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The Nazi Genocide of the Roma: Reassessment and Commemoration

By Anton Weiss-Wendt

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2015
ISBN
4220697153
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
3 MB (3550867 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-09-25 18:07:02

Description

Using the framework of genocide, this volume analyzes the patterns of persecution of the Roma in Nazi-dominated Europe. Detailed case studies of France, Austria, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, and Russia generate a critical mass of evidence that indicates criminal intent on the part of the Nazi regime to destroy the Roma as a distinct group. Other chapters examine the failure of the West German State to deliver justice, the Romani collective memory of the genocide, and the current political and historical debates. As this revealing volume shows, however inconsistent or geographically limited, over time, the mass murder acquired a systematic character and came to include ever larger segments of the Romani population regardless of the social status of individual members of the community.

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