The Roma Victims of the Holocaust
In 1942, the fascist government of Romania deported its Roma citizens to Transdniestria
Witness History: World War Two history · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In 1942, the fascist government of Romania deported 25,000 of its Roma citizens to the former Soviet territory of Transdniestria. Half of them died of hunger and disease. Dina Newman spoke to one Roma Gypsy man who was five years old when he was sent to Transdniestria with his family.
Photo: Nomadic Roma in Bucharest, Romania, outside their tent. Circa 1930. (General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)