ABSTRACT

In recent news coverage of the dramatic political events in Eastern Europe, Gypsies have been a favourite sidebar topic. Some of the stories have been truly horrifying, others are written condescendingly and to amuse; but what has become clear is how little we really know about this people. In a concerted effort to uncover the modern history of the Rom in Eastern Europe, the authors examine the Gypsy experience in Albania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia, with special attention to the Nazi Holocaust as well as to the record of the forced settlement and education programmes instituted by communist regimes.

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

Gypsy History in Germany and Neighboring Lands

A Chronology Leading to the Holocaust and Beyond

chapter 3|19 pages

The Romani Pořajmos

The Nazi Genocide of Gypsies in Germany and Eastern Europe

chapter 4|10 pages

Albanian Gypsies

The Silent Survivors

chapter 6|12 pages

Damnation of the Outsider

The Gypsies of Croatia and Serbia in the Balkan Holocaust, 1941–1945

chapter 10|7 pages

Conclusion