Babi Yar and the Nazi Genocide of Roma

Memory Narratives and Memory Practices in Ukraine

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ID11047284
AuthorsAndrej Kotljarchuk (0000-0002-9741-2145, Södertörn University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue3
Pages450-470
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2021.4
OpenAlexW3177010089
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

Thousands of Roma were killed in Ukraine by the Nazis and auxiliary police on the spot. There are more than 50,000 Roma in today’s Ukraine, represented by second and third generation decendants of the genocide survivors. The discussion on Roma identity cannot be isolated from the memory of the genocide, which makes the struggle over the past a reflexive landmark that mobilizes the Roma movement. About twenty Roma genocide memorials have been erected in Ukraine during last decade, and in 2016 the national memorial of the Roma genocide was opened in Babi Yar. However, scholars do not have a clear picture of memory narratives and memory practices of the Roma genocide in Ukraine. A comprehensive analysis of the contemporary situation is not possible without an examination of the history and memory of the Roma genocide before 1991

Art · Collective memory · Criminology · Genocide · Literature · Narrative · Nazism · Political science · Sociology · The Holocaust · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Romani and Gypsy Studies

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