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In this text, the author draws upon thousands of documents - many never before used - from German and Austrian archives to provide a comprehensive and accurate study of the fate of the Gypsies under the Nazi regime.
Roaming the countryside in caravans, earning their living as musicians, peddlars ...

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Product ID:9780195142402
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies
Authors:Author: Guenter Lewy
Page Count:318
Subjects:European history, European history, Social and cultural history, Second World War, Social & cultural history, Second World War, Europe
Description:In this text, the author draws upon thousands of documents - many never before used - from German and Austrian archives to provide a comprehensive and accurate study of the fate of the Gypsies under the Nazi regime.
Roaming the countryside in caravans, earning their living as musicians, peddlars and fortune-tellers, the Gypsies and their elusive way of life represented an affront to Nazi ideas of social order, hard work, and racial purity. They were branded as "asocials", harassed, and eventually herded into concentration camps where many thousands were killed. But until now the story of their persecution has been overlooked or distorted.In "The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies", Guenter Lewy draws upon thousands of documents - many never before used - from German and Austrian archives to provide the most comprehensive and accurate study available of the fate of the Gypsies under the Nazi regime. Lewy traces the escalating vilification of the Gypsies as the Nazis insigated a widespread crackdown on the "work-shy" and "itinerants". But he shows that Nazi policy towards Gypsies was confused and changeable. At first, local officials persecuted Gypsies, and those who behaved in Gypsy-like fashion, for allegedly anti-social tendencies. Later, with the rise of race obsession, Gypsies were seen as a threat to racial purity, though Himmler himself wavered, trying to save those he considered "pure Gypsies" descended from Aryan roots in India. Indeed, Lewy contradicts much existing scolarship in showing that, however much the Gypsies were persecuted, there was no general programme of extermination analogous to the "final solution" for the Jews.Exploring in heart-rending detail the fates of individual Gypsies and their families, "The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies" makes an important addition to our understanding both of the history of this mysterious people and of all facets of Nazi terror.
Imprint Name:Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Name:Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2001-06-28