Stojka, Ceija
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Name (Latin)
Stojka, Ceija
Date of birth
1933-05-23
Date of death
2013-01-28
Place of birth
Kraubath an der Mur, Austria
Place of death
Vienna (Austria)
Field of activity
Romani Genocide, 1939-1945
Romanies--Nazi persecution
Occupation
Artists
Authors
Child Nazi concentration camp inmates
Associated Language
ger
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- German Wikipedia WWW site, Feb. 1, 2013(Ceija Stojka; b. May 23, 1933, Kraubath an der Mur, Steiermark; d. Jan. 28, 2013, Vienna; Austrian author and artist)
- New York times, 20 Feb. 2026:in an article entitled "Harrowing experiences captured by a Roma artist" on page C1 (In 1943, Ceija Stojka, then 9 years old, and members of her Romani family were taken by force from their home outside Vienna to a series of concentration camps -- Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Ravensbrück; only decades later, well into her 50s, did Stojka speak out about her traumatic experiences, in a 1988 memoir, "We live in secrecy: memories of a Romni-Gypsy" and in paintings and drawings that drew attention to the often-overlooked history of the Roma genocide)
- Wir leben im Verborgenen, 1989:t.p. (Ceija Stojka)
- Her Wir leben im Verborgenen, 1989:t.p. (Ceija Stojka)
- Reisende auf dieser Welt, c1992:t.p. (Ceija Stojka) jkt. (b. 1933 in Steiermark)