The living memory of persecutions

Oral histories of the Roma in Latvia and the question of public commemoration

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ID11264159
AuthorsEdmunds Šūpulis (0000-0002-3105-762X, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume54
Issue1
Pages103-121
Publication date2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01629778.2022.2134157
OpenAlexW4307138459
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

This article looks at the life stories and the obscured past of the Latvian Roma with a focus on narratives of persecution during World War II. These narratives, while preserved in family circles and communicative memory, lack wider attention as the commemoration of victims of genocide is not well developed in Latvia. This research attempts to understand what prevents memories from entering the public sphere. For that, the author turns to Romani memory culture and other social factors that can influence the perpetuation of the collective memory of genocide

Art · Collective memory · Cultural memory · Genocide · Latvian · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Oral history · Persecution · Political science · Public sphere · Social memory · Sociology · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Psychology · Romani and Gypsy Studies

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