EVENT INFORMATION

23
August
1944

Antonescu’s removal from power ends Romania’s state persecution of Roma

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📅 23 August 1944 📍 Romania

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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People in this event

King Michael I

Ion Antonescu

Roma survivors

Organizations in this Event

Romanian government

Romanian military