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The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
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The Holocaust
Genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Romani Holocaust
Genocide against Romani in Europe during World War II
The Romani Holocaust was the genocide of European Roma and Sinti people during World War II. Beginning in 1933, Nazi Germany systematically persecuted the European Roma, Sinti and other peoples pejoratively labeled "Gypsy" through forcible internment and compulsory…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany. He was one of the main architects of the Holocaust.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Romani people
Indo-Aryan ethnic group
The Romani people, also known as the Roma or the Romani are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Although they are widely dispersed, their most concentrated populations are believed to be in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nazi concentration camps
Concentration camps operated by Nazi Germany
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps, including subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)