The Roma: a Minority in Europe

• Main Author: Roni Stauber, Raphael Vago (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Central European University Press 2007
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; ethnic relations; persecution; minority studies; Romania; Romanies; human rights; Sinti and Roma identity; Transnistria; Czech Republic; Jews; Nazism; Poland; Slovakia; Soviet Union; Germany
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The main issues arising from the encounter between Roma people and surrounding European society since the time of their arrival in Medieval Europe until today are discussed in this work. The history of their persecution and genocide during the Nazi era, in particular, is central to the present volum...