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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.
Gypsies in Czechoslovakia (2% of the total population). The fast numerical growth of Gypsies becomes a subject of increasing interest of both specialists and large public.
The website “Romové v České republice” / “Roma in the Czech Republic” offers information and testimonies about the Genocide of the Roma in the Czech Republic, as well as news related to this topic. The texts are written in Czech, English, German and French.
A medieval legend about a "gypsy" blacksmith who made nails for crucifixions spread throughout Europe. Other ancient accounts note that "gypsies" were musicians, for example in the Turkish army. The first reference to Roms in the region that is now Czechoslovakia dates to the fifteenth Century.
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.
1 sty 2016 · Chapter PDF Available. Identity and Language of the Roma (Gypsies) in Central and Eastern Europe. January 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-34839-5_3. In book: The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic...
