is an umbrella term for various groups identified as Roma, Gitanos, Sinti, Ciganos, and Romanichals located across the world. Often pejoratively referred to by the exonym “Gypsies”, these ...

Romani people have been discriminated against and persecuted ever since their first documented appearance in Europe in the 15th century. Their victimization culminated in the Nazi genocide: Hundreds ...

Many Sinti and Roma in Germany do not want their language – Romani – to be taught at school or studied by academics. There are tendencies towards more openness, however – especially in an attempt to ...

This exhibition examines the Nazi genocide against the Roma and Sinti by uncovering the stories of some of those affected by the genocide. It explores the struggle that Roma have had in gaining ...

The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma advocacy group attributed the rise in part to incidents being reported more frequently, but nevertheless saw the trend as worrying. "This causes us ...

The commemoration included the Polish premiere of Gawlick’s oratorio “O Lungo Drom” (“The Long Road”), which traces the history of the Sinti and Roma people. It was performed in the Krakow ...

Reflecting the racism of his day, he equated criminals to Africans, Indigenous Americans, Sinti and Roma, even southern Italians. In the fifth and final edition of his book, “Criminal Man,” he ...

Romani and Sinti people were persecuted by the Nazis. Trained from infancy as a circus performer and acrobat, Gurême’s unique skills would allow him to escape from scores of internment camps ...

For more than eight decades, German Sinti and Roma experienced injustice. The film tells of the family of activist Romani Rose, their resistance and insistence on justice. The painful story of a ...

The comments were greeted with applause and laughter from the audience. Between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, according to the ...