Welcome to this month’s Roma Special Newsletter. In this issue we’re celebrating the launch of The European Library’s riveting new web exhibition ‘A Roma Journey’. This excellent online experience is all the more exciting because it’s a truly pan European endeavour. More info...

A Hidden History-The National Library of Serbia ‘A Roma Journey’ takes you on a tour through a fascinating collection of books, rare manuscripts, photographs, paintings and videos from the world of the Roma in the Balkans and across Europe. Visitors can gain unique insights in to life for the Roma from the 19th Century onwards. Digital delights on offer include the first ever dictionary in Roma-Serbian-German, written in a WWII concentration camp. More info...

Raising Awareness of the Roma - The National Library of Moldova As one of the exhibition’s contributing national libraries, Moldova has a rich Roma heritage. The Roma have made their home in Moldova from as early as 1385 and when Moldova was part of the former USSR there were also nomadic Roma populations. More info...

Danish Alliances with the Roma The National Library of Denmark’s contribution to the exhibition provides a very personal focus. The library has contributed knowledge about a Roma family expelled from Denmark in the beginning of the 1900s. According to Ditte Goldschmidt, who works at the National Library of Denmark’s Danish Folklore Archives, the letters reveal the "daily, often difficult conditions for the travelling foreign Roma people". More info...

Austrian Audio Input Another fascinating part of the exhibition is the audio content provided by the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. "Our Romani holdings are one of the largest collections of their kind," reveals curator Christiane Fennesz-Juhasz. The recordings have been chosen from the Archive’s collection of field recordings covering oral tradition, music and language varieties of various European Roma communities. More info...

Chopin: The Romantic Refugee – British Library Satisfy your Chopin cravings with this exhibition dedicated to his time in Great Britain. View original manuscripts of some of his most famous compositions alongside portraits, letters and historic documents charting his passion for the Polish political cause. More info...

Grigore Vieru: "Taina, care mă apără" - The National Library of the Republic of Moldova Take a tour of the life and works of Moldova’s greatest contemporary poet with this virtual exhibition from their national library. More info...

Vasile Vasilache: "Surâsul lui Vasile Vasilache" Another virtual voyage from the national library of Moldova covers the life and works of contemporary writer, Vasile Vasilache. More info...

Swiss Appeal: Switzerland in Travel Guides – Swiss National Library Want to know what makes Switzerland so special? This exhibition of travel guides and posters from the past and present will prove theirs more to the Swiss than cheese and chocolate. More info...

A French Facelift – French National Library Take a peak at the BnF's refreshed and revamped website and get to grips with Gallic goings on. More info...