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Titolo: | The Nazi genocide of the Roma : reassessment and commemoration / / edited by Anton Weiss-Wendt |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina: | 940.53/1808991497 |
940.531808991497 | |
Soggetto topico: | Romani Genocide, 1939-1945 |
World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities | |
Romanies - Germany - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Germany Ethnic relations Congresses |
Classificazione: | NQ 2350 |
Altri autori: | Weiss-WendtAnton <1973-> |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Nazi genocide of the Roma |
ISBN: | 0-85745-843-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910807348103321 |
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