THE EXTERMINATION OF THE gypsies

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THE EXTERMINATION OF THE gypsies

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Post by Warlord » 28 Jan 2003, 21:35

I know that Hitler hated the gypsies even more than the Jews.More precisely he didn't just hate them but disdained them.He thought of them as disgusting dirty and lazy beggars(which I have to admit is true).
But exactly how many gypsies were exterminated in the Third Reich and in
the occupied lands?
Warlord.

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#2

Post by Scanderbeg » 28 Jan 2003, 21:50

I don't know much about gypsies during WWII but you obviously are ignorant and hate gypsies. While there still were some gypsies in my city I had the chance to meet some REALLY rich and educated ones. So to say they are beggars.....

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Post by Warlord » 28 Jan 2003, 21:57

I don't think this is the place to discuss the gypsies but I have seen hundreds of them and they are certainly not rich and educated :D

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Post by Nagelfar » 28 Jan 2003, 22:07

this thread belongs in the 'holocaust & warcrimes section', but with the sweeping stereotype already implace I dont think it matters much, I can already hear the padlock being fitted to the hinge of this thread as I type :P

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Post by Warlord » 28 Jan 2003, 22:09

Ignorant about the gypsies???Man,you really have to watch after your tongue and in fact all not familar with this matter should do so. :lol:

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Post by Mike K. » 28 Jan 2003, 22:59

The persecution of the Gypsies is interesting because under Nazi racial ideology they are technically an Aryan people. Himmler regarded them as a special race, and even considered allowing the purest among them to live on their own land.

I'm sure Warlord is going to get this thread locked soon. :roll:

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Post by Benoit Douville » 29 Jan 2003, 00:42

The extermination of the Gypsies is the forgotten holocaust of World War II under the Nazi regime. Gypsies don't have the power in the media like the Jews of today to remember us of their holocaust...

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Post by David Thompson » 29 Jan 2003, 01:59

Warlord -- The current estimate (1997) of gypsies killed by Nazis in WWII is 1-1 1/2 million. Here are some sites with more information:

http://tfn.net/holocaust/gypsy.html
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/holcaust.htm
http://holocaustforgotten.com/
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victroma.htm
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/USHMMROM.HTM
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/gypsies.html
http://wings.buffalo.edu/info-poland/we ... link.shtml
http://www.osi.hu/rpp/holocaust.html
http://www.holocaust-trc.org/sinti.htm
http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1997 ... caust.html

There is no more disgusting, dirty and lazy beggar, in my opinion, than a person whose intellectual development has been stunted and misshapen by racial, ethnic or religious bigotry. Please avoid sentiments of that sort when posting.

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Post by qdave » 29 Jan 2003, 02:24

yep thats true,but still look at them. For example look what are they doing in romania(they are making fights and stuff) or in Vilnius/lithuania they are the only ones who dont pay taxes and stuff and live in tent city and sell drugs. but thats enough.

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Post by David Thompson » 29 Jan 2003, 02:51

qdave -- That's enough. Let's move on.

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#11

Post by Marcus » 29 Jan 2003, 10:04

Warlord & qdave,

That kind of comments are not tolerated here, so drop it.

/Marcus

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#12

Post by observer » 29 Jan 2003, 15:16

David Thompson wrote:The current estimate (1997) of gypsies killed by Nazis in WWII is 1-1 1/2 million. Here are some sites with more information:

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http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victroma.htm
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fcit.coedu.usf.edu wrote: ... The estimates range from 220,000 to 500,000....

As far as I could see, the estimates of your sources are appr. in the range indicated by your source fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victroma.htm.

Which source exactly led you to talk about 1-1,5 mio victims?

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#13

Post by Attila Tassy » 29 Jan 2003, 16:03

Lot of gypsies were killed in Hungary or deported to the death camps.

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Post by David Thompson » 29 Jan 2003, 17:53

Observer -- The 1-1 1/2 million figure is my typo error, which should have read "1/2-1 1/2". The original source was the statement: "The latest (1997) figure from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Research Institute in Washington puts the number of Romani lives lost by 1945 at "between a half and one and a half million." The statement may be found at:

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/genocide.htm

The estimates of gypsy victims vary widely, which is why I posted the other links.

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Post by observer » 29 Jan 2003, 19:57

David Thompson wrote:"The latest (1997) figure from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Research Institute in Washington puts the number of Romani lives lost by 1945 at "between a half and one and a half million."
Hi David,

thanks for clarifying the sources.

I would like to Know how USHMRI came up with the 1.5m max, when most sources talk about appr. 0.6m max, like this one:
www.europeaninternet.com/centraleurope/ travel/features/feat99/ss9922.php3 wrote: 2... over half a million gypsies were annihilated -- about 75% of their population..."

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