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Handout
University of South Florida

Holocaust: People: Sinti and Roma

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses in detail what happened to the persecuted Romani people during the Holocaust. It also provides links to further content about lives of Roma and Sinti people during this period.
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Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies)

For Students 9th - 10th
Article detailing the persecution and annihilation of much of the European Roma population under Nazi orders during World War II, and the continued persecutionof the remaining Roma population in many countries after the war.
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Non Jewish Victims of Persecution in Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Hitler not only targeted Jews, but he also persecuted Gypsies, homosexuals, and the disabled. These groups were considered socio-racial problems that needed to be exterminated. Read a summary of each of these groups and view primary...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Philip D. Erenrich, "Bring in the Gypsies: A Case Study in Race and u.s."

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on an article in July 1909 New York City newspapers reporting the immigration and immediate deportation of a family consisting of 24 Gypsies.