Romani Holocaust

The persecution and genocide of Roma by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II, known among Roma as the Porajmos or Samudaripen.

Nuremberg Laws: Nazi laws that defined Jewish identity by ancestry and stripped Jews of citizenship and civil rights. Their racial framework also shaped Nazi measures against Roma.
Anti-Romani racism: Prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed at Roma and people perceived as Roma. Long-standing anti-Romani racism supplied the beliefs Nazi policy radicalized.
Otto Rosenberg: A German Sinti survivor of Auschwitz and the Holocaust who later advocated for Romani rights. His testimony documented imprisonment in the Auschwitz family camp.
West Germany reparations: Compensation and restitution programs established by West Germany for victims of Nazi persecution. Early eligibility decisions often excluded Roma by treating persecution as criminal policing.
Racial hygiene: A movement applying ideas of heredity and eugenics to state policies regulating reproduction and population. Nazi racial hygiene cast Roma as hereditary threats and justified persecution.
Porajmos: A Romani name for the Nazi persecution and genocide of Roma during World War II. It is one of the names used for this genocide, though its meaning is debated.
Ceija Stojka: An Austrian Romani writer and artist who survived Nazi concentration camps as a child. Her books and art made Romani persecution visible through survivor testimony.
Central Council of German Sinti and Roma: A German civil-rights organization founded in 1982 to represent Sinti and Roma and oppose discrimination. It pressed for recognition of the genocide and redress for survivors.
Deportation: The forced removal of people from their homes or country, often under state authority. Deportation moved Roma into camps, ghettos, and killing sites.
Samudaripen: A Romani term used by some scholars and communities for the genocide of Roma during World War II. It offers another name for the genocide and foregrounds its scale.

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