“Längst vergessene Held*innen– Sinti*zze und Rom*anja-Sportler*innen“

PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE EXHIBITION

"Long-forgotten heroes - Sinti*zze and Roma*nja athletes"

Thursday, August 28, 2025 / 7:00 pm / OstKurvenSaal of the Weser Stadium

Athletes such as boxer Oswald Marschall, footballer Angel Theiss and kickboxer Gerard Lindner are united by their outstanding performance in sport - and their decision to openly appear as Sinti*zze or Rom*nja. In doing so, they set an example against discrimination and prejudice. The exhibition "Long-forgotten heroines" shows the importance sport can have for the development of one's own identity and social participation and draws attention to the discrimination against Sinti*zze and Rom*nja. The portraits presented tell of identity and self-empowerment.

On the podium:

Oswald Marschall, political advisor at the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and exhibition curator together with Andrzej Bojarski. Marschall himself was a successful amateur boxer; his story is part of the exhibition and was the starting point for its creation.

Pavel Brunssen, a research associate at the Antiziganism Research Center at the University of Heidelberg, who researches antiziganism and minority subjectivities in popular cultures.

Moderated by Ralf Lorenzen:

A freelance sports writer, he has been dealing with the history and current situation of Sinti and Roma for 30 years, including in the autobiography "Meine hundert Leben - Erinnerungen eines deutschen Sinto" (My Hundred Lives - Memories of a German Sinto), written with Ewald Hanstein.

Following the panel discussion, Oswald Marschall will give a guided tour of the exhibition and the evening can be rounded off at the bar in the Ostkurvensaal.

You can find the exhibition here:

from August 25 to 29, 2025: Ostkurvensaal in the Weser Stadium

Opening hours Ostkurvensaal: Monday and Wednesday to Friday: 15:00 to 19:00

from September 1 to 24, 2025: DOKU Blumenthal

DOKU Blumenthal opening hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 10:00 to 14:00

Workshops accompanying the exhibition for school classes, sports clubs and other groups can be requested here:

info@doku-blumenthal.de

info@fanprojektbremen.de

As part of the action weeks against exclusion and discrimination in the north of Bremen from 27.8. to 14.9.