Julia Bäcker Lentini

Julia Bäcker Lentini was born in a hospital in Eisern, Germany on April 15, 1926, but called Biedenkopf, Germany home. She is Roma and Sinti, but her family was only nomadic during the summertime. The rest of the year she, her 14 siblings, and parents lived in their family home. Compared to other Roma and Sinti in war torn Germany, the Bäcker family was taken into Nazi imprisonment relatively late. This exhibit explores Lentini’s childhood and life while also considering why her family was spared persecution for as long as they did.