“Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau

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The “Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau was a segregated section of the Nazi concentration and extermination complex where Roma families were imprisoned together under brutal conditions before mass murder.

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“Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp subcamp ⓘ
Roma and Sinti internment facility ⓘ
section of Auschwitz II-Birkenau ⓘ
administrativelySubordinateTo Auschwitz camp commandant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Familienzigeunerlager ⓘ
Gypsy camp ⓘ
Zigeunerlager ⓘ
approximatePopulation around 23,000 Roma and Sinti deported there ⓘ
category Nazi war crimes ⓘ
sites of the Porajmos ⓘ
commemoratedAs site of Roma Genocide remembrance ⓘ
commemoratedOn 2 August (Roma Holocaust Memorial Day in several countries) ⓘ
countryAtTime Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateEstablished February 1943 ⓘ
establishedBy Reich Security Main Office ⓘ
SS Main Economic and Administrative Office ⓘ
establishedUnder Heinrich Himmler ⓘ
linked to: HeinrichHimmler
feature barracks surrounded by barbed wire ⓘ
extreme malnutrition ⓘ
families were not separated by sex ⓘ
medical experiments on prisoners ⓘ
men, women, and children held together ⓘ
overcrowded wooden barracks ⓘ
rampant disease ⓘ
firstTransportArrived February 1943 ⓘ
function extermination through hunger, disease, and murder ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
imprisonment of Roma families ⓘ
guardedBy SS-Totenkopfverbände ⓘ
historicalSignificance central site of the Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti ⓘ
liquidationDate 2 August 1944 ⓘ
liquidationEvent mass gassing of remaining Roma prisoners ⓘ
liquidationVictimsEstimate about 2,900 Roma murdered on 2–3 August 1944 ⓘ
locatedIn Birkenau ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

German-occupied Poland ⓘ
Oświęcim ⓘ
memorialAtSite Roma and Sinti memorial at Auschwitz-Birkenau ⓘ
notablePerpetratorPresent Josef Mengele ⓘ
Rudolf Höss ⓘ
operatedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
partOf Auschwitz II-Birkenau ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex ⓘ
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
persecutionBasis Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
policyContext Nazi racial persecution of Roma and Sinti ⓘ
Porajmos ⓘ
populationFrom Austria ⓘ
Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
other occupied European countries ⓘ
relatedEvent Holocaust ⓘ
Porajmos (Roma genocide) ⓘ
linked to: Porajmos
targetedGroup Roma ⓘ
Roma children ⓘ
Roma men ⓘ
Roma women ⓘ
Sinti ⓘ
totalVictimsEstimate most of approximately 23,000 prisoners perished ⓘ
usedFor forced labor for SS enterprises ⓘ
mass murder of Roma and Sinti ⓘ
pseudo-medical experiments by Josef Mengele ⓘ

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Nazi deportation of Roma → destination → “Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau ⓘ