Virtual Student Workshop: Forgotten Victims

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Virtual Student Workshop: Forgotten Victims: The Nazi Genocide of the Roma and Sinti

On 16 December 1942, a decree was issued by Himmler to move all Sinti and Roma in Reich Territory to Auschwitz, where a special camp had been built to hold them. Following the order, more than 22,000 Roma (most of the remaining Roma in Germany) were rounded up and sent. Just a few survived.

This workshop marks 80 years since that decree and yet little is known about the genocide carried out against the Roma and Sinti communities of Europe by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second World War. Referred to as ‘the forgotten Holocaust’ by Professor Eve Rosenhaft, this workshop draws upon The Wiener Holocaust Library’s collections of material on the genocide to uncover the story of this understudied aspect of Nazi persecution.

Workshop Aims:

<ul><li>To find out who the Roma are
</li><li>To gain an overview of Roma history in Europe
</li><li>To consider Nazi policies towards Roma
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