King Michael’s coup removed Ion Antonescu from power, ending the Romanian regime’s persecution of Roma. More than 25,000 Roma had been deported to Transnistria, where many died from hunger, disease, cold, and abuse. The political change halted the deportation policy, but survivors returned to dispossession and a difficult struggle to rebuild their lives.
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What political event ended Romania’s state persecution of Roma on 23 August 1944?
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The persecution policy ended, although survivors returned to dispossession and loss.