„DAS FALSCHE
WORT”
Kazerne Dossin
On 15 January 2026, Kazerne Dossin will commemorate the departure of Transport Z with a special evening featuring representatives of the Sinti community.
82 years earlier, on 15 January 1944, Transport Z departed from the Dossin Barracks in Mechelen. This transport deported 352 Sinti and Roma. Only 32 survived. One of them was Rosa Keck.
During the evening, we will screen the documentary Das falsche Wort, a film by Melanie Spitta, daughter of Rosa Keck, about the deportation of Sinti during the Second World War. This 1987 film is the first coherent account of the genocide of the Sinti population. Drawing on unpublished police files, photographs and documents related to the registration of Sinti, as well as interviews with survivors, Melanie Spitta reconstructed the story of the genocide.
After the screening, Carmen Spitta – granddaughter of Rosa Keck, daughter of filmmaker Melanie Spitta, and the last surviving member of her family – will engage in conversation with Dutch activist and spokesperson for the Sinti and Roma community, Lalla Weiss.
Kazerne Dossin warmly invites everyone to join this special evening, to commemorate together, to listen to contemporary voices from the Sinti community, and to reflect on the importance of education.
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Important:
The film is in German with English subtitles. The discussions will take place in German (with English translation or summary when needed).
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Fot. Robert Wilczyński