The Roma struggle for compensation in post-war Germany / Julia von dem Knesebeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von dem Knesebeck, Julia, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies--Nazi persecution--Germany.

Romanies.

Holocaust survivors.

Romanies--Reparations.

Romanies--Germany--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty years passed before it was accepted, in West Germany and elsewhere, that the Roma (Germany's Gypsies) had been Holocaust victims. And, similarly, it took thirty years for the West German state to admit that the sterilisation of Roma had been part of the 'Final Solution'. Drawing on a substantial body of previously unseen sources, this book examines the history of the struggle of Roma for recognition as racially persecuted victims of National Socialism in post-war Germany. Since modern academics belatedly began to take an interest in them, the Roma have been described as 'forgotten victims'. This book looks at the period in West Germany between the end of the War and the beginning of the Roma civil rights movement in the early 1980s, during which the Roma were largely passed over when it came to compensation. The complex reasons for this are at the heart of this book.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations and Recurring German Terms

Glossary

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Nature of Persecution

Chapter 2: Victims' Stories

Chapter 3: The Early Post-War Years (1945-1953)

Chapter 4: The Machinery of Compensation

Chapter 5: How to Measure Disability

Chapter 6: The Struggle for Recognition

Chapter 7: Property Claims

Conclusion

Epilogue

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781912260065

1912260069

9781907396465

1907396462

OCLC:

742671826

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access