As part of the International Weeks Against Racism 2019, the Sinti-Union Hessen and Amnesty International invite you to a reading and Sinti-Swing on Friday, 15. March,
19.30 clock, in the Mauritius Mediathek, Hochstättenstraße 6-10, invites.
Students of the Klarenthal Campus and members of Amnesty International read from the book "Und eisig weht der kalte Wind". In the book, author Ricardo Laubinger tells the story of his mother. Bertha Weiss, a German Sintiza , was 14 years old when she and her relatives were deported by the Nazis from Hamburg to the concentration camps in Poland on May 16, 1940. Ricardo Laubinger's mother was the only member of the Weiss family to survive,
over 60 relatives were murdered. Bertha Weiss spent 59 horrible, suffering months before the Allies liberated her.
The number of Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe and in states allied with Hitler's Germany is estimated at half a million. Of the 35,000 to 40,000 German and Austrian Sinti and Roma recorded, about 25,000 were murdered. Every Sinti family has lost relatives.
Following the reading, there will be an opportunity for an audience discussion with the author. The event will conclude with a Sinti swing concert, featuring Christiano Gitano (guitar) and Ricardo Laubinger (violin), among others. Attendance is free.
Text source and more information about the event at: http://www.wiesbaden.de/guiapplications/newsdesk/publications/Landeshauptstadt_Wiesbaden/141010100000350397.php
