History and Commemoration

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

  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 ...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

Panel discussion    August 2nd, 2023 at 16h CET ERIAC Serbia Gallery, Majke Jevrosime 51, Belgrade   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Serbia (ERIAC Serbia), together with Opre Roma Serbia, Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDI) and the Roma Education Fund (REF), is commemorating the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The main event...

Barvalo  Roma, Sinti, Manoushes, Gitanos, Travellers… Opening on Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 at the Mucem (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean) in Marseille Developed in partnership and co-curated by ERIAC   “Barvalo”, meaning “rich” and by extension “proud” in Romani, is dedicated to the history and diversity of the Romani peoples of Europe....

In commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the tragic events of 2 August, 1944 ERIAC has partnered with the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MNTR) in Bucharest to remember and honor the memory of the victims of the Roma Holocaust, and the deportation of thousands of Roma children to Transnistria under Marshall Antonescu’s Romania...

Commemorative event in the frame of the Eugen Raportoru: Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen exhibition took place at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MNTR) in Bucharest. Curated by Cătălina Olteanu and coordinated by Ilina Schileru, Eugen Raportoru’s latest exhibition Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen opened in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the tragic events of 2 August, 1944 and in memory of the artist’s mother, one of the thousands children deported to Transnistria under Marshall Antonescu’s Romania in 1942.

Join ERIAC and be part of the vibrant community of the European Roma arts and culture scene by filling in the online application form. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture – ERIAC is a membership-based organization, bringing together Roma and non-Roma individuals and organizations, with relevant and demonstrated competencies and experience in the...

On 16 May 2022, Romani communities across Europe will come together to mark the 78th anniversary of the Romani Uprising in Auschwitz. On that day in 1944, Roma prisoners of the so-called Zigeunerlager at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, having heard of the imminent liquidation of the camp, stood up against the Nazi guards armed with only hammers, pickaxes and shovels. As a result...