Gypsies

​Brianna :) <3 Courtney :) <3 **__Gypsies and the Holocaust__** In 1939 the Romani or more commonly known as Gypsies lived in Germany and Austria have been seen as outsiders since shortly after their arrival in Europe.​ Gypsies were also treated poorly in Europe as well as in the Holocaust. They originated from I ndia. They now live in Europe, Asia and  North America.The name Gypsy comes from Egypt. Gypsies are thought to have origins in northwestern India as evidence to their language which is somewhat similar to the Sanskrit of India. As Hitler came to power, the Gypsies were identified as non-Aryan by the Nuremberg Law in 1935. In 1936 an office was set up in Munich "The Combat of the Gypsies Nuisance". Since the summer Olympics were that year, the police officers were told to gather Gypsies so they would not embarrass Berlin's image. At this point, Gypsies were asocial and second-class citizens. In the camps, Gypsies were forced to wear black triangular patches which classified them as "asocial" or     green triangles which classified them as a "professional criminal".   The Gypsy children were no longer allowed to attend school. Two hundred Gypsy men were taken from their families and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp. In 1939 the Gypsies were no longer free to travel and were forced into encampments, which were later turned into ghettos.They were sent to medical experiments before they were killed. At Sachsenhausen, they were sent to special experiments that would prove that their blood was different than German blood. Those who were not taken to the camps, were taken away from Germany into Poland in 1940. They were taken to Zigeunerlager, this camp was especially for Gypsies. This camp was crowded, had unsanitary conditions, and no nourishment. The Gypsies were often blamed for the crimes of others. Many were killed because they were thought to be unfaithful of human reproduction. Gypsies who were married to Germans were not sent to camps at first, they <span style="color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">were instead sterilized. The Gypsies were not only in danger in Germany, but <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 105%;">other parts in Europe also <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">The Citizenship Law of 1943 omitted any mention of Gypsies since they were not expected to live much longer. Himmler decreed the transport of Gypsies to Auschwitz on 16 December 1942, but he did not authorize their extermination until 1944. Most died there and in other camps of starvation, diseases, and torture from abuse as live experimental subjects. By the end of the war, 15,000 of the 20,000 Gypsies who had been in Germany in 1939 h   <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 163.29%;">ad died <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 203.21%;">. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0069ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 201.6%;"> They have gained acknowledgment during several major conferences and have been included in United Nations human rights documentation. Hopefully, the Gypsies will escape further persecution through the knowledge and understanding of their culture and their sad and scary history.

Gypsies and The Holocaust Tribute Video

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 * <span style="color: #34b7b7; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Gypsies use to live in India and Romania. Gypsies were first found in India then migrated around the world. Today they live in Asia,North America and Europe. **

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Relation To Anne Frank Gypsies relate to Anne Frank because they were part of the Holocaust and so were the gypsies. Both Jews and Gypsies were put into concentration camps, had to go into hiding and a lot of them were killed by the Nazi's. They were also taken out of their homes and sent away to work on Labor Camps. The Jews and Gypsies suffered together along side with some Christians and other religions that Hitler did not like. // **250,000** // Gypsies and ** //6,000,000// ** Jews were killed in The Holocaust. Overall **// 11,000,000 //** people died During the time period of four years.

** __Pie Chart of How Many Jews and Gypsies died in The Holocaust__

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