Witness Statements by Roma and Sinti in Their Search for Recognition
The project focuses on a detailed analysis of the applications of Roma and Sinti for recognition of their discrimination during the Second World War on the basis of Law 255 from 1946. In the first phase, we are collecting data with the aim of processing at least 1,000 applications from Slovak and Czech Roma and Sinti. The applications were submitted between 1946 and 2005 and contain unique information about the course of the genocide of Roma and Sinti and their resistance both in partisan struggle and as soldiers of the Red Army. The applications also document the difficult process of the Czechoslovak state's recognition of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti.
The project is funded by Erinnerung - Verantwortung - Zukunft Foundation.
Genocide, Postwar Migration, and Social Mobility: Entangled Experiences of Roma and Jews
Excellence Project. This research project takes advantage of the intersection of Jewish and Romani studies, Holocaust and genocide studies, and scholarship on migration...
Database: Testimonies of Roma and Sinti
The experience of the Roma and Sinti during World War II is still a neglected topic, although the consequences of the wartime genocide and persecution are still felt by Romani communities today. Moreover, ...
Memoirs of Jan Hauer
Jan Hauer's book is a testimony to the life of the Sinti families who, for centuries, co-shaped the history of the Bohemian lands and coped with historical events that often affected them drastically.
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