Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) - Scarecrow Press

1922 Germany: In Baden, all Gypsies are to be photographed and
fingerprinted.
1923 Bulgaria: Journal Istiqbal [Future] starts publication.
1924 Slovakia: A group of Gypsies is tried for cannibalism; they are
found innocent.
1925 USSR: All-Russian Union of Gypsies established.
1926 Germany: Bavarian state parliament brings in a new law “to
combat Gypsy nomads and idlers.” Switzerland: Pro Juventute starts a
program of forced removal of Gypsy children from their families for
fostering. USSR: First moves to settle nomadic Gypsies.
1927 Germany: Legislation requiring the photographing and fingerprinting
of Gypsies instituted in Prussia. Bavaria institutes laws forbidding
Gypsies to travel in large groups or to own firearms. Norway: The
Aliens Act bars foreign Gypsies from the country. USSR: Journal Romani
Zorya (Romany Dawn) starts publication.
1928 Germany: Nomadic Gypsies in Germany are to be placed under
permanent police surveillance. Prof. Hans F. Günther writes that it
was the Gypsies who introduced foreign blood into Europe. Slovakia:
Pogrom takes place in Pobedim.
1929 USSR: Nikolai Pankov’s Romani book Buti i Dzˇinaiben [Work
and Knowledge] published.
1930 Norway: A doctor recommends that all Travelers be sterilized.
USSR: First issue of the journal Nevo Drom [New Way] appears.
1931 USSR: Teatr Romen opens in Moscow.
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1933 Austria: Officials in Burgenland call for the withdrawal of all
civil rights for Gypsies. Bulgaria: Journal Terbie [Education] starts publication.
Germany: The National Socialist (Nazi) Party comes to power,
and measures against Jews and Gypsies begin. Gypsy musicians barred
from the State Cultural Chamber. Sinto boxer Johann Trollmann stripped
of his title as light-heavyweight champion for “racial reasons.” Act for
the Prevention of Hereditarily Ill Offspring, also known as the Sterilization
Act, instituted. During “Beggars’ Week,” many Gypsies arrested.