Professor Ctibor Nečas (1933–2017) and Dr Jana Horváthová (born 1967) at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, 1994. Nečas is regarded as the founder of historical research into the history of Czechoslovak Sinti and Roma. Since the early 1970s, he has published studies on the genocide that still serve as a basis for research today. He was also the first to draw attention to the ‘Zigeunerlager’ Lety near Pisek and Hodonin near Kunstadt. Ctibor Nečas worked closely with the Union of Gypsies-Roma and supported the founding of the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno. Only a few of his studies were translated from Czech into other languages.
Jana Horváthová, historian and museologist, is a co-founder of the museum, which she has managed since 2003. The museum is one of the most important players in coming to terms with the genocide in the Czech Republic.
The photo was taken during the filming of the documentary ‘Parno the kalo hin lolo rat’ [White and black have the same (red) blood], directed by Ljubica Václavová (born 1941).
