The living memory of persecutions: oral histories of the Roma in Latvia and the question of public commemoration

Edmunds Šūpulis

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2023, vol. 54, issue 1, 103-121

Abstract: This article looks at the life stories and the obscured past of the Latvian Roma with a focus on narratives of persecution during World War II. These narratives, while preserved in family circles and communicative memory, lack wider attention as the commemoration of victims of genocide is not well developed in Latvia. This research attempts to understand what prevents memories from entering the public sphere. For that, the author turns to Romani memory culture and other social factors that can influence the perpetuation of the collective memory of genocide.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2022.2134157

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