Romani survivors of Auschwitz in Straubing in Allied-occupied Germany (circa 1945). US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton
Museum staff and former fellows will present research that draws on the holdings of the Arolsen Archives at the Museum and highlights the importance of their collections for the study of wartime and postwar Romani history. The panel is part of the conference, Trajectories of Romani Migrations and Mobilities in Europe and Beyond (1945–Present), organized by the Prague Forum for Romani Histories at the Institute of Contemporary History at the Czech Academy of Sciences, its affiliates, and the Seminar on Romani Studies in the Department of Central European Studies at Charles University in Prague.
Moderator
Jo-Ellyn Decker, Research and Reference Librarian, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Research Center, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Panelists
Dr. Elizabeth Anthony, Director, Visiting Scholar Programs, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Dr. Ari Joskowicz, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, European Studies, and History, Vanderbilt University, and Fellow, 2013–14 Diane and Howard Wohl
Dr. Paola Trevisan, Researcher, The Romanò Association, and Fellow, 2016 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact khegburg@ushmm.org.
For further information and the full conference program, please visit www.romanihistories.usd.cas.cz.