History and Commemoration

At the European Institute of Arts and Culture (ERIAC), each year, we work together with our network of partners and members to commemorate Roma Holocaust Day, an annual day of remembrance for the Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust held on 2 August. The date marks the night in 1944 when 2,897 Roma, mostly...

  [SERBIAN; English below]   ROMI PAMTE 2. AVGUST 2021.  MEĐUNARODNI DAN SEĆANJA NA ROME ŽRTVE HOLOKAUSTA Obeležavaju: EVROPSKI ROMSKI INSTITUT ZA UMETNOST I KULTURU SRBIJA, FOND ZA OBRAZOVANJE ROMA I OPRE ROMA SRBIJA 17:00h – 18:30h Beograd, Majke Jevrosime 51, prizemlje   U noći između 2. i 3. avgusta 1944. godine oko 4.300 muškaraca,...

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...

Roma arts and culture have played an essential role in raising awareness of the fate of Sinti and Roma during the Holocaust. In particular, literature and poetry have conveyed compelling accounts of wartime trauma experienced by Sinti and Roma communities. Ahead of the August 2 commemorations, we have compiled a list of selected books on...

The question of the possibility for the continued existence and functioning of art after the experience of the Holocaust is one of the key themes in both art historical and philosophical thought. Within the artistic/creative practice of Roma artists – both those born after and before the war, survivors of the Holocaust and its witnesses...

At just ten years of age, Anna Maria Steinbach, known to her friends and family as ‘Setella’, was gassed in Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. While many may be unfamiliar with her name, many will be familiar with her image. Staring out of a wagon, her face full of fear as she was transported to the...

As part of the online campaign, we invited Spanish-Romani artist Rocio Montoya to develop a common visual identity to raise awareness of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The designs, including posters, cover pictures, Facebook profile picture frames and billboard designs are made freely available for all to use.  Download the complete VISUAL IDENTITY here     Discover the...

Europe’s Roma Remember Holocaust Victims as part of the annual commemorations of August 2nd Each year, August 2nd marks Roma Holocaust Memorial Day – a day of official remembrance for Romani victims of the genocide, which took place during the Second World War.  In a message of unity and with the objective of raising awareness of...

  The campaign, part of the wider ‘Proud Roma Free Europe’ initiative, aimed at encouraging Roma to declare their ethnic identity in national censuses across Europe in 2021 and 2022 In partnership with the Roma Initiatives Office (RIO) of the Open Society Foundations and the Roma-led civic initiative Opre Roma, the European Roma Institute for...

World Music Day is celebrated on June 21 every year, on the first day of summer. On this day, all musicians, both amateurs and professionals, celebrate music and represent all musical genres and a variety of musical practices. Free concerts are a common practice in 120 countries that mark this holiday. Concerts are organized in...

  “ROMA(NI) PAST – EUROPE’S FUTURE. WHY EMBRACING EU’S LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY MATTERS”   Hosted by EUROPEAN ROMA INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE (ERIAC)   MAY 21, 2021 10.00 – 17.00 (CET)     On May 21, 2021, ERIAC had the pleasure to deliver an online course for the staff members of the European Commission....

Keeping the flame of Romani Resistance Alive Join the Transnational Romani Resistance Week   On May 16th 2021, Romani communities across Europe will be lighting fires to mark the 77th anniversary of the Romani Uprising at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. On that day in 1944 Roma prisoners of the so-called Zigeunerlager at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration...

ERIAC is proud to announce being part of the WEAVE – Widen European Access to cultural communities Via Europeana project!   This project aims to develop a framework to link cultural communities’ tangible and intangible heritage, safeguarding the rich and invaluable cultural heritage they represent.   WEAVE will contribute to preserving for future generations the...

  ABOUT WORLD ROMA CONGRESS ART On the 8th of April 2021 we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the groundbreaking 1st World Romany Congress which took place in London in 1971 and which has been a milestone of the International Romany Movement. Arts and Culture have been a strong inspiration for the political movement of...

Roma Youth: Together for Emancipation and Empowerment The role of history in the participation and inclusion of Roma young people In the framework of the programme of the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe   Online conference and public event 7-8-9 April 2021 on the occasion of International Roma...

      17 March – 15 May 2021 ERIAC Art Space Berlin   The Family Archives exhibition is a subjective counterpoint to research into the public and institutional archives. This research is carried out with the participation of European Sinti and Roma public figures, intellectuals, artists, citizens and youth, who are willing to share their...

In the framework of the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, ERIAC will organize a series of activities to raise awareness of the importance of awareness of the importance of Roma arts and culture by highlighting the contributions of Roma to majority societies and advocate for the building of...

RomaMoMA shares a radical, visionary and subversive project this week: the Romanistan Monologues! ERIAC has made video interviews with Roma arts professionals and experts since last July, in an open and free discussion on the idea of Romanistan. This creative adventure is built on a discourse with numerous European Roma intellectuals, public figures, politicians, artists, citizens and youth,...