30 July is Anti-Romaphobia Day, an act of remembrance for the 12,000 Roma people who were imprisoned in the Great Gypsy Round-Up of 30 July 1749 by order of the Marquis de l’Ensenada under the mandate of King Ferdinand VI.

As part of this commemoration, Barcelona City Council and the associations of the Municipal Council for the Roma People are holding an event with screenings and conferences featuring experts to discuss these facts and publicise the Roma people’s silenced history.

The conference will be held from 6 pm on Thursday, 30 July in the Sala Moragues room of the Born Cultural Centre.

The event will be attended by Vice-President of the Municipal Council for the Roma People of Barcelona and Barcelona City Council Culture representative Daniel Granados and by Vice-President of the Municipal Council for the Roma People of Barcelona and President of the Intercultural Association Nakeramos Maria Rubia.

Anyone wishing to attend and take part in the activity, which is free and has limited capacity, must register in advance by sending an email to cmpgb@bcn.cat.

Programme

6 pm:
– Screening of the excerpt “Raymond Gureme” of the documentary “Samudaripen: el holocausto olvidado” [“Samudaripen: the Forgotten Holocaust”] (2016), an interview with the recently deceased Holocaust survivor Uncle Raymond, by the Veus Gitanes association.
– Welcome by Vice-President of the Municipal Council for the Roma People of Barcelona and Barcelona City Council Culture representative Daniel Granados and by Vice-President of the Municipal Council for the Roma People of Barcelona and President of the Intercultural Association Nakeramos Maria Rubia.

6.20 pm:
– Screening of “Vídeo-carta de Margarete Bamberger” [“Video Letter from Margarete Bamberger”] (2020) by the Rromane Siklovne association, a musical dramatisation of the letter written by Margarete Bamberger from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
– Conference on “Porajmos i memòria” [“Porajmos and Memory”] with art historian and theatre director Miguel Ángel Vargas, President of Rromane Glasura – Veus Gitanes Francisca Perona, and President of the Joves Gitanos de Gràcia association Ricard Valentí. The conference will address the impact and consequences of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist regime on the Roma people, emphasising the huge gap in information about the recent past both regarding the Roma people and from their point of view.

7.05 pm:
– Screening of the documentary “Baró Istardipè 30-7-1749”, an account of the Great Gypsy Round-Up through the experience of a family of wicker workers. Presentation by its director and co-screenwriter, Seo Cizmich, and by its co-screenwriter and President of the Youth, Equality and Progress Association David Cortés.
– Conference on “La Gran Redada” [“The Great Gypsy Round-Up”] with lawyer and journalist Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia, who will recall a set of events that, despite their seriousness, are still a little-known episode.

7.45 pm:
– Closing

Covid-19 safety measures and recommendations

– The use of face masks is compulsory.
– Wash your hands with hand sanitiser at the entrance to the centre.
– You must observe a distance of 2 metres from other people when entering and leaving and when going to the toilets.
– Entry to, and exit from, each space must be gradual and under the ushers’ control in order to ensure social distancing.
– The venue’s capacity and seat availability comply with the required social distancing rules.
– Pay attention to the information and recommendations issued by the customer service staff.