Episode 8: Ceija Stojka — Dikh He Na Bister

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Dikh He Na Bister means "Look and don't forget" in Romani. 

Born into a Romani family in Austria, Ceija Stojka was one of the 1.17 million Roma living in Europe circa 1939. At only 10 years old she, her mother, and siblings were deported to Auschwitz Birkenau. A survivor of not only Auschwitz, but Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen, Ceija was liberated from the camps on April 15, 1945. At 55, Ceija began to process her pain into art, writing, and activism.  

Come along with us as we cover the first Romani woman in Austria to speak out about the Porajmos, the under-told story of the Romani Genocide, through history and astrology. 

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                                                               Sources

Books:

• We are the Romani People by Ian Hancock 

Digital Media:

• Ceija Stojka — A testimony of a Roma holocaust survivor (https://tinyurl.com/4jw2a4zu) 
• Ceija Stojka film trailer (https://tinyurl.com/5y3cmnhf)
• Hitler's Circle of Evil on Netflix 
• Roma Genocide Rememberance Day: For Those Who Lost Their Lives in Auschwitz (https://tinyurl.com/5n93bm6u) 
• "to open myself, to scream" - A Musical Portrait Artwork on Roma Artist Ceija Stojka (https://tinyurl.com/tpznyyfh) 
• Virtual Exhibition of the Block 13 exhibition on the genocide of the Sinti and Roma at the Auschwitz Museum (https://tinyurl.com/2va7xh3a) 
• Women of Ravensbrück: The Forgotten Camp (https://tinyurl.com/3zr9uh3j) 

Primary Sources:

• The Green, Green Grass Beneath (https://tinyurl.com/3b4en22b)
• The Memoirs of Ceija Stojka: Child Survivor of the Romani Holocaust by Ceija Stojka, translated Lorely E. French
• Roma Artist Ceija Stojka: What Should I Be Afraid Of? edited by Stephanie Buhmann, Lorely French, Carina Kurta, et. al. 

Websites:

• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum (https://tinyurl.com/2wachx8d)
• "Ceija Stojka" (https://tinyurl.com/3dve9rdd) 
• "Ceija Stojka: Biography" (https://tinyurl.com/4vfms627) 
• Ceija Stojka International Association (https://tinyurl.com/2n35de6b) 
• "Ceija Stojka: A Roma Child in Auschwitz" (https://tinyurl.com/3ruatc7n) 
• "Margarete "Ceija" Horvath Stojka" (https://tinyurl.com/3pwsmd89) 
• "The Porajmos: The Nazi Genocide Forgotten by the world" (https://tinyurl.com/5yuz62sk) 
• "Porajmos: The Roma Holocaust" (https://tinyurl.com/58nx2ahz) 
• "We are reclaiming the Sunflower as a Symbol for the Life and Resistance of Roma!" (https://tinyurl.com/2s3cv9pv) 

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