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The Nazi persecution of the gypsies /

Roaming the countryside in caravans, earning their living as musicians, peddlars, and fortune-tellers, the gypsies and their elusive way of life represented an affront to Nazi ideals of social order, hard work and racial purity. They were branded as "asocials," harassed, and eventually her...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewy, Guenter, 1923-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The prewar years: a three-track policy. Track 1: harassment stepped up ; Track 2: crime prevention ; Track 3: confronting an "alien race" ; The special case of the Austrian gypsies
  • A tightened net (1939-1942). "Security measures" and expulsions ; Creating social outcasts ; Detention and deportation from the Ostmark (Austria) ; The killing of "spies" and hostages in German-occupied Europe
  • A community destroyed (1943-1945). Deportation to Auschwitz ; Life and death in the gypsy family camp of Auschwitz ; Gypsies in other concentration camps ; Gypsies exempted from deportation
  • After the disaster. Victims and perpetrators ; Conclusion: the course of persecution assessed.