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In January 2013 a group called the Autonomous Nationalists from Timişoara, apparently linked with similar movements in Europe (primarily Germany) but also with a very nationally inspired character from the inter-war period, [1] published on their blog that: “We offer a reward of 300 lei [around 65-70 euro] to every Gipsy woman from the area of Banat, who can prove that she voluntarily submitted to a sterilization surgery in 2013. If they cannot educate their offspring to no longer be a burden on the Romanian society, we offer to them GUARANTEED 300 lei for the voluntary sterilization surgery done in 2013.” The “Elie Wiesel” National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania, the Roma Center for Social Intervention and Studies – Romani CRISS and the Center for Monitoring and Combating AntiSemitism in Romania – MCA Romania issued a press statement vehemently condemning the manifestations of this group, considering such manifestations fall under the criminal legislation and asking authorities to take legal measures for such posts to no longer be possible. Romani CRISS and MCA Romania said they would file a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office. The statement also detailed the objectives of the group such as: “urgently solving the gypsy problem; conserving the racial genotype, the genetic patrimony inherited from our ancestors, as an integral part of our identity; dismantling the guilt cult connected to the so-called ‘holocaust’ which would have taken place in Trasnistria; putting a stop to teaching in public schools on the “holocaust” until the objective clarification of that period; total opposition towards multiculturalism and mixing.”[2] After the statement of the NGOs and the Wiesel Institute, the police, under the coordination of the Timişoara Prosecutor’s Office, according to the media, was conducting searches and questioning in the case. The blog was deleted as soon as the condemning statement appeared. [3]


Sources:

  1. William Totok, “Cine sunt naţionaliştii autonomi din Timşoara?” [“Who are the autonomous nationalists from Timişoara?”], in RFI Romania, 14.01.2013, available at: http://www.rfi.ro/articol/stiri/politica/cine-sunt-nationalistii-autonomi-timisoara (accessed at: 27.01.2013)
  2. The “Elie Wiesel” National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania, the Roma Center for Social Intervention and Studies – Romani CRISS and the Center for Monitoring and Combating AntiSemitism in Romania – MCA Romania, Press statement. The sterilization of Roma women – a serious assault on the fundamental values of democracy, 10.01.2013, available at: http://www.romanicriss.org/PDF/Comunicat%20de%20presa%20sterilizarea%20femeilor%20rome.pdf (Accessed at: 27.01.2013)
  3. Liliana Iedu, “Percheziţii în cazul naţionaliştilor ce au anunţat recompensă pentru femeile rome ce se sterilizează” (“Searches in the case of the nationalists who have announced a reward for the Roma women who get sterilized”), in Mediafax, 14.01.2013, available at: http://www.mediafax.ro/social/perchezitii-in-cazul-nationalistilor-ce-au-anuntat-recompensa-pentru-femeile-rome-ce-se-sterilizeaza-10460811 (Accessed at: 27.01.2013)