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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.

Link: https://dokuzentrum.sintiundroma.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/virtual-film-screening-european-holocaust-memorial-day-for-sinti-and-roma-2021/ 

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

Facebook event

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)

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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

Link: https://www.rommuz.cz/cs/hodonin-u-kunstatu/aktuality/2021-07-26-pietni-shromazdeni-v-hodonine-u-kunstatu/

Event program (Czech)

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!