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ORGANIZATION
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Name:Muzeum romské kultury
Translated Name:Museum of Romany Culture
Affiliation: 
ADDRESS:Bratislavská 67
Brno   602 00
COUNTRY:Czech Republic
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+(420-5) 45 57 17 98
+(420-6) 08 97 27 82 (cell)
FAX:+(420-5) 45 58 12 06
EMAIL:sekretariat.mrk@posta.cz
WEBSITE:http://www.rommuz.cz
OPERATING HOURS:Tuesday 8:00 -- 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday 10:00 -- 3:00 p.m.; Thursday 8:00 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m.
CONTACT PERSON(S):, Librarian
Email: knihovna.mrk@posta.cz



GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:Education about Romani cultural history as a part of European history for the purpose of creating greater respect and tolerance between different cultures.
  
OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:Interviews with Czech, Moravian and Slovak Romanis, Sinti subjected to persecution and deportation to various camps, e.g. Auschwitz, Lety, Hodonin.

Twenty-two video interviews with Roma persecuted during WWII were donated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  
Collect Holocaust Oral Histories:Yes.
  
Interview Guidelines:Information Not Available.
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Project Complete:Information Not Available.
Year of First Interview:1995
Year of Last Interview:Still continues.
Interviews Per Year:24; twice per month
Average Hours Per Interview:1.5
  
RECORDING METHOD 
  
Audio:Yes.
Number of Audio Hours:30
Total Number of Audio Interviews:57
Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews:36
Number of Audiocassette Interviews:No.
Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats:No.
  
Video:Yes.
Number of Video Hours:34
Total Number of Video Interviews:17
Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews:No.
Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews:No.
Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews:17
Number of Film interviews:No.
  
RULES: 
Access to Collection:Open. for private study.
Special Requirements for Access or Use:Scholarly and scientific research only.
Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility:Yes.
Access Fee:Information Not Available.
Research Services:No.
Research Fee:N/A
Research Services Requirements:N/A
  
Permission Required for Use of Material in 
Publications:Yes.
Classrooms:Yes.
Public Lectures:Yes.
Documentaries:Yes.
How To Obtain permission:Written contract needed.
  
RESOURCES 
Format of Collection 
Video/Audio:Information Not Available.
Transcripts:No.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
On-Site Equipment 
Audio:Yes.
Video:Yes.
Users Can Bring Their Own:No.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Finding Aids 
Guide to Collection Available:No.
Published:N/A
Guide Cost:N/A
Address to Obtain Guide:N/A
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Transcripts 
Audio:They are beginning to transcribe.
Video:17.
Available for photocopying:17.
  
Summaries 
Summarized:No.
Available for Photocopying:No.
Available on Disk:No.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Indices 
Tapes Indexed:Yes.
Transcripts Indexed:Yes.
Summaries Indexed:N/A
Indices Available for Photocopying:Yes.
Indices Available on Disk:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Cataloging Information 
Collection Cataloged:No.
Available on Computer:N/A
Other:N/A
MARC Format:N/A
MARC Format Type:N/A
  
Internet Resources 
Web Address:Information Not Available.
Transcripts:No.
Summaries:N/A
Catalog:N/A
Indices:No.
Interview Clips:No.
Other:Information Not Available.
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Bibliographic Information 
Belong to:Information Not Available.
OCLC:N/A
RLIN:N/A
Other:N/A
Plan to Join:Information Not Available.
  
Loan or Purchase 
Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan:No.
Loan by other collection:No.
Loan Fee:N/A
  
DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT 
Demographic Information about Interviewees: 
  
Total Number:38
Total Female:16
Total Male:22
No Data:Information Not Available.
  
  Female Male Total Other Information
Jews:1 1Yes.
Roma and/or Sinti:152237Yes.
Political Prisoners:   Information Not Available.
Prisoners of War:111627Yes.
Jehovah’s Witnesses:   Information Not Available.
Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women:   Information Not Available.
Resisters:   Information Not Available.
Partisans: 11Yes.
Rescuers:   Information Not Available.
Refugees:   Information Not Available.
Liberators:   Information Not Available.
Prosecutors:   Information Not Available.
Perpetrators/ Collaborators:   Information Not Available.
Refugee Relief Workers:   Information Not Available.
Other:   Data not available on 3.
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Focus of Collection: 
Ghetto(s) 
Camp(s)checkAuschwitz, Lety, Hodonin, or other camps where the Romanies from Bohemia and Moravia were deported.
Geographic Area(s)checkThe former Czechoslovakia (current Czech Republic and Slovakia).
Experience(s) 
Survivor Group(s)checkCzech, Moravian and Slovak Romanies and Sinti.
Other 
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.