Records relating to the treatment of Roma from the 1920s to the 1960s

Identifier
irn502960
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.178
  • RG-07.005
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502960

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

Anton Fojn

Acquisition

The document copies were collected by Anton Fojn and donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1987.

Scope and Content

Contains information about treatment of Roma from the 1920s to the 1960s. Among the topics discussed in the documents are police orders and actions resulting in persecution of Roma, methods for identification and registration of Roma, procedures of arrests, and the resettlement and evacuation of Roma from several European cities. Duplicates are included for all documents in the collection.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Austria--History--1938-1945.
  • Transports.
  • Children, Romani.
  • Germany--History--1933-1945.
  • Confiscations.
  • Romanies--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
  • Forced migration.
  • Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.

Genre

  • Document
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