Ceia stojka biography books
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Ceija Stojka
Holocaust survivor and artist (1933–2013)
Ceija Stojka | |
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Ceija Stojka, 2008 | |
| Born | (1933-05-23)23 May 1933 Kraubath an der Mur, Austria |
| Died | 28 January 2013(2013-01-28) (aged 79) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
Ceija Stojka (23 May 1933 – 28 January 2013) was an Austrian Romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the Holocaust.[1]
Life
Stojka was born in Kraubath an der Mur, Styria, in 1933 as the fifth of six children to mother Maria "Sidi" Rigo Stojka and father Karl "Wackar" Horvath.[2] Two of her brothers, Karl "Karli" Stojka and Johann "Mongo" Stojka, were also writers and musicians.
The family were Roman CatholicLovara Roma, members of the Bagareschtschi clan on their father's side and Giletschi clan on their mother's side.[2] The Stojkas were horse-traders whose caravan spent winters in Vienna and summers travelling through the Austrian countryside,[3] whe