Romani people

are understood by their fellow citizens in their new homelands, their culture will enrich the society's atmosphere with the color and charm of spontaneity" (Ghandi). The word Gypsy is used to describe a particular nomadic group of people who originated in Northern India. It was when they began their nomadic ways, for reasons unknown, and traveled to Europe that the term Gypsy was born because

     The Romani people of Europe are often referred to as "Gypsies". Thought they prefer to be called Roma. The Roma are descendants of the ancient warrior classes of Northern India, particularly the Punjab, and they are identifiable by their language, religion, and customs. The "Gypsies" gained there widely known name due to the fact that when they first arrived in Europe people believed that they had migrated from Egypt. Even after this was found to

Introduction In order to understand the lifestyle of Romanian Gypsies as an indigenous group, this paper will provide insight toward their distinctive subculture, survival means, ability to withstand racial discrimination and unethical living conditions. Historically, Gypsies have been mistreated and isolated within various cultural settings. Their societies have a terrible reputation for theft, begging and lack of schooling, causing a divide amongst the population. Remaining far below the poverty

educational sector, or health sector, they are deliberately exempted from the basic needs provided by afore mentioned sectors. Identity chaos is the major dilemma of their life, which leads to other societal evils. Knowingly or unknowingly these people are deprived of even basic needs of life. This discriminatory attitude of society as well as authorities as led them to wrongfully think that they deserve the life they are living. The mysterious circumstances of gypsies are caused by the abys gap

community, they may be threatened, attacked, or discriminated again. 2. What challenges did the Roma face in different parts of the world? The Roma face a variety of challenges in different parts of the world. When the Roma moved to Western Europe, people took away their history by twisting what it truly meant to be Roma. They also tried to destroy the Roma culture. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Roma were stoned by the citizens of Halifax simply because of their ethnicity. The Roma then traveled to

why the children were  moved.      7.      What did the German police and fire brigades do to help Jews who were being  persecuted?   They allowed the Jews to buy food the Nazi’s wouldn’t allow.      8.      Describe what people did a lot of the time in the ghetto.  Many people got raided by policemen and lost all of their valuables.      9.      What types of things did soldiers take off of Jews in the ghetto and why?  The soldiers took jewelry and anything valuable to sell. They would take leather or any nice 

Comparison of Federico García Lorca's Poems, Romance de la Pena Negra and La Aurora Romance de la Pena Negra (Ballad of the Black Sorrow) was written by Lorca on the 30. July 1924 (Catedra:80). It was one of a collection of poems he entitled the Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads) that, when published, was a huge success, among academics and the general public alike, making this book one of his most well known pieces of work. There are many reasons why the poems received such wide acclaim in

Why did Hitler persecute so many people? What did he do and who all did he persecute? During the Holocaust, Hitler persecuted not only the Jews, but many other groups too. He viewed all these people as “racially inferior,” and wanted to rid the population of them (“Genocide of European Roma (Gypsies) 1939-1945”). The Nazis went to extremes to persecute many people including Roma, handicap/mentally ill, and many other minorities. To begin, Roma (Gypsies) were targeted and persecuted by the Nazis.

on a watch so they would do nothing. Jewish camps and Japanese camps are not the same because Jews were killed at their camp, Japanese camps were made to watch.. First the Jewish people were killed, maybe not at first but soon they would be no good to the Nazi’s they would kill the weak and sick jewish people. Unlike Jewish camps the Japanese were

Why we should teach the Holocaust The Holocaust is an event that happened because of other’s silence and the Nazis who put Jewish people in concentration camps and killed them as well as killing Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma Gypsies, people against the Nazis, priests and pastors, homosexuals, the mentally and physically disabled and many others. Though many of modern times wish to reserve teaching the Holocaust to high schoolers and students in college since they are older, but we should teach the Holocaust