Porajmos

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Porajmos is the term used to describe the genocide and systematic persecution of Roma and Sinti people by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Porajmos canonical 14
Romani genocide 2
Holocaust 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity
ethnic persecution
genocide
historical event
war crime
alsoKnownAs Roma genocide
Romani genocide
linked to: Porajmos

Samudaripen
Sinti and Roma genocide
linked to: Porajmos
cause Nazi racial ideology
anti-Roma racism
eugenics policies
commemoratedOn August 2
commemorationNote August 2 marks the liquidation of the Auschwitz Roma camp in 1944
endTime 1945
estimatedNumberOfVictims 220000
500000
hasAftermath delayed recognition of Roma genocide
postwar discrimination against Roma
languageOfTerm Romani
linked to: Romani language
legalBasisUsedByPerpetrators Nuremberg Laws
linked to: NurembergLaws
location Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Nazi-occupied Europe
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union territories under Nazi occupation
Yugoslavia
methodOfPersecution deportation
forced labor
gas chambers
mass shootings
medical experiments
starvation
notableSite Auschwitz "Gypsy family camp" (BIIe)
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Belzec extermination camp
linked to: Belzec

Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno

Jasenovac concentration camp
Sobibor extermination camp
linked to: Sobibor

Treblinka extermination camp
linked to: Treblinka
partOf Holocaust
Nazi racial policy
perpetrator Axis powers
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Nazi regime
linked to: Nazi Germany

SS
collaborationist regimes
recognizedBy Council of Europe
European Parliament
relatedTo Holocaust
Nazi crimes against the Roma
Samudaripen
startTime 1939
subjectOf Holocaust studies
Roma rights activism
termMeaning "devouring" or "destruction" in some Romani dialects
timePeriod World War II
tookPlaceIn concentration camps
extermination camps
forced labor camps
ghettos
mass shooting sites
victimEstimateRange 220000–500000 Roma and Sinti killed
victimGroup Roma
Romani people
linked to: Romani

Sinti

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roma victimOf Porajmos
Sinti victimOf Porajmos
NaziRacialPolicy justified Porajmos
Porajmos alsoKnownAs Romani genocide
linked to: Porajmos
Porajmos alsoKnownAs Sinti and Roma genocide
linked to: Porajmos
Gelem Gelem theme Romani Holocaust
linked to: Porajmos
Gelem Gelem hasSubject Romani genocide
linked to: Porajmos
Roma people victimOf Porajmos
Samudaripen alsoKnownAs Porajmos
Rromani wasVictimOf Holocaust
linked to: Porajmos