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.

This piggery  at Lety has now been demolished.