The War-Time Fate of the Roma in Slovakia
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: January 18, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00
Programme focused on the persecution of Romanies in Slovakia, particularly, but not exclusively, in the World War II-era.
Through readings of texts by Hilda Pášová, Andrej Giňa, Andrej Pešta, Michal Šamko and Ladislav Husák, excerpts from the victims’ memoires (Ne)bolí (It Hurts/It Doesn’t Hurt) and Po židoch cigáni (After the Jews the Gypsies), staged readings of Elena Lacková’s play Horiaci cigánsky tábor (Gypsy Camp in Flames) and interviews with those who were affected one way or the other by the terrors of war we will mark the 72th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the opening in the coming year of 2017 of a labour camp memorial by the village of Hodonín near Kunštát.
Helena Sadílková, who will compere the evening with Karolína Ryvolová, will place things in their historical context.