24 June 1942The ‘Decree on Combating the Gypsy Menace’, a copy of the German decree of the same name, is issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German-occupied Czech Lands).
1 – 3 August 1942In the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German-occupied Czech Lands), people defined as ‘Gypsies’ are registered.
2 August 1942In the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German-occupied Czech Lands), the ‘Zigeunerlager’ Lety near Pisek and Hodonin near Kunstadt start to operate. During the first days more than a thousand people are deported to each camp.
1950
1 August 1950Law No. 117/1927 Coll. on ‘roaming Gypsies’ is repealed by § 150 of Law No. 88/1950, the new penal code for Czechoslovakia.
