Luigi Toscano - Ma Bistrass!

In the organizer's words:

The photo project Ma Bistrass! honors survivors of National Socialist persecution from the Sinti:ze and Rom:nja community. Sinti:ze and Rom:nja are still marginalized in our society. In the summer of 2024, photographer and filmmaker Luigi Toscano therefore embarked on an emotional journey through Eastern Europe to meet the last survivors of the genocide and make their fates visible. Many members of the minority have still not received adequate compensation and face resentment and sometimes massive discrimination.

Up to 50 portraits on display in Berlin

The exhibition was shown for the first time in December 2024 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. It is based on travels and encounters with genocide survivors and their families in Poland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine. In collaboration with the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), Luigi Toscano, UNESCO Artist for Peace, portrays the survivors and their relatives. Their stories and memories are captured in multimedia form in larger-than-life photos and interviews.

The exhibition is accessible 24 hours a day on Steinplatz in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

The exhibition is also accompanied by an educational program in cooperation with the Schiller-Gymnasium Berlin and the Evangelische Schule Berlin Zentrum.

The Ma Bistrass! exhibition is taking place as part of the anniversary year KEINE ZEIT ZU VERGESSEN - 25 Jahre Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft.