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The Mosque beside the railway. Muslim Roma in Düsseldorf
Nomination 2016
European CIVIS Radio Prize – long programmes
| Author: | Ulla Lachauer |
| Editorial: | Hermann Theißen (DLF) |
| Direction: | Claudia Kattanek |
Content
For 13 years they have been meeting for Friday prayers in Dusseldorf. Most of them arrived here in the 1960s as Yugoslavian immigrant workers. They have kept it secret for a long time that they were Roma and Muslims from Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. It was only with the war in Yugoslavia, which triggered a huge exodus to Western Europe that the past was there again: suddenly Muslim Roma from their home towns stood at their door, former neighbours, relatives. Gradually, they came together in their new homeland of Germany.
Excerpt from the jury’s statement
Surprising, intensely atmospherically, is curious to dispel clichés – impressive.
Photo credits
Header: iStockphoto / CreVis2