What happened to Unku : the short life of Erna Lauenburger

Identifier
147082
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2018, 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Jan 2018, 9 Mar 2018 - 8 Apr 2018
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Amadeu Antonio Foundation
  • Alternative Youth Centre
  • Amadeu Antonio Foundation
  • Alternative Youth Centre

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

DVD

Note(s)

  • Erna Lauenburger, called "Unku", was the titular character of the novel "Eddie and the gipsy" (in German " "Ede und Unku") by author Grete Weiskopf (published under the name Alex Wedding). The plot is set in Berlin in the late 1920s. This documentary traces back the fate of Unku and her family, who became victims of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma.

  • With English subtitle.

People

  • Lauenburger, Erna
  • Weiskopf, Grete

Subjects

  • Auschwitz-Birkenau (concentration and extermination camp)
  • Magdeburg (sub camp of Buchenwald)
  • Sinti and Roma
  • Racial persecution, Sinti and Roma
  • Genocide
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