An exhibition by the Association of German Sinti and Roma, Baden-Württemberg Regional Association.
The exhibition provides an insight into the history of the Sinti and Roma since the first written mention around 475 BCE. In its first part, it shows the emergence and spread of social antiziganism in the areas of religion, politics and science. In response to this, the minority developed survival strategies that have shaped their identity to some extent to the present day. They become visible in areas such as security, housing, occupation, music, narrative art and language. The exhibition also traces how religious and political antiziganism turned into biological and racist antiziganism, which led to the Nazi genocide.
The second part of the exhibition focuses on the post-war history of Sinti and Roma, from the beginnings of the civil rights movement on April 8, 1971 in London to the present day. It concludes with the first state treaty in Baden-Württemberg in 2013 and the establishment of the "Antiziganism Research Center" at the University of Heidelberg in 2017.
