CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES TO COMMEMORATE AUGUST 2 – International Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
The following initiatives and events are developed by ERIAC members and partners to commemorate the 2 August – International Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
JULY 31
Seminar on 2 August – Intrernationl Holocaust memorial day
seminar by Prof. Dr. Hristo Kyuchukov in Turkish, workshop by Dr. Biser AlekovRomani , Theater play by Nataliya Tsekova in Romani.
Place: Edirne Municipality, Turkey
Language: Turkish and Romanes
Organized by ROMAN GENCLIK DERNEGI
AUGUST 1
Seminar on 2 August – International Holocaust memorial day
Seminar by Prof. Dr. Hristo Kyuchukov in Turkish, workshop by Dr. Biser AlekovRomani , Theater play by Nataliya Tsekova in Romani.
Place: Edirne Municipality, Turkey
Language: Turkish and Romanes
Organized by ROMAN GENCLIK DERNEGI
Traditional commemorative ceremony dedicated to the Romani victims of The Nazi Genocide during the Second World War
Memorial
Place: Lety u Písku, Czech republic
Time: 12pm CET
Language: Czech
Event program (Czech and English)
Organized by Committee of the Redress of the Roma Holocaust and Museum of Romani culture
Under the same sky
Virtual Panel discussion: The Power of historic narratives on screen. Challenging conventional
representations of Roma and Sinti in films
Time: 19pm CET
Organized by Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma
Virtual Film Screening | European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma 2021
The collection of films assembled on the occasion of the 2021 European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma includes six films from across Europe (Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia and Sweden). Among them are a fiction short, two short documentaries, a docudrama, a music documentary and a portrait.
Time: from 01.08.2021 – 07.08.2021 all-day event
Registration at action@2august.eu is required. They will provide the details for participation after the registration.
Organized by Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma
AUGUST 2
International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day – Samudaripen 2021
Memorial, exhibition, performance
Place: Savska ulica 137, Uštica, 44324 Jasenovac, Croatia
Time: 10am CET
Language: Croatian and Romanes
Links: Facebook event and website post
Organized by Croatian Romani Union “KALI SARA”
LETY-HODONÍN MEMORIALS
TV Spot
Online: Facebook, Youtube, Instagram
Time: 8am CET
Language: Czech
Organized by Museum of Romani culture
Virtual commemoration ceremony of the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma
Time: 12pm CET
Online: https://www.roma-sinti-holocaust-memorial-day.eu/
Organized by the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and the Association of Roma in Poland in cooperation with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
ROMI PAMTE
Commemoration, film streaming
Place: ERIAC Serbia – Majke Jevrosime 51, 11000 Belgrade
Time: 5pm CET
Language: Serbian
Organized by Evropski Romski Institut za Umetnost i Kulturu Srbija – ERIAC Srbija
Memory Week 2021: Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative
About: From 2 to 8 August 2021, the NGO Youth Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture (ARCA) is holding a number of events as a part of the “Memory Week: Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative”.
There are three key elements in the program of Memory Week 2021:
- The educational and artistic initiative “Sterebreakers”, in where, 15 young Roma and non-Roma youngsters will gather in the small town of Okhtyrka (Ukraine), to explore the roots of stereotypes and antigypsyism, study common experiences, draw parallels between today’s realities and crucial historical events as the Roma Genocide. The result of the work on the collected stories will be the creation of a documentary theatrical production that will be performed by the participants in front of the audience with further reflective discussion;
- The educational session dedicated to the preservation of the historical memory of the Roma Genocide in Ukraine provided by experts in the field of Holocaust Studies;
- The public Commemoration Ceremony is dedicated to the remembrance of the Roma Genocide Victims. The event will take place in Okhtyrka, at a memorial site where representatives of the local Roma community were executed during World War II.
Place: Ukraine, Sumy region, Okhtyrka
Language: Ukrainian
Link: Facebook Event
Organized by NGO Youth Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture (ARCA)
Ages ashti rovas/Today We Can Weep
Moment of silence, Rroma international anthem, laying flowers and lighting candles, poetry, essays, scientific presentations, debate, music audition.
Place: Holocaust Memorial/Monument in Romania, Bucharest (1 Anghel Saligny street) – Rroma Wheel
Time: 7pm CET
Language: Romanian
Oranized by Amare Rromentza” Literary Circle of the association Rroma Center
Contact person: Delia Grigore – mobile phone and WhatsApp: +40744489732 and +40752038085, e-mail address: deliagrigore@yahoo.com
Commemorative еvent
Commemoration
Place: Key Park in Kumonovo, Macedonia
Time: 7:30 to 8:30pm CET
Language: Macedonian and Romanes
Event program (Macedonian and English)
Organized by National Roma Centrum
AUGUST 3
Kali Traš / Frica Neagra / Black Fear | Proiecție
Online projection of Giuvlipen’s performance of the theatre play “Kali Traš”
Online: Giuvlipen’s Youtube
Time: The video of the play will be streamed online on channel for 24h
Language: Romanian, with Romanes passages; English subtitles
Links: Facebook event and Youtube link
Organized by Giuvlipen Theater
Commemorative еvent
commemoration
Place: Key Park in Kumonovo, Macedonia
Time: 7:30 to 8:30pm CET
Language: Macedonian and Romanes
Event program (Macedonian and English)
Organized by National Roma Centrum
AUGUST 18
Traditional commemorative ceremony Act of piety
memorial event
Place: Hodonín u Kunštátu, Czech republic
Time: 11am CET
Language: Czech and English
Organized by Museum of Romani culture
Send us your initiative to eriac@eriac.org with the subject “2 August calendar” and we will post it on our website!