The Memory and Histography of Porrajmos

Making a Transnational National Site of Memory

Authors

  • György Majtényi Eszterházy Károly University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23777/SN.0121/ART_GMAJ01

Keywords:

Porrajmos, memory, site of memory, roma nationalism

Abstract

This article investigates the memory and historiography of the Roma Holocaust/Porrajmos. It examines the stages and actors in the process through which the Porrajmos became a ‘site of memory’ within Roma minority communities living in different nation states, and how later, this ‘site of memory’ played a role in the making of a unified, common narrative of Roma history and in the transnational process of Roma national identity building. The Porrajmos, as a site of memory of shared Roma history, has played a significant role in the local, ethnic, national, as well as transnational identities of the Roma, and through this also the creation of ties among different Roma communities.

Author Biography

  • György Majtényi, Eszterházy Károly University

    György Majtényi is a social historian and professor at Károly Eszterházy University. His recent research interests include Roma social history, the cultural and social his- tory of East-Central Europe in the twentieth century, intellectual history, and historio- graphy. He has written six monographs and numerous articles on the Cold War history of Hungary.

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Published

2021-06-07

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021): S:I.M.O.N. SHOAH: INTERVENTION. METHODS. DOCUMENTATION.

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ARTICLES

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How to Cite

“The Memory and Histography of Porrajmos: Making a Transnational National Site of Memory”. 2021. S: I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation. 8 (1): 86-103. https://doi.org/10.23777/SN.0121/ART_GMAJ01.