Drawing by Lukas Ruegenberg; Copyright: Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma.
Elses Geschichte
Interactive online learning site
Since the publication of Michail Krausnick’s children’s and youth book “Elses Geschichte” in 2007 which is based on the eyewitness report of Else Baker, the story of little Else Schmidt has touched the hearts of many people. A story that describes the horrors of the Nazi era with a boundless and inhuman hatred that did not even stop at children as vividly as the courageous behaviour of individuals who have saved lives. Else Schmidt has survived thanks to her foster father Emil Matulat. Her release from the concentration camp is a miracle. But what she experienced left deep traces and a destroyed human life behind.
She reminds us of the weakest of the victims of racism, violence and war: the children. It obliges us to not look away today when children become victims and need our help, and to let children grow up with confidence in the good.
The information compiled on the website www.elses-geschichte.de would like to support readers in their encounter with “Elses Geschichte”. The “background information” offers a classification of the story in its historical context with further links and references. The “Pedagogical Materials” provide suggestions and working materials for a more in-depth discussion when reading the book with children and young people.
Edukatìvo labne aj thana siklǒvipnasqe
The Encyclopaedia of the Nazi Genocide of the Sinti and Roma in Europe
the first comprehensive overview of the existing knowledge on the persecution and murder of the Sinti and Roma under National Socialism and during the Second World War (1933–1945)
Romasintigenocide.eu – The Learning Website
The genocide committed against European Roma and Sinti during the National Socialist era
Sinti_zze und Rom_nja in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Persecution, memory and self-assertion
Sintiundroma.org
Online portal about the Holocaust of the Sinti and Roma
Sinti and Roma in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
Contribution of the Education Forum against Antigypsyism and the Ravensbrück Memorial
Tajsa.eu – The Genocide of the Roma & the Roma Identity
A web-based collection of video/audio podcasts and educational resources
RomaSinti.eu – a virtual exhibition about the life stories of Holocaust survivors
The life stories of nine Sinti and Roma children who survived the Holocaust
Right to Remember
A handbook for education with young people on the Roma Genocide
Elses Geschichte
Interactive online learning site
Places of memory – Places of Learning
History and stories – learning and locating