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Romani people (Czech: Romové, commonly known as Gypsies Czech: Cikáni) are an ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, currently making up around 2% of the population. Originally migrants from North Western India sometime between the 6th and 11th centuries, they have long had a presence in the region.
In the Czech areas of the country, 90% of native Romani were killed during the war; the Romani in modern-day Czech Republic are mostly post-war immigrants from Slovakia or Hungary and their descendants.
The German extermination policy was the culmination of a long history of persecution of the Czech Rom. Various laws and directives dating back to 1539 decreed that "gypsies should be evicted/banished out of the country" or even killed.
16 wrz 2015 · The Roma, also known as ‘Gypsies’, represent the largest and the most widespread ethnic minority of Europe.
The Roma would, nevertheless, come back into the Czech lands, as ‘Gypsies’ were banished across the entirety of Christian Europe. Their presence on any given territory was possible only until they were caught.
The Gypsies of Czechoslovakia: Political and Ideological Considerations. in the Development of Policy*. The Gypsies of Eastern Europe constitute a minority whose perseverance has long been an enigma to both social researchers and political authorities.
22 paź 2012 · 19 April 2012 – Czech Senator Petr Pakosta (BEZPP): “The Gypsies themselves are to blame for the Czech public’s negative attitudes towards them. Their avoidance of work, their growing aggression, their lifestyle at the expense of the majority population is entirely the result of their own decisions.”. ****.
