Dr Talewicz: The Roma Holocaust was silenced for decades

On the Day of Remembrance for the Roma Holocaust, researcher Dr Joanna Talewicz highlights how Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss described Roma as "trusting like children" and claimed they did not know their fate. She emphasises that the mass murder of Roma was a "silent history" that remained on the margins of historical memory for decades.

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