Roma in the Warsaw Ghetto – a short reconnaissance
Reconstructing the history of the Roma in the Warsaw Ghetto resembles detective work. This group left no written records, and in Jewish accounts, they appear rarely, and when they do, it is only in passing, in cursory remarks. Reconstructing the situation of the Roma minority in the ghetto is rife with assumptions, uncertainties, and general observations, and to date, even such basic information as the number of Roma in the ghetto and the dates of their arrival and departure from the "Jewish quarter" has not been reconstructed. The occupation authorities placed […]