Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Pig farm on Nazi ‘Roma Camp’ Demolished
I have for long been
fascinated by the Roma, nomads in Europe whose roots can be traced to the
Indian subcontinent. The Roma have historically been discriminated against and marginalized
in Europe. During the Nazi era, the Roma got caught in Nazi theories of racial
superiority and were subjected to a genocide. Historians believe that between25% and 70% of Europe’s Roma population was murdered during the 2nd World War.
Unfortunately, even after World War Two ended, the Roma continued to face
discrimination and prejudice. They still do. There can be no better example of
such discrimination and prejudice than the communist government of Czechoslovakia
allowing a piggery to be set up on the site of a Nazi camp near Lety, about 80
kilometers south of Prague, were thousands of Roma were held, exploited, tortured
and many killed. The guards who operated the Lety camp were local Czech.
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