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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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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.