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Roma and Sinti communities

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πŸ“ Germany

Roma and Sinti communities

Gender: Male

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Reich Interior Ministry issues a decree targeting Roma and Sinti

πŸ“… 6 June 1936

The Reich Minister of the Interior formalized and coordinated restrictions that local authorities had already imposed on Roma and Sinti. Police used the measure to arrest Roma and others they...

Himmler authorizes racialized persecution of Roma and Sinti

πŸ“… 8 December 1938

Himmler’s decree instructed police to treat Roma and Sinti as a racial population and to intensify registration and segregation. It marked a major escalation from locally varying discrimination toward...

Himmler orders deportation of Roma and Sinti to Auschwitz

πŸ“… 16 December 1942

Himmler authorized the deportation of Roma and Sinti from the Greater German Reich to Auschwitz. Police began sending people in February 1943 to the camp section known in German records by a racist...