Their Skin Was Their Only Sin: Anti-Roma Murders in Hungary and Austria

Authors

  • Blanka Szilasi
  • Lavinia Laluna Lucie Seidel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29098/crs.v5i2.172

Keywords:

Art, Austria, Healing, Hungary, Institutional racism, Trauma

Abstract

On March 16, 2023, a documentary screening and discussion was organized by the Romani Studies Program of Central European University. Máté Fuchs's movie, Unprocessed introduces how Hungarian society dealt with the anti-Roma racist murders committed by neo-Nazis between 2008-2009. The screening was followed by a discussion with Máté Fuchs, Aladár Horváth, Manuela Horvath, and Angéla Kócze, during which the experts shared their insights about trauma and how to deal with it as a society, community, and individually in the Austrian and Hungarian context.

Author Biographies

  • Blanka Szilasi

    Blanka Szilasi holds a BA in Social Sciences from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and an MA in Nationalism Studies from the Central European University (CEU). She also has an advanced certificate in Romani Studies. Since November 2023 she has been working as a civic engagement coordinator for the Open Society University Network at the CEU. She previously was involved in the Hungarian civic sector, working as a programme coordinator at the Bagázs Public Benefit Association. Between 2021 and 2023 she was a research assistant to Luca Váradi, looking at housing inequalities in Hungary.

  • Lavinia Laluna Lucie Seidel

    Lavinia Seidel has a BA in philosophy from the University of Vienna and currently is enrolled in the Nationalism Studies Program and the Romani Studies Program at the Central European University (CEU). Since 2019, she is vice-chairwoman of the Organisation Vivaro – Viva Romnja*, the first NGO for Romani and Sinti women and FLINTA* in Vienna. Between October 2021 and February 2023, she worked as a programme coordinator for the Romani feminist organization RomaniPhen e.V. in Berlin.

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Published

05/24/2024

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Arts and culture

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How to Cite

Their Skin Was Their Only Sin: Anti-Roma Murders in Hungary and Austria. (2024). Critical Romani Studies, 5(2), 54-58. https://doi.org/10.29098/crs.v5i2.172