Das war für uns das Aus

Bookcover: Das war für uns das Aus

Title: Das war für uns das Aus; Script: Johanna Sokoließ; Drawings: Pedro Stoichita; Accompanying texts: by Petra Rosenberg and Anna Mísková; Publisher: Gedenkstätte Zwangslager Berlin-Marzahn (December 2024); Language: German; Closed format: 24.5 × 20 cm; Open format: 24.5 × 40 cm; Length: 95 pages, hardcover.

Das war für uns das Aus is a biographical graphic novel about the lives of Otto Rosenberg and Emílie Danielová, chronicling the persecution of Sinti and Roma during the Nazi era.

Originally realized within the project Digital Lines of Life and Death for European Academy Berlin et al. (2022), following a script by Johanna Sokoließ.

The graphic novel was published as a book by Gedenkstätte Zwangslager Berlin-Marzahn in 2024. It can be ordered free of charge (shipping costs excepted). More information is available here.

To be found unabridged as a free online version in three languages (ENG, DE, CZ) also on the project website digitallines.

An extract from Part I: "Otto Rosenberg, Das Schicksal eines deutschen Sinto"
An extract from Part I: „Otto Rosenberg, Das Schicksal eines deutschen Sinto“
Extract from Das war fuer uns das Aus, Part 2
An extract from Part II: „Emílie Danielová, Das Schicksal einer tschechischen Romni“
— Learn more about Digital Lines — Digital Lines of Life and Death is a project by European Academy Berlin, realised in cooperation with the Landesverband Deutscher Sinti und Roma Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Association of German Sinti an Roma), the Memorial Zwangslager Berlin-Marzahn as well as the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno and with the kind support of the Federal Foreign Office and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility, Future within the framework of the programme „Young People Remember“. The graphic novel was prepared and published as a book by the Memorial to the Berlin-Marzahn Forced Labor Camp and can be ordered free of charge. More information is available at: Sinti und Roma Berlin – New Graphic Novel. The graphic novel was created as part of the project Digital Lines of Life and Death, which explores the persecution of Sinti and Roma during the National Socialist era. More about the project and the online version can be found here: Digital Lines of Life and Death.