Reply #14: Weren't Gypsies one of the groups targeted in the Holocaust? [View All]

[csziggy]

Ah, here it is:
Porajmos

The Porajmos (also Porrajmos), literally Devouring, is a term coined by the Romani people to describe attempts by the regime in Nazi Germany to exterminate most of the Romani peoples of Europe as part of the Holocaust.

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Because the Romani communities of Eastern Europe were less organized than the Jewish communities, it is more difficult to assess the actual number of victims, though it is believed to range from 220,000 to 500,000. Only in recent years has the Romani community begun to demand acceptance among the victims of the Nazi regime. The response so far has been mixed.



This is all so horribly reminiscent of the late 1930s... :-(