Are We Going Alone? • Screening of an Interview with Krystyna Gil and Discussion with Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz and Monika Szewczyk • HOIZ 2026 • FREE EVENT

We invite you to another event in the Are We Going Alone? series.

This time, we will focus on the Roma community and one of its remarkable local representatives: Krystyna Gil (1938–2021) – a survivor of the Szczurowa massacre, a long-time resident of Nowa Huta, founder and president of the Association of Roma Women in Poland, and the first Roma woman to work as a tram driver in Kraków.

We will begin with a screening of the last interview with Krystyna Gil, conducted in 2020 by researchers Dr Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz and Dr Monika Szewczyk. Afterwards, we will talk with them about the Roma experience of the Holocaust, past and present forms of hate and discrimination, and, above all, the agency and emancipation of Roma women.

The event will be held in Polish.

Admission is free. Registration is required.

We kindly ask people with specific accessibility needs (hearing, visual, mobility, language-related, or other needs) to contact us in advance by email (kalina@festivalt.com), by phone (+48 607 542 997, +48 507 609 229), or via social media (Facebook, Instagram).

We will provide organisational and personal assistance and, where possible and depending on the nature of the event, will also try to offer alternative forms of access.

Podgórze Hoiz (ul. Józefińska) is located on the ground floor, with direct access from the street.

Guide dogs are welcome. The event will be held in Polish.

If any additional accessibility needs arise during the event, please inform the organisers (identifiable by their special badges).