Chancellor Helmut Schmidt recognized Nazi crimes against Sinti and Roma as genocide on racial grounds during a meeting with representatives of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma. The recognition followed decades of survivor and civil-rights advocacy, after postwar institutions had denied persecution and compensation. It did not erase the earlier harms, but it marked an important shift in the official record.
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Who formally recognized the genocide of Sinti and Roma in West Germany in 1982?
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The recognition followed decades of advocacy by Sinti and Roma representatives.