Ceia stojka autobiography meaning
Ceia stojka autobiography meaning
Autobiography definition.
Ceija Stojka (Chaya Stoyka)
Ceija Stojka was a member of the Roma community who was persecuted by the Nazis. She was deported with 200 members of her extended family to Auschwitz where most of them were murdered upon arrival.
In later life Ceija Stojka spent her time promoting the rights of Roma people, highlighting through her experiences what can happen when prejudice and hatred are allowed to take hold.
I remember Auschwitz every waking moment of my life.
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Ceija Stojka’s Welsh language life story
Ceija was born in 1933 in Austria, the fifth of six children.
Ceia stojka autobiography meaning in english
She was part of a Roma family of the Lovari tribe, a group of Roma people which traditionally consisted of horse traders. The family followed a traditional nomadic life travelling around Austria. The year of Ceija’s birth coincided with the year that Hitler assumed power in Germany.
This signalled the start of a chang