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History and Commemoration

Online Training on Romani Identity, History and Culture
Arts and Culture Event - Past Event - Upcoming History and Commemoration Knowledge Production

Online Training on Romani Identity, History and Culture

November 14, 2025
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), is pleased to announce the online training Roma(ni) Past – Europe’s Future: Why Embracing the EU’s Largest Ethnic Minority Matters, dedicated to strengthening understanding of Roma identity, history, culture, and the realities of antigypsyism, organized within the framework of the ERIACNET4EU initiative.   This training aims...
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OPEN CALL | Roma Holocaust Voices Fellowship 2025
Academic Section Event - Past History and Commemoration Knowledge Production

OPEN CALL | Roma Holocaust Voices Fellowship 2025

October 1–31, 2025
Building on the success of the previous year, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies and the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) continue their collaboration through the Roma Holocaust Voices Fellowship. This program offers a platform to support Roma voices in relation to the history and memory of the Roma Holocaust and its...
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Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 6: The Memory of Roma Holocaust in Contemporary Art
Arts and Culture Event - Past History and Commemoration Knowledge Production Media

Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 6: The Memory of Roma Holocaust in Contemporary Art

October 1, 2025
In the sixth episode of the Echoes of Memory podcast, curator and moderator Timea Junghaus sits down with artists Lila Loisse, Riah Knight, and Petro Rusanienko to explore how Roma artists carry and transform the memory of the Roma Holocaust through creative practice. Together, they reflect on personal awakenings, silences and institutional erasure, and how...
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Echoes of Memory Podcast Series: New Episodes Now Available
Event - Past History and Commemoration Knowledge Production Media

Echoes of Memory Podcast Series: New Episodes Now Available

September 30, 2025
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), is proud to announce the release of six new episodes of the Echoes of Memory – Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance podcast.   Echoes of Memory podcast invites listeners into intimate, intergenerational conversations about the Roma...
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Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 3: Roma Resistance – Stories of Survival and Defiance
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Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 3: Roma Resistance – Stories of Survival and Defiance

September 10, 2025
What does resistance look like when survival itself is at stake—and how have Roma communities defied erasure during and after the Holocaust? The third episode of the Echoes of Memory podcast examines a frequently neglected dimension of the Roma Holocaust: the theme of resistance. Scholarly and popular accounts have too often depicted Roma communities exclusively...
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Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 2: Other Perspectives
Arts and Culture Event - Past History and Commemoration Knowledge Production Media

Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 2: Other Perspectives

August 26, 2025
How can we make Holocaust remembrance more inclusive? The second episode of the podcast Echoes of Memory engages in a critical expansion of the historiographical and memorial frameworks concerning the Holocaust. Moderated by Petro Rusanienko, the episode features a powerful dialogue with Florentina-Alexandra Manea, Cat Jugravu, and Estera Stan.   Their discussion examines the often...
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ERIAC Launches Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 1: Visiting the Sinti and Roma Memorial
Arts and Culture Event - Past History and Commemoration Knowledge Production Media

ERIAC Launches Echoes of Memory Podcast | Episode 1: Visiting the Sinti and Roma Memorial

August 19, 2025
Driven by its mission to empower Roma through arts, culture, and remembrance, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), launches the podcast series Echoes of Memory – Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance. The project explores the history and legacy of the Roma Holocaust...
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European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day | Statement by Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Event - Past History and Commemoration

European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day | Statement by Secretary General of the Council of Europe

August 2, 2025
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset made the following statement to mark European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August:   “On the night of 2–3 August 1944, more than 3,000 Roma men, women and children were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. This atrocity marked one of the darkest chapters of the Roma Holocaust, in which...
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If Only It Were History…Why Roma Holocaust Education Matters
Academic Section Event - Upcoming History and Commemoration Uncategorized

If Only It Were History…Why Roma Holocaust Education Matters

June 27, 2025
Despite efforts by scholars and educators in the last two decades, the genocide of the Roma remains underrepresented in commemorative practices, scholarship, and education on the Second World War in Europe. Several EU member states display strong feelings against their Roma populations, while others have made significant steps in the introduction of Roma History and...
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If Only It Were History…
Academic Section Conference Event - Past History and Commemoration Uncategorized

If Only It Were History…

June 26 – August 2, 2025
Why Roma Holocaust Education Matters Despite efforts by scholars and educators in the last two decades, the genocide of the Roma remains underrepresented in commemorative practices, scholarship, and education on the Second World War in Europe. Several EU member states display strong feelings against their Roma populations, while others have made significant steps in the...
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OPEN CALL | Your HistoryLab for New Perspectives
Event - Past History and Commemoration Knowledge Production

OPEN CALL | Your HistoryLab for New Perspectives

June 26–30, 2025
Ever heard of the “Schlussstrich” (drawing a line under something)? The Nazi era is over—but the questions about it remain. What endures? And how do we tell this story today? These questions deserve fresh perspectives—yours. The EVZ Foundation’s HistoryLab gives you the space, the exchange, and the tools to turn your questions into your own...
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Podcast Series | Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance
Event - Past History and Commemoration

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Podcast Series | Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance

June 16–25, 2025
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) invite Roma youth to co-create and participate in the youth-led podcast project “Echoes of Memory – Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance.”   The project explores the history and legacy of the Roma Holocaust, connecting past injustices with the...
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POSITION PAPER WITH  POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON ROMA REMEMBRANCE, COMMEMORATION AND HISTORY TEACHING
History and Commemoration Uncategorized

POSITION PAPER WITH  POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON ROMA REMEMBRANCE, COMMEMORATION AND HISTORY TEACHING

May 6, 2025
  In the frame of ERIACNET4EU: ERIAC NETWORK TO ADVANCE ROMA INCLUSION BY COMBATTING AND PREVENTING ANTIGYPSYISM IN THE EU project in 2024, financed by the European Commission, and based on the insights and expertise of the members of the ERIAC Knowledge-Production and Publication thematic section, ERIAC is proud to present a POSITION PAPER WITH ...
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Big News: Barvalipe Academy Election 2024 Coming Up!
Arts and Culture Event - Upcoming History and Commemoration Knowledge Production Language Media

Big News: Barvalipe Academy Election 2024 Coming Up!

October 2 – December 6, 2024
ERIAC is proud to announce the upcoming Barvalipe Academy Election 2024. This election offers a unique opportunity to shape the strategic vision of ERIAC by electing eight new members to the Barvalipe Academy, a distinguished body of thought leaders and advisors. The Barvalipe Academy plays a crucial role in guiding ERIAC’s mission to promote the...
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ROMI I INKLUZIVNA KULTURA SEĆANJA
Event - Upcoming History and Commemoration Knowledge Production

ROMI I INKLUZIVNA KULTURA SEĆANJA

July 31, 2024
  ROMI I INKLUZIVNA KULTURA SEĆANJA PANEL DISKUSIJA POVODOM EVROPSKOG DANA SEĆANJA NA SAMUDARIPEN/GENOCID NAD ROMIMA 31. jul 2024. Putem Zoom-a (onlajn događaj) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82824437410         Između 2. i 3. avgusta 1944. godine, u gasnim komorama logora Auschwitz-Birkenau ubijeno je oko 4.300 Roma, koji su preostali iz tzv. „Porodičnog logora“. Ova tragedija je...
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OPEN CALL: Memory of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti. International program for educators and museum professionals
Arts and Culture Event - Past Event - Upcoming History and Commemoration

OPEN CALL: Memory of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti. International program for educators and museum professionals

May 24 – June 5, 2024
Application deadline: June 5, 2024 Apply now    We have launched the recruitment process for the international program for educators and museum professionals dedicated to the memory of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust. The program is addressed to educators and museum professionals    The project will run from June to October 2024 and will include...
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ERIAC Joins Wiener Holocaust Library’s Virtual Lecture with 2022 Ernst Fraenkel Prize Winner Ari Joskowicz
Arts and Culture Event - Past History and Commemoration

ERIAC Joins Wiener Holocaust Library’s Virtual Lecture with 2022 Ernst Fraenkel Prize Winner Ari Joskowicz

September 27, 2023
ERIAC is delighted to accept the invitation of the Wiener Holocaust Library and join an evening lecture by the winner of our 2022 Ernst Fraenkel Prize. The jury has awarded Ari Joskowicz’s book, Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust the prize. The judges found it to be “a compelling and important book which deserves to...
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“ROMA(NI) PAST – EUROPE’S FUTURE. WHY EMBRACING EU’S LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY MATTERS”
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“ROMA(NI) PAST – EUROPE’S FUTURE. WHY EMBRACING EU’S LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY MATTERS”

August 10, 2023
TRAINING ON ROMANI HISTORY AND CULTURE   SEPTEMBER 13 2023, 10.00-17.00 EEST / 09.00-16.00 CET   WEST UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA Faculty of Letters, History and Theology – Oituz Strada Oituz 4, Timișoara, Romania On-site /online https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87998275909   REGISTER HERE!   The Roma (commonly referred to as “Gypsies” which is an ethnic slur) have been part of...
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