Six essays relating to the persecution of Roma
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
Anton Fojn
Acquisition
The essays were copied from various publications by Anton Fojn in Jan. 1987. They were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives along with three other folders of materials concerning Roma. All four folders were treated as separate accessions but share the same accession number, 1987.007
Scope and Content
Consists of copies of six essays relating to the persecution of Roma children during the Holocaust. The include "Schicksale der 'Zigeunerkinder' aus der St. Josefpflege in Mulfingen," by Johannes Meister; "Nationalsozialistische Methoden zur Loesung der 'Zigeunerfrage,'" by Bernard Streck; "Die Neu Generation und die alte Ideologie," by Romani Rose; "Dienationalsozialistischeen Methoden zur 'Loesung des Zigeunerproblems,'" by Bernard Streck; "Ihnengeschah Unrecht," by Joachim Hohmann; and "Von der 'Zigeunerforschung' zur 'Tziganologie,'" by Romani Rose. Among the topics discussed in the essays are children used for research, the solution for the "Zigeunerfrage" by the Nazis, methods of persecution during World War II, treatment of Roma since the Holocaust, and racism.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Romanies--Germany.
- Orphans.
- Deportation.
- Romanies--Poland.
- Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.
- Children, Romani.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
Genre
- Document