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A 6 page paper which examines the extermination of German gypsies, which commenced in earnest during Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich (1933-1945). Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of Greek, Kurdish, and Persian, is believed to have been derived from Sanskrit.1 More than a thousand years ago, the Gypsies began transmigrating from the Indian subcontinent, settling in
Persia, Armenia, and Turkey before finally making their way into Europe, settling primarily in the Eastern portion, Germany, and Austria.2 Unfortunately, they did not receive a warm welcome in
their adopted homeland even though they were Christians.3 From their earliest appearance in Europe, the Gypsies were nearly universally disdained because of their loyalty to community rather than country,
their objectionable hygiene practices, and their propensity for begging and stealing to put food on the table and support their families.4 It is believed that Gypsies first appeared in Germany
(in Hildesheim) in 1407, but formal documentation of their existence did not appear until a decade later.5 Based upon the information that has been declassified since World War II,
the persecution, torture, and extermination of Gypsies in Germany did not begin with Adolf Hitlers Third Reich, as commonly believed. There is evidence of sporadic exterminations dating back to
the sixteenth century as this timeline reveals: * 1566: Ferdinand I maintains expulsion and extermination orders; two Gypsies are drowned in the Elbe for violating this order in Dresden;
* 1568: Pope Pius V banishes all Gypsies from the realm of the Holy Roman Church; * 1659: Mass murder of Gypsies in Neudorf, near Dresden; * 1661:
Gypsy hunts instigated as means of exterminating Gypsy population; * 1721: Emperor Charles VI orders extermination of Gypsies; * 1725: An edict from King Frederick William I of
Prussia condemns all Gypsies throughout the land, eighteen years or older, to be hanged; * 1740: All Gypsies entering Bohemia are to be hung by decree; * 1835:
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