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Stone 66

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE GYPSY, ROMA AND SINTI
COMMUNITY 

IN 1938, A CENTRAL OFFICE TO “COMBAT THE
GYPSY NUISANCE” WAS ESTABLISHED IN BERLIN.
THE GERMAN CRIMINAL POLICE WORKED TO
LOCATE AND CLASSIFY BY RACE ALL GYPSIES IN
GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND, AFTER MARCH 1939,
IN THE CZECH LANDS.  THROUGHOUT NAZI-
OCCUPIED EUROPE, GYPSIES WERE
INTERNED AND DEPORTED TO LABOR AND
DEATH CAMPS.  IN AUTUMN 1941, 5,000
AUSTRIAN GYPSIES WERE DEPORTED TO THE
ŁÓDŹ GHETTO.  THOSE WHO SURVIVED CONDITIONS
IN THE GHETTO WERE DEPORTED IN THE WINTER
OF 1941-1942 TO CHEŁMNO, WHERE THEY WERE
KILLED BY POISON GAS.  BETWEEN 196,000 AND
220,000 ROMA WERE KILLED BY THE AUTHORITIES
OF GERMANY AND ITS AXIS PARTNERS.