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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453100503321

Titolo

The Nazi genocide of the Roma [[electronic resource] ] : reassessment and commemoration / / edited by Anton Weiss-Wendt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

0-85745-843-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

War and genocide ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

Weiss-WendtAnton <1973->

Disciplina

940.53/1808991497

Soggetti

Romani Genocide, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities

Romanies - Germany - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Germany Ethnic relations Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book traces its origin to the International Conference on the Discrimination of Roma, Sinti, and Travelers, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in March 2009"--Introduction.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Assimilation and Persecution: An Overview of Attitudes toward Gypsies in France; Chapter 2 - Genocidal Trajectory: Persecution of Gypsies in Austria, 1938-1945; Chapter 3 - Ustasa Mass Violence Against Gypsies in Croatia, 1941-1942; Chapter 4 - Ethnic Cleansing or ""Crime Prevention""? Deportation of Romanian Roma; Chapter 5 - Nazi Occupation Policies and the Mass Murder of the Roma in Ukraine; Chapter 6 - The Nazi Persecution of Roma in Northwestern Russia: The Operational Area of the Army Group North, 1941-1944

Chapter 7 - The Justice System of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Nazi Persecution of the GypsiesChapter 8 - Disentangling the Hierarchy of Victimhood: Commemorating Sinti and Roma and Jews in Germany's National Narrative; Chapter 9 - The Aftermath of the Roma Genocide: From Implicit Memories to Commemoration; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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, ove