Encyclopaedia: Genocide Sinti and Roma

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This Encyclopaedia is the first comprehensive overview of the existing knowledge on the persecution and murder of the Sinti and Roma under National Socialism and during the Second World War (1933–1945) in Europe. More than 100 authors from 25 countries (as of October 2024) are involved. The articles on the history and aftermath of the genocide, also known as the ‘Holocaust of the Sinti and Roma’, are constantly being updated and will grow to around 1000 contributions by 2025. You can find out which focal points are already available under the menu item ‘News’.

Philomena Franz (1922–2022)»A great fear came over us. This terrible uncertainty: When will come our turn?«Source

Philomena Franz, Zwischen Liebe und Hass. Ein Zigeunerleben, Freiburg/Basel/Wien 1992, S. 47.

You can search the content from A to Z, explore thematic focal points via the Rubrics or find places, people, keywords and authors via the Index. A Chronology contains the most important events connected with the genocide. In addition, Photographs and Maps illustrate the dimensions of the persecution and murder of the Sinti and Roma in Europe.

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