Discussion with Members of Czech and German Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivor’s Families

 

9 September 2017, Václav Havel Library

Prague Forum for Romani Histories organized a public discussion with members of Czech and German Roma and Sinti genocide survivor families in the Václav Havel Library. It was moderated by Jana Horváthová (Museum of Romani Culture, Brno) and Jana Müller (Alternatives Youth Center, Dessau). Romani and Sinti guests from Germany and the Czech Republic participating in the discussion included Zdeněk Daniel (Jablonec nad Nisou), Jan Hauer (Beroun), Mario Franz (Bad Iburg), Hermann and Else Höllenreiner (Mettenheim), and Jiřina Somsiová (Olomouc).

During the evening, the exhibition „…don’t forget the photos, it’s very important…“, prepared by Jana Müller and Eve Rosenhaft in cooperation with Sinti survivors’ families from Dessau, was presented. The starting point of Müller and Rosenhaft’s research was a collection of photographs from the Gypsy Lore Society Archive in Liverpool, which document the everyday lives of Sinti and Romani families in the wake of the Second World War. After the discussion, their work was exhibited at Charles University (Carolinum, Celetná 20, Prague) from 23 September to 3 November 2017.