Thursday, 5 October 2023, 1:00-2:30PM EDT / 7:00-8:30PM GMT+2 / 8:00-9:30PM IDT
Participants are encouraged to watch the 45-minute film Dui Rroma prior to the webinar. Produced in 2013, Dui Roma (Two Roma), chronicles the suffering and survival of Hugo Höllenreiner, a Roma/Sinto from Germany, victim/survivor of the infamous “angel of death” Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele’s experiments in Auschwitz concentration camp. In the film, Adrian Gaspar, the young aspiring Roma composer (and the Director’s son), is Hugo’s companion listener/interviewer, who then sets Hugo’s experiences to music in an oratorio titled Symphonia Romani – Bari Duk. Both the documentary and the musical work are mainly in Rromanes (the native language) with subtitles. Dui Roma uses contrast to raise awareness and heal/strengthen Roma identity. Webinar participants include the film maker, the interviewer/composer, and Hugo’s grandson.
Speakers:
Iovanca Gaspar, Director and Producer
Raised in Romania, with fluency in three languages, Iovanca pursued her academic journey in sociology in Vienna and dedicated over three decades to her professional career there. For the past five years, Iovanca has been serving as a social worker specializing in outpatient educational assistance in Munich. She directed and produced the film Dui Rroma in 2013.
Adrian Gaspar, pianist and composer
A Romanian-Austrian pianist and composer, musically active in the fields of jazz, classical, as well as Gypsy and world music in Vienna, Austria, since 1996, Adrian was born in Moldova-Nouā, Romania in 1987 to a large family belonging to the Rroma ethnic group, and spent his childhood and schooling in Romania and in Mössingen, Germany. Adrian Gaspar is a pianist equally influenced by the musical traditions of the Orient and Occident, going his very own way, yet a bridge builder between different cultures.
Hugo Höllenreiner, Hugo’s Grandson
Hugo was born on 02.12.1992 in Ingolstadt, Germany. He is self-employed in the construction industry. “I perceived my grandfather as a wise, kind and friendly man who was very patient and always had good advice at hand.”
Moderator:
Yael Danieli, PhD
A Clinical psychologist, traumatologist, victimologist and psychohistorian, Dr. Danieli is Founder and Executive Director of the International Center for the study, prevention and treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma; Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children and Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
All webinar registrants will receive a free time-sensitive link to watch the film from 2 October through 8 October 2023.
