9 October 1939In Austria, there are demands for Roma and Sinti to be ruthlessly housed in closed camps.
17 October 1939In Germany, the ‘Festsetzungserlass’ (Immobilisation Decree) prohibits all Sinti and Roma from changing their place of residence or domicile under threat of imprisonment in a concentration camp.
1940
31 October 1940A decree issued by the Reich Criminal Police Office enables the subordinate authorities in Austria to tighten their policy towards Roma and Sinti, including by concentrating them in guarded settlements and detention camps.
23 November 1940The first Roma are sent to the ‘Zigeunerlager’ Lackenbach in Burgenland, Ostmark (Austria).
