Ian Hancock said there was no record of any Roma killed in Denmark or Greece. The politically correct term "Sinti and Roma" is not one Reinhardt said he likes, "We want to be called Gypsies, that is the normal German word for us. [80] Of those enrolled, only 30% of Roma children go on to complete primary school.
Roma (Gypsies) in Prewar Europe . [61] Rudolph Rummel, the late professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii who spent his career assembling data on collective violence by governments toward their people (for which he coined the term democide), estimated that 258,000 must have been killed in Europe,[62] 36,000 in Romania under Ion Antonescu[63] and 27,000 in Ustaše-controlled Croatia.
Persecution of Roma (Gypsies) in Germany, and indeed in all of Europe, preceded the Nazi takeover of power in 1933. I went, "I care as a Roma" and the guy said back, "I do not care because my family were brave, proud Roma that were not deported." The president subsequently apologized. They argue against using porrajmos, saying it is marhime (unclean, untouchable): "[p]orrajmos is unpronounceable in the Roma community, and thus is incapable of conveying the sufferings of the Roma".[11]. [2] Most speak German or Sinte Romani. Source: Essay "The Suffering of the Roma in Jasenovac" in, day of commemoration of the Romani genocide, inverted triangle on their prison uniforms, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, class action suit against the Vatican Bank and others, Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism, "Holocaust Encyclopedia – Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies), 1939–1945", "True Romanies and the Holocaust: A Re-evaluation and an overview", "Germany unveils Roma Holocaust memorial", "Holocaust Memorial Day: 'Forgotten Holocaust' of Roma finally acknowledged in Germany", "OSCE human rights chief welcomes declaration of official Roma genocide remembrance day in Poland", "On the interpretation of a word: Porrajmos as Holocaust", "Sinti and Roma: Victims of the Nazi Era", From Ringelblum's Diary: The Encounter Between the Gypsies and the Jews in the Ghetto, "The Trial of German Major War Criminals Sitting at Nuremberg, Germany 7th January to 19th January, 1946", "Sybil Milton, 59, Scholar of Nazis and Holocaust", "The Deportation of the Roma and their Treatment in Transnistria", "Hidden Sorrows – Roma, Gypsies deported", Den norske stat betalte Nazi-Tyskland for å transportere vekk norske rom, "Downplaying the Porrajmos: The Trend to Minimize the Romani Holocaust", "Auschwitz "Angel of Death" Josef Mengele's Unknown Writings to be Auctioned", "Compensation withheld: The denial of reparations to the Sinti and Roma", Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, "The Porajmos in Roma Memory in Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland", "Roma appeal against discrimination on Holocaust Day", "German President makes historic speech at Auschwitz", "Patronage of the European Parliament for "DIK I NA BISTAR – LOOK & DON'T FORGET", "It's Only a Movie: Film Review of Kokoro (Freedom)", "Yvette Lundy, inspire un film à Tony Gatlif", "X-Men: Magneto – Testament Digital Comics – Marvel Comics", "A conflict of paradigms: review article (Reviewed by Yaron Matras)", Extensive online resource on the Holocaust of the Romanies, Non-Jewish Victims of Persecution in Germany, Histories, Narratives and Documents of the Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), – a project by Yahad – In Unum and Roma Dignity. Then their parents—I remember the mother's name was Stella—managed to get some morphine and they killed the children in order to end their suffering.