Porajmos

The Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti people during World War II, carried out through mass shootings, deportations, forced labor, and killing centers.

Nazi racial policy: The Nazi regime’s system of classification, exclusion, and persecution based on its racial ideology. It supplied the ideology used to target Roma and Sinti as racial enemies.
Anti-Romani racism: Prejudice, discrimination, and hostility directed at Roma people. Longstanding anti-Roma prejudice made Nazi persecution easier to impose and normalize.
Heinrich Himmler: The head of the SS and a principal organizer of Nazi racial persecution and mass murder. His orders advanced the deportation of Roma to Auschwitz.
Roma Holocaust remembrance: Public commemoration and historical recognition of the Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti. Decades of marginalization delayed official recognition and memorialization.
Roma Holocaust death toll: Estimates of the number of Roma murdered by Nazi Germany and its allies, which remain uncertain. Incomplete records and inconsistent counting leave the total disputed.
Nuremberg Laws: German laws enacted in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and prohibited marriages between Jews and people classified as German. Their racial framework informed later measures against Roma and Sinti.
Porajmos terminology: The debate over names for the Nazi genocide of Roma, including Porajmos and Samudaripen. The word itself reflects contested choices about how to name and remember the genocide.
Eva Justin: A German anthropologist and racial hygienist who studied Roma children under Nazi rule. Her research supported the removal of children from their families and communities.
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism: A Berlin memorial dedicated to Roma and Sinti murdered under National Socialism, inaugurated in 2012. Its opening marked a major public commemoration in Germany.
Samudaripen: A Romani term meaning “mass killing,” used by some to name the Nazi genocide of Roma. Its use highlights disagreement over whether Porajmos adequately names the genocide.

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