Book presentation with interview screening & artistic reading “We Escaped on Our Own” - Eyewitness Accounts of Romanian Roma from the Pogrom in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (1992)
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- Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2025, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr
- Kino Babylon in Berlin, OVAL Room
- Izabela Tiberiade, human rights educator and activist
- Bianca Babașa, actress
The Rostock-Lichtenhagen pogrom, which took place in August 1992, was a violent, days-long attack targeting Romanian-Roma asylum seekers and migrant workers from Vietnam. It remains one of the most significant instances of racist violence in post-war Germany, highlighting the intense anti-Roma and anti-immigrant sentiments prevalent at the time. The book “We Escaped on Our Own”. Eyewitness Accounts of Romanian Roma from the Pogrom in Rostock-Lichtenhagen (1992), edited by the Documentation Center “Lichtenhagen in Memory” and the State Center for Political Education Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, presents a collection of interviews with survivors of the pogrom. The event will begin with an introduction by activist Izabela Tiberiade, followed by an interview-screening with survivor Marian Dumitru. The evening will conclude with an artistic reading of testimonies by actress Bianca Babașa.
Language: English
Participation is free of charge. Please register by June 20th.
Unfortunately, the venue is not wheelchair accessible.
Address
Kino Babylon in Berlin, OVAL Room
Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30
10178 Berlin
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Speakers
Izabela Tiberiade is a human rights educator and researcher, born in a traditional Romani community in Craiova, Romania, and a graduate of the University of Malmö, where she studied human rights and international law.
Bianca Babașa is a Romani actress from Romania. She graduated from the National University of Theater and Cinematography “I.L. Caragiale” in Bucharest. Beyond her artistic activity, she is involved in social projects, working with young people and using theater as a means of dialogue and change.
Partners and Support
The event takes place in the framework of the RO-MANIA Film Festival at Kino Babylon in Berlin and is organized by the Critical Film & Image Hub at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism in cooperation with the association Sozialfabrik. The event is supported by the „Live Democracy!“ Programm of the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, and the „Jekhipe“ project funded by the European Union.
