ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
During World War II, several hundred thousand Roma perished, primarily in East and East Central Europe (EECE). Yet, their experiences remain largely unknown to the broader public and are underrepresented in the landscapes of European memory. This omission stems from the silencing of Romani histories under state socialism, gaps in historical documentation, and postwar memory politics. These silences persist to this day. Many sites of the Romani genocide - mass killing sites, labour camps, and prisons - remain unmarked and urgently require preservation measures. EMPOWER undertakes an ambitious effort to rediscover the forgotten memoryscapes of Roma in EECE. Unlike previous studies of…
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