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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lewy, Guenter, 1923-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities.
Romanies > Germany > History > 20th century.
Tsiganes > Persécutions nazies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités.
Tsiganes > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
Atrocities
Romanies
Drittes Reich
Politische Verfolgung
Vervolgingen.
Zigeuners.
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) > Atrocités.
Tsiganes > Allemagne > 1900-1945.
Tsiganes > Persécutions.
Tsiganes > Extermination (1941-1945)
Germany
Deutschland
Zigeuner.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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