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Gypsies in the Holocaust. Sinti and Roma Gypsies By: Joy Mistovich. Gypsies during the 15th Century. A nomadic people living in Europe from the 15th Century, Gypsies were singled out for persecution by the Nazi’s. Because they were not Jews, the Nazi’s did not feel a need to kill all of them.
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Gypsies in the Holocaust Sinti and Roma Gypsies By: Joy Mistovich
Gypsies during the 15th Century • A nomadic people living in Europe from the 15th Century, Gypsies were singled out for persecution by the Nazi’s. Because they were not Jews, the Nazi’s did not feel a need to kill all of them.
Persecution of Roma (Gypsies) German Gypsies Were Deported To the East
Gypsies of the Holocaust “Roma”, as they preferred to be called, were an ethnic group that originated from India.Their language is Romany, and for this reason, they lived a wandering lifestyle. In this photograph, Gypsy children are moving to another concentration camp.
Germans thought of Roma as inferiors, and they were starved and worked to death. Those who fell sick or became crippled were shot. Some were deported to the Lodz ghetto. Others were sent to the “Gypsy Family Camp” located in Auschwitz-Burkina. Entire families were incarcerated together. Of the 1 million Roma living in Europe, up to 220,000 were killed.
Marzahn, the first internment camp for Roma (Gypsies) in the Third Reich. Germany…date uncertain
Many Gypsies were brought by caravan to a transit camp. A transit camp was a place where Gypsies were temporarily held to go to concentration or death camps.
In this image a Gypsy mother and her child are about to be taken to a transit camp.
A group of Gypsies about to be gassed in Belzec extermination camp .
During the time of the Holocaust 250,000 Gypsies were killed.
Heinrich Himmler, chief of the SS and the German police, wished to exempt two tribes of Gypsies at first, but that all changed in 1942. He signed a decree for all Gypsies to be shipped to Auschwitz. At Auschwitz they were subjected to everything, like medical experiments and extermination. Gypsies perished in Dachu, Mauthausen, Ravensbrueck and other camps.
Medical Experiments on Gypsies Many Gypsies had medical experiments done on them. They were conducted by Dr. Josef Mengele. One of these experiments was for Gypsy women and men to be sterilized. This meant that Gypsy woman were not able to bear children. Hitler wanted to rid Germany of the Gypsies. Later this was also done to the Jews.
Gypsy Monument- Memorial of War In memory of the Sinti and Roma victims of the Nazi genocide. Location.. Amsterdam There are many other memorials in honor of the Gypsies.
