Porajmos
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Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.
Aliases (3)
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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ethnic persecution → genocide → historical event → war crime → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Roma genocide
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Romani genocide → Samudaripen → Sinti and Roma genocide → |
| cause |
Nazi racial ideology
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anti-Roma racism → eugenics policies → |
| commemoratedOn |
August 2
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| commemorationNote |
August 2 marks the liquidation of the Auschwitz Roma camp in 1944
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| endTime |
1945
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| estimatedNumberOfVictims |
220000
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500000 → |
| hasAftermath |
delayed recognition of Roma genocide
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postwar discrimination against Roma → |
| languageOfTerm |
Romani
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| legalBasisUsedByPerpetrators |
Nuremberg Laws
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| location |
Czechoslovakia
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Germany → Hungary → Nazi-occupied Europe → Poland → Romania → Soviet Union territories under Nazi occupation → Yugoslavia → |
| methodOfPersecution |
deportation
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forced labor → gas chambers → mass shootings → medical experiments → starvation → |
| notableSite |
Auschwitz "Gypsy family camp" (BIIe)
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Auschwitz-Birkenau → Belzec extermination camp → Chelmno extermination camp → Jasenovac concentration camp → Sobibor extermination camp → Treblinka extermination camp → |
| partOf |
Holocaust
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Nazi racial policy → |
| perpetrator |
Axis powers
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Gestapo → Nazi Germany → Nazi regime → SS → collaborationist regimes → |
| recognizedBy |
Council of Europe
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European Parliament → |
| relatedTo |
Holocaust
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Nazi crimes against the Roma → Samudaripen → |
| startTime |
1939
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| subjectOf |
Holocaust studies
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Roma rights activism → |
| termMeaning |
"devouring" or "destruction" in some Romani dialects
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| timePeriod |
World War II
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| tookPlaceIn |
concentration camps
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extermination camps → forced labor camps → ghettos → mass shooting sites → |
| victimEstimateRange |
220000–500000 Roma and Sinti killed
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| victimGroup |
Roma
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Romani people → Sinti → |
Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Porajmos
("Romani genocide")
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Porajmos ("Sinti and Roma genocide") → Samudaripen → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Roma
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Roma people → Sinti → |
victimOf |
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Jasenovac concentration camp
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Stara Gradiška concentration camp → |
partOf |
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Gelem Gelem
("Romani genocide")
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hasSubject |
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Romani
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historicalEventExperienced |
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NaziRacialPolicy
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justified |
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Gelem Gelem
("Romani Holocaust")
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theme |