Porajmos

E9490
crime against humanity ethnic persecution genocide historical event war crime

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Porajmos canonical 14
Romani genocide 2
Holocaust 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
ethnic persecution ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roma genocide ⓘ
Porajmos ⓘ
surface form: Romani genocide

Samudaripen ⓘ
Porajmos ⓘ
surface form: Sinti and Roma genocide
cause Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
anti-Roma racism ⓘ
eugenics policies ⓘ
commemoratedOn August 2 ⓘ
commemorationNote August 2 marks the liquidation of the Auschwitz Roma camp in 1944 ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfVictims 220000 ⓘ
500000 ⓘ
hasAftermath delayed recognition of Roma genocide ⓘ
postwar discrimination against Roma ⓘ
languageOfTerm Romani language ⓘ
surface form: Romani
legalBasisUsedByPerpetrators NurembergLaws ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Laws
location Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
German-occupied Europe ⓘ
surface form: Nazi-occupied Europe

Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Soviet Union territories under Nazi occupation ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
methodOfPersecution deportation ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
gas chambers ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
medical experiments ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
notableSite AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz "Gypsy family camp" (BIIe)

AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Belzec ⓘ
surface form: Belzec extermination camp

Chelmno ⓘ
surface form: Chelmno extermination camp

Jasenovac concentration camp ⓘ
Sobibor ⓘ
surface form: Sobibor extermination camp

Treblinka ⓘ
surface form: Treblinka extermination camp
partOf Holocaust ⓘ
Nazi racial policy ⓘ
perpetrator Axis powers ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime

SS ⓘ
collaborationist regimes ⓘ
recognizedBy Council of Europe ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
relatedTo Holocaust ⓘ
Nazi crimes against the Roma ⓘ
Samudaripen ⓘ
startTime 1939 ⓘ
subjectOf Holocaust studies ⓘ
Roma rights activism ⓘ
termMeaning "devouring" or "destruction" in some Romani dialects ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
tookPlaceIn concentration camps ⓘ
extermination camps ⓘ
forced labor camps ⓘ
ghettos ⓘ
mass shooting sites ⓘ
victimEstimateRange 220000–500000 Roma and Sinti killed ⓘ
victimGroup Roma ⓘ
Romani ⓘ
surface form: Romani people

Sinti ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roma → victimOf → Porajmos ⓘ
Sinti → victimOf → Porajmos ⓘ
NaziRacialPolicy → justified → Porajmos ⓘ
Porajmos → alsoKnownAs → Porajmos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romani genocide
Porajmos → alsoKnownAs → Porajmos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinti and Roma genocide
Gelem Gelem → theme → Porajmos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romani Holocaust
Gelem Gelem → hasSubject → Porajmos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romani genocide
Romani → historicalEventExperienced → Porajmos ⓘ
Roma people → victimOf → Porajmos ⓘ
Stara Gradiška concentration camp → partOf → Porajmos ⓘ
Jasenovac concentration camp → partOf → Porajmos ⓘ
Samudaripen → alsoKnownAs → Porajmos ⓘ
Rromani → hasHistoricalPersecution → Porajmos ⓘ
Rromani → wasVictimOf → Porajmos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocaust
Ciglana (Brickworks) camp → associatedWithEvent → Porajmos ⓘ
Nazi deportation of Roma → partOf → Porajmos ⓘ
International Roma Holocaust Memorial Day → commemorates → Porajmos ⓘ
International Roma Holocaust Memorial Day → relatedTo → Porajmos ⓘ
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Porajmos ⓘ