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For instance, if you wish to have specific details about the recognition of the Roma Holocaust in any specific country, you can easily access this information by selecting the theme and the country.
Information material
(Auto)Biographies:
Bernadac, C. (1979). L’holocauste oublié: le massacre des Tsiganes. Paris: Éditions France-Empire. [There are some translations]
Gartner, G. (2006). Matéo Maximoff, carnets de route. Éditions Alteredit.
Lacková, E. (2000). Je suis née sous une bonne étoile : Ma vie de femme tsigane en Slovaquie. Paris: Harmattan. [Original in Czech and Romani]
Lamazères, G. (2009). Dernier round à Neuengamme. Toulouse: Editions Privat.
Yoors, J. (1992). La croisée des chemins: la guerre secrète des Tsiganes: 1940-1944. Paris: Phébus. [Original in English]
Novels
Hackl, E. (1991). L'adieu à Sidonie. Aix-en-Provence: Alinea. [Original in German. There is another translation in 1997, published in Belfort by Circé].
Jimenes, G. (2009). J'ai vu pleurer un vieux Tsigane. Paris: Oskar Editions. [For children]
Laher, L. (2006). Dégénérescence de la chair du coeur: roman. Arles: Actes Sud. [Original in German]
Lakatos, M. (1986). Couleur de fumée: une épopée tzigane. Arles: Actes Sud. [Original in Hungarian]
Mehr, M. (1987). Age de pierre. Paris: Aubier. [Original in German]
Cartoon books:
Mirror, K. (1994). Le Jollec - Chronique Du Camp De Montreuil-Bellay (1940-1944). Digne-les Bains: Editions de l'Anjou.
Mirror, K. (2008). Tsiganes: 1940-1945 le camp de concentration de Montreuil-Bellay. Paris: E. Proust éditions. More about the author and his exhibitions
Workshop:
The Education Department of the “Mémorial de la Shoah” organises workshops for school and high-school students with the title “Destins Tsiganes” (The fate of the Roma).
Tel.: +33 1 53 01 17 26
E-mail: education@memorialdelashoah.org
Exhibitions about the Roma Genocide:
The following exhibitions are related to the project “Une mémoire française. Les Tsiganes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, 1939-1946”:
The Centre Social des Alliers organises the travelling exhibition “Le camp d'internement des ‘Alliers’ – Angoulême” (The internment camp ‘Alliers’ – Angoulême).
Tel.: +33 5.45.25.08.15
E-mail: cs.les-alliers@wanadoo.fr
The Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône offers the travelling exhibition “Un camp pour les Tsiganes. Saliers, Bouches-du-Rhône, 1942-1944” (A Roma camp. Saliers, Bouches-du-Rhône, 1942-1944).
Contact: Marc Bianchina
Tel.: + 33 4.91.08.61.86
Address: 18, rue Mirés - 13003 Marseille
Art exhibitions:
All these art exhibitions are organised in the framework of the project “Une mémoire française. Les Tsiganes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, 1939-1946”:
- “Samudaripen”, an exhibition of Félix Monget’s drawings.
- “Une mémoire des camps français 1939-1945”, a picture exhibition by Patrick Bard.
- “Réputés nomades”, a picture exhibition by Valérie Leray.
- “Tsiganes”, exhibition based in the cartoon book Tsiganes: 1940-1945 le camp de concentration de Montreuil-Bellay by K. Mirror.
Sébastien Kuntz’s exhibitions:
This French artist has organised several exhibitions of gravures about the Samudaripen, for instance in 2008, in Saintes-Maries de la Mer (France) or in Strasbourg (France), during the “Semaine de la Mémoire et de la Transmission”. He also held an exhibition about this topic for the “Festival - Château du Hohlandsbourg” (France) in 2009.