"This instructive book is both for newcomers in the field of Romani 20 Century history, as well as for scholars already familiar with comparative studies of the plight of Roma in the past five centuries.
This volume is particularly valuable in revealing the full horror of the German occupation of the Soviet Union and the activities of the Einsatzgruppen." · Donald Kenrick, author of Gypsies under the Swastika.
The range of geographical locations and comparative histories taken up and analyzed by the contributors, all of whom possess a deep knowledge of the local history of the state or region being reviewed, is wider than ever before." · Historical Dialogues"Nearly seventy years after the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Auschwitz and Belsen, new facts concerning the Nazi Genocide of the Roma and Sinti are still emerging.
Each in its own way-by focusing on specific religious and national Roma groups, and a variety of important, yet often neglected, geographical locations-helps us to piece together more fully and adequately the overall narrative of what happened with the Roma across Nazi-occupied Europe.
All of the pieces are thoughtful and learned, and encourage both deeper reflection and a reexamination of present understandings of a wide variety of elemental historical aspects related to the racial and political anti-Gypsy policies of the Third Reich.
Each of the essays in this collection adds both substantively and substantially to our expanding understanding of the murder of European Roma and Sinti during WWII.
Moreover, the reviewed anthology may be regarded as a very competent call for further research and discussion." · Dialogues on Historical Justice and Memory"This volume is a substantial contribution to Roma and Sinti Genocide scholarship. "This instructive book is both for newcomers in the field of Romani 20 Century history, as well as for scholars already familiar with comparative studies of the plight of Roma in the past five centuries
