Roma History Factsheets

Description

These factsheets deal with the history of the Roma, an European nation with Indian roots. The Indian origin and affiliation of the Roma is most obvious linguistically, by the language still spoken by many members of this heterogeneous ethnicity. The Roma consist of various groups, which are labelled with different ethnonymes – self designations as well as external designations: Arlije, Calé, Gurbet, Kaale,Kalderaš, Lovara, Manuš, Sepečides, Sinti, Ursari, etc.; many groups also use the self-designation Roma. Usually all these groups are summarised – sometimes even together with population groups of non Indian origin – by the pejorative denomination “Gypsies”, which – out of descriptive reasons and without negative connotations – is sometimes also used in the factsheets. These are the themes for the factsheet: 1. From India to Europe 2. Arrival in Europe 2.1 Ottoman Empire 2.2 Wallachia and Moldavia 2.3 Central Europe 2.4 Western Europe 3.1 Austro-Hungarian Empire 3.2 Russian Empire 3.3 The Great “Gypsy” Round-up in Spain 4.0 Second Migration 4.1 Austria and Hungary 1850-1938 4.2 Soviet Union before WW2 5.0 Holocaust 5.1 Concentration Camps 5.2 The Nazi Period in Italy 5.3 Internment in France 5.4 The Nazi Period in the Baltic States 5.5 Deportations from Romania 5.6 The Situation of Concentration Camp Survivors 6.1 State Policies under Communism 6.2 Institutionalisation and Emancipation 7.0 Third Migration

Keywords

Roma history

Roma Holocaust

Roma genocide

Roma and Travellers

migrations

Austro-Hungarian empire

Ottoman empire

Soviet Union

Nazi Germany

fascism