Citizens with Equal Rights
Open Space | Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum
“Citizens with Equal Rights” is an exhibition by the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma on an Open Space in the room “Berlin Images”of BERLIN GLOBAL.
Location
Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum
Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin
Entry
7,00 € / 0,00 € (reduced)
Opening Hours
Mo + Wed – Sun | 10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Tue | closed
Last admission is at 5.15 p.m.
Special Opening Hours
Mon | 20.03.23 | 10:30 a.m. – 01:30 p.m.
due to an internal event
It explores the history of Berlin’s Sinti and Roma since the Weimar Republic, both in a European context and through personal biographies. A central focus is the Sinti and Roma civil rights movement: for recognition of the Holocaust, against antiziganism, and for a self-evident normality as citizens with equal rights. Beyond a historical perspective, the exhibition features twelve contemporary portraits from the “RomaRising” photo series by Chad Evans Wyatt, as well as the Grimme Prize–winning RomArchive.
Sinti and Roma have lived in Germany for over 600 years and were recognised as regular citizens in Berlin and elsewhere until the 1930s. Under the 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws, the Nazi regime subjected Sinti and Roma to the same discriminatory and exclusionary provisions as the Jewish population. A few years later, Sinti and Roma were deported to concentration and extermination camps. In occupied Europe, about 500,000 people fell victim to the Holocaust against the Sinti and Roma.
Nevertheless, survivors and their descendants had to fight for decades for recognition of the Holocaust against the minority. It was not until 2012 that the civil rights movement achieved an important step towards public visibility with the inauguration of the central memorial in Berlin to the Sinti and Roma of Europe murdered under National Socialism. But structural and societal prejudices and antiziganism still persist. Rejecting this ongoing everyday discrimination, the Open Space exhibition demands recognition of Sinti and Roma as “Citizens with Equal Rights” – as a matter of course.
Info & Service
Opening Hours
Mo + Wed – Sun | 10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Tue | closed
Last admission is at 5.15 p.m.
Closing times
The exhibition will be closed to the public from 22 to 24 April 2024. This is due to scheduled maintenance work. There may be restrictions on exhibition operations on 25 and 26 April 2024.
The exhibition will be closed to the public from 3 p.m. on 6 June 2024. This is due to an internal event.
Thank you for your understanding.
Directions
Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin
Contact
For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum Visitor Services:
+49 30 9921 189 89
Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.
Tickets
Entry
7 euro / 0 euro (reduced)