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xxviii • CHRONOLOGY OF GYPSY HISTORY 1943 Poland: January—Gypsies from Warsaw ghetto transferred to the extermination camp at Treblinka. February—First transports of Sinti and Romanies from Germany are delivered to the new Gypsy Section in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. March—At Auschwitz, the Schutzstaffel (Storm Troopers) (SS) gasses some 1,700 men, women, and children. May—A further 1,030 men, women, and children gassed by the SS at Auschwitz. SS major Dr. Josef Mengele transferred at his own request to Auschwitz. July—Himmler visits the Gypsy Section in Auschwitz and orders the Gypsies killed. USSR: November—Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories orders all nomadic Gypsies in the territories are to be treated as Jews. 1944 Belgium: January—A transport of 351 Romanies and Sinti from Belgium dispatched to Auschwitz. Holland: May—A transport of 245 Romanies and Sinti sent to Auschwitz. Poland: 2 August—1,400 Gypsy prisoners are sent from Auschwitz to Buchenwald concentration camp. The remaining 2,900 Gypsies are killed in the gas chamber. Slovakia: Autumn—Romanies join the fight of partisans in the National Uprising. 1945 27 January—At 3:00 P.M., the first Soviet soldiers reach the main camp at Auschwitz and find one Romany among the survivors. May—World War II ends in Europe. All surviving Gypsies freed from camps. Bulgaria: Gypsy Organization for the Fight against Fascism and Racism set up. Germany: Nuremburg Trials of Nazi leaders begin. Crimes against Gypsies are included in the charges. 1946 France: Mateo Maximoff’s novel The Ursitory published. Poland: Roma Ensemble founded. 1947 Bulgaria: Teatr Roma established in Sofia. 1951 Bulgaria: Teatr Roma in Sofia closed. 1952 France: The Pentecostal movement among Gypsies starts. 1953 Denmark: Gypsies readmitted to the country. 1958 Bulgaria: Nomadism banned. Czechoslovakia: Nomadism banned. Hungary: National Gypsy organization established. 1960 England and Wales: Caravan Sites Act reduces provision of caravan sites. France: Communauté Mondiale Gitane established.
1962 German Federal Republic: Courts rule that Gypsies were persecuted for racial reasons. Norway: Government Gypsy Committee established. 1963 Ireland: Report of the Commission on Itinerancy published. Italy: Opera Nomadi education scheme set up. Yugoslavia: Gypsies move to Shuto Orizari after Skopje earthquake. 1964 Ireland: Itinerant Action Group set up. 1965 France: Communauté Mondiale Gitane banned. Comité International Tzigane set up. Italy: Pope Paul VI addresses some 2,000 Gypsies at Pomezia. 1966 United Kingdom: Gypsy Council set up. CHRONOLOGY OF GYPSY HISTORY • xxix 1967 Finland: National Gypsy Association established. 1968 England and Wales: Caravan Sites Act: Councils to build sites. Holland: All districts must build caravan sites. 1969 Bulgaria: Segregated schools are set up for Gypsies. Europe: Council of Europe Assembly passes a positive resolution on Gypsies. Yugoslavia, Macedonia: Abdi Faik elected a member of Parliament. 1970 Norway: Report published on proposed work with the Gypsies. United Kingdom: National Gypsy Education Council established. 1971 United Kingdom: First World Romany Congress held near London. Advisory Committee on the Travelling People starts work in Scotland. 1972 Czechoslovakia: Sterilization program for Gypsies begins. France: Band known as Los Reyes (later the Gypsy Kings) founded. Sweden: Stockholm’s Finska Zigenarförening founded. United Kingdom: Romany Guild founded. 1973 German Federal Republic: Three Gypsies shot by farmer in Pfaffenhofen. Scandinavia: Nordiska Zigenarrådet set up to link organizations. Yugoslavia, Macedonia: Radio broadcasts in Romani start from Tetovo. 1975 Europe: Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopts a positive resolution on nomads. Hungary: The first issues of the magazine Rom som [I Am a Romany] appear.
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