Gypsy Lore
Learn about Gypsy lore: Rom history, Fortune telling, Holocaust and "The Black Triangle"!
Rom History In the US
The Rom arrived in the United States and Canada from Serbia, Russia and Austria-Hungary beginning in the 1880s, as part of the larger wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Primary immigration ended, for the most part, in 1914, with the beginning of the First World War and subsequent tightening of immigration restrictions. Many in this group specialized in coppersmith work, mainly the repair and refining of industrial equipment used in bakeries, laundries, confectioneries and other businesses. The Rom, too, developed the fortune-telling business in urban areas.
Virtually all the anthropological and sociological work on North American Gypsies concerns the Rom, an emphasis which has led a British observer to label the North American academic tradition "Kalderashocentric," Kalderash being one of the Rom subgroups. The first work covered in this bibliography to concern the Rom appeared in 1903. Material appeared sporadically after that, and steadily from 1928 onward. This group is also referred to in the literature as Nomads, Coppersmiths, Nomad Coppersmiths, Vlach (or Vlax) Gypsies, or by reference to a country from which they immigrated to North America, as Brazilian Gypsies, Bulgarian Gypsies, and so forth. The individual subgroup terms Kalderash and Machwaya are also used. While in the Kalderash dialect of the Romani language, Rom is both singular and plural, the Machwaya dialect has plural Roma, which is also found in the literature. The inflected language of the Rom belongs to the "Vlach" branch of the Romani language family. Native speakers refer to "speaking Romanes" (adverb) "in the Gypsy fashion."
A group of Rom who began immigrating to the United States and Canada from eastern Europe in the 1970s is represented primarily in the police literature, where they are referred to as Yugoslavian Gypsies.
(reprinted from The Gypsy Lore Society) http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/cultureintro.html
Gypsy Fortune Telling (Dukkerin')
Among the gypsies there are four favorites for fortune telling or dukkerin; palm reading, tea leaves, the crystal, and cards. These methods are of a "Practical" nature and do not take anything complex or expensive to utilize.
Palm Reading: Uses the lines, mounts, divisions, and types of hand to tell of a persons past, present, and future.
Tea Leaves: The use of Chinese tea or any large-leafed variety with a round cup, white or very pale, with a handle. After the tea is almost entirely drunk, the tea is swirled around three times in the cup with the left hand. The remaining liquid is then poured out and the leaves are read.
The Crystal: Utilizes a crystal ball (or any reflective surface), a black cloth (to put the ball upon) a comfortable chair and a table. The trick here is to "gaze" into the ball and not stare. Symbolic images appear and are interpreted.
The Cards: A deck of tarot cards and/or ordinary playing cards are used to gain insight of a person's actions and how they relate to the present and future circumstances.
Gypsies During The Holocaust
Like the Jews, the Rom Gypsies were chosen for total annihilation just because of their race. Even though Jews are defined by religion, Hitler saw the Jewish people as a race that he believed needed to be completely annihilated. The Rom Gypsies also were a nomadic people that were persecuted throughout history. Both groups were denied certain privileges in many European countries. The Nazis believed that both the Jews and Gypsies were racially inferior and degenerate and therefore worthless. Like the Jews, the Gypsies were also moved into special areas set up by the Nazis.
Figures for the number of gypsies killed during the holocaust range from 200,000 to a conservative 500,000, firstly because gypsies were not registered, and secondly because most were killed in transit with no record of their graves. A more realistic number is between 1.5 and 4 million, 80% of the European gypsies, slaughtered at the hands of the Nazis. Yet to this day, this atrocity goes unnoticed by most people. Why? Because a person cannot find a mention of the gypsies’ fate in mainstream movies, TV or books, except on a rare occasion. Even the United States Holocaust Museum gave only a small section in a corner on the third floor to remember the gypsies who died.
Why is this? Why won't more people speak up? Why won't more people come to the aid of the Rom?
For more information on this please visit: http://www.holocaustforgotten.com/romgypsies.htm
"The Black Triangle"
This infuriates me to no end that the deaths of so many gypsies have been ignored by a large chunk of the world - mostly in the United States. This is why I wrote the screenplay, "The Black Triangle", a historical drama with fact blended in with fiction to create a compelling and eye opening story.
In short the story is about: A gypsy woman struggles to reunite with her lost love but must survive her growing feelings for an SS officer while in service to the Nazis in Munich during the holocaust. Based on actual events.
Thus far Hollywood has ignored the script. I have had good reviews on the story from studio readers - yet no one has the "balls" yet to help me produce it. I keep getting "It's too violent", or, "Tone it down". It's a concentration camp - not summer camp. It's a camp run by Dr. Josef Mengele - not Ronald McDonald. But so far they just do not get it.
However, I'm not about to give up - not by a long shot. I've entered it in various contests and will let you know how it places. When you have a free moment, please say a little prayer that this movie can be made so that the gypsies finally have a voice for the world to hear.
If you would like more information on this screenplay, please contact me at [email protected]
Activist Lubo Zubak (http://www.romafilmfund.com/) helped me out tremendously in my research and for that I am forever grateful. Please visit his site and see if you can give him a hand in his filmmaking.
BOOKS AND WEB SITES USED IN RESEARCH
These are the resources I used as I wrote the screenplay. I encourage you to pick up one of the books or visit the web sites today.
1. Gerald Posner and John Ware, Mengele: the complete story (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986).
2. Linda Jacobs Altman, The Forgotten Victims of the Holocaust (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2003).
3. Erika Thurner, National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria, ed. Gilya Gerda Schmidt (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1998).
4. Romani Rose, The National Socialist Genocide of the Sinti and Roma (State Museum of Auschwitz, 2003).
5. Mengele’s Twins - http://www.auschwitz.dk/Mengele/index.htm
6. The Crime Lab (Serial Killers/Killers from History) - http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/mengele/index_1.html?sect=6
7. The Patrin Web Journal - http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/
8. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
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Learn about Gypsy lore: Rom history, Fortune telling, Holocaust and "The Black Triangle"!
Rom History In the US
The Rom arrived in the United States and Canada from Serbia, Russia and Austria-Hungary beginning in the 1880s, as part of the larger wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Primary immigration ended, for the most part, in 1914, with the beginning of the First World War and subsequent tightening of immigration restrictions. Many in this group specialized in coppersmith work, mainly the repair and refining of industrial equipment used in bakeries, laundries, confectioneries and other businesses. The Rom, too, developed the fortune-telling business in urban areas.
Virtually all the anthropological and sociological work on North American Gypsies concerns the Rom, an emphasis which has led a British observer to label the North American academic tradition "Kalderashocentric," Kalderash being one of the Rom subgroups. The first work covered in this bibliography to concern the Rom appeared in 1903. Material appeared sporadically after that, and steadily from 1928 onward. This group is also referred to in the literature as Nomads, Coppersmiths, Nomad Coppersmiths, Vlach (or Vlax) Gypsies, or by reference to a country from which they immigrated to North America, as Brazilian Gypsies, Bulgarian Gypsies, and so forth. The individual subgroup terms Kalderash and Machwaya are also used. While in the Kalderash dialect of the Romani language, Rom is both singular and plural, the Machwaya dialect has plural Roma, which is also found in the literature. The inflected language of the Rom belongs to the "Vlach" branch of the Romani language family. Native speakers refer to "speaking Romanes" (adverb) "in the Gypsy fashion."
A group of Rom who began immigrating to the United States and Canada from eastern Europe in the 1970s is represented primarily in the police literature, where they are referred to as Yugoslavian Gypsies.
(reprinted from The Gypsy Lore Society) http://www.gypsyloresociety.org/cultureintro.html
Gypsy Fortune Telling (Dukkerin')
Among the gypsies there are four favorites for fortune telling or dukkerin; palm reading, tea leaves, the crystal, and cards. These methods are of a "Practical" nature and do not take anything complex or expensive to utilize.
Palm Reading: Uses the lines, mounts, divisions, and types of hand to tell of a persons past, present, and future.
Tea Leaves: The use of Chinese tea or any large-leafed variety with a round cup, white or very pale, with a handle. After the tea is almost entirely drunk, the tea is swirled around three times in the cup with the left hand. The remaining liquid is then poured out and the leaves are read.
The Crystal: Utilizes a crystal ball (or any reflective surface), a black cloth (to put the ball upon) a comfortable chair and a table. The trick here is to "gaze" into the ball and not stare. Symbolic images appear and are interpreted.
The Cards: A deck of tarot cards and/or ordinary playing cards are used to gain insight of a person's actions and how they relate to the present and future circumstances.
Gypsies During The Holocaust
Like the Jews, the Rom Gypsies were chosen for total annihilation just because of their race. Even though Jews are defined by religion, Hitler saw the Jewish people as a race that he believed needed to be completely annihilated. The Rom Gypsies also were a nomadic people that were persecuted throughout history. Both groups were denied certain privileges in many European countries. The Nazis believed that both the Jews and Gypsies were racially inferior and degenerate and therefore worthless. Like the Jews, the Gypsies were also moved into special areas set up by the Nazis.
Figures for the number of gypsies killed during the holocaust range from 200,000 to a conservative 500,000, firstly because gypsies were not registered, and secondly because most were killed in transit with no record of their graves. A more realistic number is between 1.5 and 4 million, 80% of the European gypsies, slaughtered at the hands of the Nazis. Yet to this day, this atrocity goes unnoticed by most people. Why? Because a person cannot find a mention of the gypsies’ fate in mainstream movies, TV or books, except on a rare occasion. Even the United States Holocaust Museum gave only a small section in a corner on the third floor to remember the gypsies who died.
Why is this? Why won't more people speak up? Why won't more people come to the aid of the Rom?
For more information on this please visit: http://www.holocaustforgotten.com/romgypsies.htm
"The Black Triangle"
This infuriates me to no end that the deaths of so many gypsies have been ignored by a large chunk of the world - mostly in the United States. This is why I wrote the screenplay, "The Black Triangle", a historical drama with fact blended in with fiction to create a compelling and eye opening story.
In short the story is about: A gypsy woman struggles to reunite with her lost love but must survive her growing feelings for an SS officer while in service to the Nazis in Munich during the holocaust. Based on actual events.
Thus far Hollywood has ignored the script. I have had good reviews on the story from studio readers - yet no one has the "balls" yet to help me produce it. I keep getting "It's too violent", or, "Tone it down". It's a concentration camp - not summer camp. It's a camp run by Dr. Josef Mengele - not Ronald McDonald. But so far they just do not get it.
However, I'm not about to give up - not by a long shot. I've entered it in various contests and will let you know how it places. When you have a free moment, please say a little prayer that this movie can be made so that the gypsies finally have a voice for the world to hear.
If you would like more information on this screenplay, please contact me at [email protected]
Activist Lubo Zubak (http://www.romafilmfund.com/) helped me out tremendously in my research and for that I am forever grateful. Please visit his site and see if you can give him a hand in his filmmaking.
BOOKS AND WEB SITES USED IN RESEARCH
These are the resources I used as I wrote the screenplay. I encourage you to pick up one of the books or visit the web sites today.
1. Gerald Posner and John Ware, Mengele: the complete story (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986).
2. Linda Jacobs Altman, The Forgotten Victims of the Holocaust (Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2003).
3. Erika Thurner, National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria, ed. Gilya Gerda Schmidt (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1998).
4. Romani Rose, The National Socialist Genocide of the Sinti and Roma (State Museum of Auschwitz, 2003).
5. Mengele’s Twins - http://www.auschwitz.dk/Mengele/index.htm
6. The Crime Lab (Serial Killers/Killers from History) - http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/mengele/index_1.html?sect=6
7. The Patrin Web Journal - http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/
8. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/
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