European Seminar on Teaching about the Roma & Sinti Holocaust

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Thematic focus

Holocaust

Language

English

Country

Germany

Address

Heidelberg, Germany

Date

19 - 21 November 2026

Description

In the framework of the joint EU-CoE project “Roma Holocaust Remembrance and Education” (RomaMemory II), EuroClio and the Roma and Travellers Division are pleased to invite history and citizenship educators to a seminar on teaching about the Roma and Sinti Holocaust taking place in Heidelberg, Germany, 19-21 November 2026. The Seminar, organised in cooperation with the University of Heidelberg’s Research Centre on Antigypsyism, the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe and the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture will feature: a guided tour of the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma, followed by a reflection and peer learning session; hands-on workshops introducing participants to Council of Europe materials on teaching about the Roma, Sinti and related groups’ histories; workshops and lectures by leading academics in the field of antigypsyism and Roma/Sinti history, with a particular focus on the Holocaust.

Organiser

Council of Europe