History Roma people
Ceija Stojka A portrait on the woman who broke the silence by Flora Lasinger
There are many identities Ceija Stojka is known to the lost souls that didn’t survive “Porajmos”
for. The artist, the singer, the writer, the concen- (Roma Holocaust). tration camp survivor, the mother, the Romni – identities that are combined in one aspect: Cei- “You are our protective overcoat, taking care ja Stojka, the activist. that something terrible like that is not going to happen again.” A woman who decided, after forty years of suffering in silence, to share her story with the These are the famous words Stojka said to end world – to ensure that this would never hap- every workshop she held with Viennese pupils. pen again. To educate the youth and give voice More than 12,000 students had the opportunity to
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