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Roma Holocaust Memorial Centre

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The Centre is run by volunteers. There is more to do than we can do.

Most urgent

Translators

Romani, Romanian, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish or Hungarian. Remote, flexible, and the single thing most holding this archive back.

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What we need

  • Archive assistant

    Cataloguing, scanning and describing material deposited by families. Careful, slow work. Full training given; no archival background needed.

    Commitment
    Half a day a fortnight
    Location
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Express interest

  • Translator

    Translating testimony, catalogue descriptions and site text into Romani, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish or Hungarian. This is the work we are shortest of.

    • Fluency in the target language
    • Careful, unhurried writing
    Commitment
    Flexible, project by project
    Location
    Remote
    Express interest

  • Community educator

    Delivering sessions in schools alongside an experienced educator. We particularly want to hear from Roma and Sinti community members.

    Commitment
    A few days a term, in term time
    Location
    Schools across the North East
    Express interest

  • Monument steward

    Checking the monument, clearing tributes that have perished, and reporting damage. A short walk and fifteen minutes, on a rota.

    Commitment
    Once a month
    Location
    Newcastle city centre
    Express interest

  • Board member — finance

    Helping a very small organisation keep clean books and meet its reporting obligations as a Community Interest Company.

    • Bookkeeping or accountancy experience
    Commitment
    Four meetings a year, plus reading time
    Location
    Newcastle upon Tyne or remote
    Express interest

None of these require prior experience of archives, teaching or Holocaust history. They require reliability and a tolerance for slow work. If you can offer something that is not on this list, say so.

For Roma and Sinti families

If your family kept anything

If your family was persecuted and you are willing to talk to us, or if you hold papers, photographs or objects from that time, we would be grateful to hear from you. Nothing is published without your consent, and you may withdraw it at any point.

You do not need to know whether what you have is important. People bring us things they assumed were worthless — a travel permit, a refusal letter, a photograph of a street — which turn out to place a family in a particular town in a particular month, and that is exactly the kind of thing the public record is missing.

An archivist will come to you. Nothing is taken away without your agreement, most material is scanned and handed straight back, and you decide item by item whether it is published, catalogued only, or held privately. You can change your mind afterwards.

Start a conversationWhat happens to it

If you would rather speak to someone than write, call +44 7950 266341.

If you have no time and nothing in the loft, a standing order of five pounds a month pays for archival sleeves.

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