Gespräch: Von Stigmatisierung bis Kriminalisierung - Kontinuitäten antiziganistischer Zuschreibungen und ihre Folgen

In the organizer's words:

+++ Supporting program for the touring exhibition "Die Verleugneten. Victims of National Socialism 1933 - 1945 - today" +++
Exhibition in the New Town Hall of the City of Leipzig (Lower Wandelhalle) from January 27 to March 30, 2026

Under National Socialism, Sinti and Roma were persecuted and deported under various categories: As supposed "asocials", as supposed "criminals", as "Z***" and under other attributions. These were not chosen at random, but were based on centuries of prejudice and on legal regulations and laws that had been in place since at least 1900.
Even today, Roma and Sinti are often the focus of criminalizing attributions. They are structurally disadvantaged by official instructions and legal regulations - an example of this are internal work instructions to job centers or other authorities.

The week of the event marks the 83rd anniversary of the deportation of Leipzig's Sinti and Roma. The event takes a look at the history of antiziganism and makes continuities visible.

Speaking on the evening:
Daniel Weißbrodt, historian, on the history of the persecution of Sinti and Roma with a special focus on Leipzig.
Representative:in the legal department of the MIA Bund (Antiziganism Reporting Office), who will explain current developments and examples of structural discrimination.
Gjulner Sejdi, chairman of Romano Sumnal, for the perspective from community work and the present.

Event organized by Romano Sumnal e.V. in cooperation with the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

The event is part of the traveling exhibition "Die Verleugneten. Victims of National Socialism 1933 - 1945 - today". An exhibition project of the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial in cooperation with the Saxon Memorials Foundation in Memory of the Victims of Political Tyranny
Organizer: City of Leipzig in cooperation with the Memorial to Forced Labour in Leipzig and the Initiative Riebeckstraße 63 e.V.

Information and Cultural Center of the Roma and Sinti in Saxony (IKS)
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 54 / Südplatz, 04275 Leipzig
Streetcar 10, 11 (Leipzig Südplatz)