Nazistowskie ludobójstwo Cyganów na Białorusi
The nazi genocide of Roma in Belarus
Author(s): Nicolay BessonovSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie
Keywords: Roma; genocide; Samudaripen; Porrajmos; Belarus
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the genocide of Roma on the territory of Belarus in the time of the Second World War. The author, referring to the documents of the State Archive of the Russian Federation, other source materials and interviews conducted with the eyewitnesses, analyzes particular cases of the extermination of Roma. He has also determined the minimal figure of the Roma murdered during the World War II in Belarus as 1,000 victims. This figure is supported by the existing documentary evidence and thus reliable.
Journal: Studia Romologica
- Issue Year: 3/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 21-40
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English, Polish, Romany