Episode #1: Roma Holocaust Stories

05/15/20 • 15 min

76 years ago, on 16th of May – Nazi soldiers entered the Romani camp, intending to murder 6 000 Roma there. What happened next is still, one of the most incredible stories in history of Second World War – the Roma took up metal pipes, wood panels, stones, and barbed wire, and attacked the one hundred Nazi soldiers armed with rifles. They fought off the attack, and the Nazi’s retreated. May 16th has become the symbol of Romani resistance.

In the first episode of the Romani Tea Room, grandchildren of the Roma holocaust survivors recall family memories. You’ll hear 5 incredible stories of resistance and survivor.

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In the first episode of the Romani Tea Room, grandchildren of the Roma holocaust survivors recall family memories. You’ll hear 5 incredible stories of resistance and survivor.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode #2: Radical Romni Fashion and Design

The clothes Roma wear are often heavily associated with their ethnicity, and a pervasive stereotypical image of how Roma, particularly Romani women, should dress is still common in our societies. At the same time, so-called 'Gypsy Fashion' sells well all over the world, but it is usually sold by non-Roma with the profits from appropriating Romani culture rarely returning to Romani communities.

In this episode of the Romani Tea Room, Sophie Datishvili speaks with two Romani women who are reclaiming Romani fashion in different ways and challenging stereotypes about the clothes that Roma wear, and the way Romani fashion is consumed today.

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