
EHRI PODCAST
For the Living and the Dead
Traces of the Holocaust
A new season of the EHRI Podcast For the Living and the Dead: Traces of the Holocaust was launched on Wednesday 5 August 2026.
The fourth season of the EHRI Podcast series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust features seven new episodes around the theme Roma and the Holocaust. New podcast host Lovro Kralj – EHRI Reseach and Content Officer – interviews seven experts who share their insights while narrating the story of a person or object that really took their breath away:
- Karola Fings, historian Research Centre on Antigypsyism – The Hunger Strike that Forced Recognition: The Story of Hans Braun
- Théophile Leroy, historian Strasbourg University – Lost Earrings: The Story of Pauline Eckstein
- Petre Matei, researcher “Elie Wiesel” National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania – A Wedding in Haste: Remembering Roma Genocide in Romania
- Milovan Pisarri, researcher at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory in Belgrade – A Slip of Paper Worth a Life: Researching Roma Genocide in Serbia
- Danijel Vojak, historian Institute for Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb – A Monument to Forgetting: Roma Genocide and Memory in Croatia
- László Csősz, historian and archivist, Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives in Budapest; project leader “Mapping the Genocide of the Roma in Hungary” – Midnight in the Graveyard: Remembering the Mass Murder of Roma in Wartime Hungary
- Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Director of ERIAC – The Legacy of Ceija Stojka: Art, Memory and Resistance
The third season of the EHRI Podcast was published in October 3, 2024. Between October and December 2024, six episodes were released, that focused on objects found in micro-archives, following on from the work EHRI had done over the years in looking for Micro-Archives.
The EHRI Podcast was first launched on 29 September 2022.
Listen below on the episode webpages, or on your preferred podcast app (Buzzsprout, Spotify, Apple Podcasts). Send us your feedback via email to info@ehri-project.eu.
- Podcast Episode | The Legacy of Ceija Stojka: Art, Memory and ResistanceRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this podcast episode, we learn about the life, art and writings of Roma Holocaust-survivor Ceija Stojka, one of the first Roma survivors to publicly bear witness to the genocide of her people. Deported… Read more: Podcast Episode | The Legacy of Ceija Stojka: Art, Memory and Resistance
- Podcast Episode | Midnight in the Graveyard: Remembering the Mass Murder of Roma in Wartime HungaryRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this episode, podcast host Lovro Kralj talks with Hungarian researcher László Csősz about a memorial headstone dedicated to Roma victims of wartime violence in the village of Doboz, which is in Southern Hungary. This… Read more: Podcast Episode | Midnight in the Graveyard: Remembering the Mass Murder of Roma in Wartime Hungary
- Podcast Episode | The Hunger Strike that Forced Recognition: The Story of Hans BraunRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this episode, we look at a photograph taken in 1980 on the grounds of the former Dachau concentration camp. It shows survivors during the hunger strike that became a turning point for the German Sinti and… Read more: Podcast Episode | The Hunger Strike that Forced Recognition: The Story of Hans Braun
- Podcast Episode | Lost Earrings – The Story of Pauline EcksteinRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this episode, podcast host Lovro Kralj talks with Théophile Leroy about an object gone missing; a beautiful pair of earrings. This piece of jewellery can be seen on photographs of a Sinti woman called… Read more: Podcast Episode | Lost Earrings – The Story of Pauline Eckstein
- Podcast Episode | A Wedding in Haste: Remembering Roma Genocide in RomaniaRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this episode, we focus on the photograph of a wedding which, at first glance, captures a moment of joy. However, behind it lies a far more complex and painful story. Through this photograph, taken in the… Read more: Podcast Episode | A Wedding in Haste: Remembering Roma Genocide in Romania
- Podcast Episode | A Monument to Forgetting: Roma Genocide and Memory in CroatiaRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this episode, we look at a memorial erected in 1977 at the local graveyard near Hrastina in northern Croatia. The memorial is dedicated to a group of Roma and Sinti victims who were killed by the local Croatian fascists, Ustašas,… Read more: Podcast Episode | A Monument to Forgetting: Roma Genocide and Memory in Croatia
- Podcast Episode | A Slip of Paper Worth a Life: Researching Roma Genocide in SerbiaRelease date: 5 August 2026 | More about the Podcast Series For the Living and the Dead. Traces of the Holocaust In this episode, podcast host Lovro Kralj talks to Milovan Pisarri, who discovered the small document that is the centre piece of this episode. Milovan is a researcher at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory… Read more: Podcast Episode | A Slip of Paper Worth a Life: Researching Roma Genocide in Serbia
- Podcast Episode | Uncovering Hidden (Hi)storiesDr. Dora Komnenović talks about the importance of and challenges faced today by micro-archives.
- Podcast Episode | The Writings of a Wandering PoetAmir Ben-Amram traces the travels of David Vogel.
- Podcast Episode | The Lost LetterJessica van Tijn and Pamela Sturhoofd tell us about the hero behind a lost letter.
- Podcast Episode | A Place of ParadiseTrevor Avery tells us a remarkable story of survival.
- Podcast Episode | The Stamp of Samuilo DemajoAndreas Roth talks about his extraordinary discovery in the library.
- Podcast Episode | A Message from MalawiAlbert Lichtblau talks about Norbert Abeles and his journey from Austria to Africa.
- Podcast Episode | Gita’s Notes for SurvivalOfer Lifshitz talks about Gita Rubanenko and her very special notebook.
- Podcast Episode | A Paper Heart for WandaYael Fried talks about a beautifully crafted paper heart made in Sweden.
- Podcast Episode | A Desperate Call from the Cold CrematoriumJohannes talks about a special letter from Jewish prisoners near Dachau.
- Podcast Episode | A Tefillin Tale from SiberiaLidia talks about the Jewish-Polish family Polaniecki and their birch-bark tefilllin made in Siberia.
- Podcast Episode | Life-Saving LinoleumAndrás talks about Endre Káldori and Jewish resistance in Hungary.
- Podcast Episode | A Sunflower for SimonKinga and Marianne talk about Simon Wiesenthal and the sunflowers.
- Podcast Episode | A Box of Old Gramophone Discs Dusted OffLaura tells the story of Cesare and Lello Di Segni and how she rediscovered their voices on lost records.
- Podcast Episode | A Photo from No-Man’s LandMichal tells the story of the people stuck in the No Man’s Lands.
- Podcast Episode | A Girl and a Teddy BearVeerle tells the story of Norbert Vos and his teddy bear.
- Podcast Episode | A Mica Flake from TheresienstadtRobert talks about Emma Jonas and glimmer.
- Podcast Episode | A Petition on a PostcardAna talks about Romanian boys Marcu and Sorel Rozen.
- Podcast Episode | A Typewriter in TransitKarel talks about Babyn Yar, Kiev and writer Anatoly Kuznetsov.
























