The memoirs of Ceija Stojka : child survivor of the Romani holocaust / Ceija Stojka ; translated, with an introduction and annotations, by Lorely E. French.

• ""Is this the whole world?" This question begins the first of three memoirs by Austrian Romani writer, visual artist, musician, and activist Ceija Stojka (1933-2013), told from her perspective as a child interned in three Nazi concentration camps from age nine to 15. Written by a child survivor much later in life, the memoirs offer insights into the nexus of narrative and extreme trauma, expressing the full spectrum of human emotions: fear and sorrow at losing loved ones; joy and relief when reconnecting with family and friends; desire to preserve some memories while attempting to erase others; horror at acts of genocide, and hope arising from dreams of survival. In addition to annotated translations of the three memoirs, the book includes two of Stojka's poems and an interview as well as color reproductions of several of her artworks and historical photographs from her family records. An introduction contextualizes her works within Romani history and culture, and a glossary informs the reader about the "concentrationary universe." Because the memoirs show how Stojka navigated male-dominated postwar Austrian culture, generally discriminatory to Roma, and the patriarchal aspects of Romani culture itself, the book is a contribution not only to Holocaust Studies but also to Austrian Studies, Romani Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies"-- 

Ämnesord

Förintelsen av romer 1933-1945  (sao)

Romska kvinnor  (sao)

Romska konstnärer  (sao)

Förintelsens överlevande  (sao)

Romer  -- attityder till (sao)

Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.  (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945  -- Children -- Austria. (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945  -- Prisoners and prisons, German. (LCSH)

World War, 1939-1945  -- Personal narratives, Romani. (LCSH)

Child Nazi concentration camp inmates  -- Germany -- Biography. (LCSH)

Children, Romani  -- Austria -- Biography. (LCSH)

Artists, Romani  (LCSH)

Romanies—Public opinion  -- Public opinion (LCSH)

Romani women  (LCSH)

Holocaust survivors  (LCSH)

Romani Genocide, 1939-1945  (LCSH)

Personnamn

Stojka, Ceija -- Childhood and youth.

Stojka, Ceija, 1933-2013

Institutionsnamn

Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)

Auschwitz (koncentrationsläger)

Ravensbrück (koncentrationsläger)

Bergen-Belsen (koncentrationsläger)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ibz Särskilda konstnärer

Lz Biografi: särskilda personer

Koafh.55 Historia: Judarnas historia: 1945-

Klassifikation

D804.5.G85 (LCC)

940.53/18/08991497 (DDC)

Ibz Stojka, Ceija (kssb/8)

Lz Stojka, Ceija (kssb/8)

Koafh.55 (kssb/8)