving the security situation in the town.
The protesters blame politicians for not having reported on the incident truthfully. Local politicians namely said after the attack that the man may have caused the injuries himself under the influence of alcohol and that the assault was not recorded by a camera-monitoring system.
None of the assaulted family’s members came to the meeting on the square in Varnsdorf.However, a daughter of the allegedly attacked man thanked the participants for their support in a latter that the organisers read loud.
Five Romanies allegedly assaulted her parents outside the Sport dormitory in Varnsdorf in the night on January 1. The police classified the act of one of the perpetrators as racially motivated.
Local residents criticised the town management for passivity.
They recalled that the Town Hall promised after the previous protests last August and September to open a police station outside the Sport dormitory but it has no done it yet.
The Town Hall says it is to be opened next week.Crime has been rising lately in towns in northern Bohemia’s Sluknov area, known for tense relations between the majority population and Romanies. Local residents blame Romanies for the crimes, mainly frequent thefts and assaults.
„No one is dealing with it. Then anti-Romany moods arise. And these protests are their consequences,“ said Josef Masin, who organised a meeting in the nearby Rumburk on August 26, 2011, which stirred up a wave of anti-Romany protests in the Sluknov area.
Almost 1000 people took part in the so far largest rally held in Varnsdorf on September 10. Policemen prevented the protesters from approaching Romanies‘ dormitories. Supporters of extremist movements also took part in the event.
Some extremists attended yesterday’s meeting. A flag of the far-right Workers‘ Party of Social Justice (DSSS), successor to the abolished Workers‘ Party (DS), appeared in the crowd. Police monitored the meetings, but they did not have to interfere.
Quelle: Prague Daily Monitor
Stand: 16.01.2012
Romani woman murdered in Prague, locals allege perpetrators are Nazis
Three youths who have recently confessed to murdering a Romani woman in the Prague 3 district of Jarov were not first-time offenders but had previously assaulted a homeless couple not far from a trail that leads from a local housing estate there into a wooded area. Local residents say the youths did not attack homeless people only, but basically anyone they felt like targeting.
„All three of them are young guys who have been getting ready to do something like this ever since they were little. It doesn’t even really surprise me. The oldest assailant is from a broken home and his mother evidently couldn’t manage him. He’s done whatever he wanted. Everyone knew they had been in conflicts with the homeless people. A year ago they threw stones at them. One of them is also part of a group that attacked me when my wife and I were out for a walk,“ a local resident told news server Romea.cz, who did not want his name published out of fear for his safety.
Other homeless people in the area confirmed the frequent assaults, openly describing the attackers as sympathizers of right-wing extremist movements who have been giving the Nazi salute in the streets. Another local resident also confirms that claim. „They attacked me when I was walking my dog. They sit on the benches here. There are always between two to six of them. They drink cheap wine there. I know they sometimes made racist remarks. Once my neighbor and I walked past them and my neighbor was playing music on his mobile phone. They immediately started assaulting us, they even threatened to punch me. I defended myself verbally, as I instruct my students to do. One of them was older and more heavy-set, the others were younger and smaller. I went to elementary school with one of them, they attended the remedial classes. In my opinion they’re just stupid Nazi wannabes,“ the man told Romea.cz. Continue reading Romani woman murdered in Prague, locals allege perpetrators are Nazis
Vereint im Kampf um Europa
Die antiziganistischen Vorfälle im tschechisch-deutschen Grenzgebiet wecken auch bei deutschen Neonazis Interesse. Teile der deutschen und tschechischen Neonaziszene sind generell um eine bessere Zusammenarbeit bemüht.
In der tschechischen Stadt Ostrava treffen am frühen Nachmittag des 28. Oktober gut 100 tschechische Nationalisten auf dem Masaryk-Platz ein. Die meisten sind Anhänger der neonazistischen DSSS (»Arbeiterpartei der sozialen Gerechtigkeit«). Die Chemnitzer NPD-Stadträtin Katrin Köhler steht vor den Versammelten auf einer Bank. Dass sie ungeachtet der weiten Anreise gerne ins Nachbarland gekommen sei und dass deutsche und tschechische Nationalisten trotz der »schwierigen Geschichte« zusammenarbeiten müssten, sagt sie in ihrer Ansprache. Von einer solchen »Zusammenarbeit« gibt es an diesem Freitagnachmittag keine Spur. Köhler wird lediglich von einer Kameradin des »Rings nationaler Frauen« sowie von den bekannten Funktionären Frank Rohleder und Christian Bärthel begleitet.
Am nächsten Tag marschiert die DSSS »für mehr Bürgerrechte« in Rotava auf. Tatsächlich handelt es sich um eine der vielen antiziganistischen Demonstrationen gegen einen angeblichen »schwarzen Rassismus« der Roma-Bevölkerung. In dem zehn Kilometer hinter der deutschen Grenze gelegenen Ort bleiben Katrin Köhler und die Mitglieder ihrer kleinen Delegation diesmal nicht die einzigen deutschen Teilnehmer. Der bayerische Kameradschaftsverband »Freies Netz Süd« (FNS) hat zwei Busse gemietet, mit denen 70 Neonazis anreisen. Pogromähnliche Vorfälle im Grenzgebiet, an denen sich in den vergangenen Monaten Tausende Bürger beteiligt haben, dürften das Interesse an einer Fahrt über die Grenze geweckt haben. Continue reading Vereint im Kampf um Europa