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STATELESS<br />
Left: A little boy around 3 years old had<br />
been found by his grandfather<br />
Right: Armando watches his infant sister<br />
teething; Armando is theoretically the only<br />
child from the camp who attends school<br />
During the Enlightenment, Spain briefly and unsuccessfully<br />
tried to assimilate the Roma to ordinary people<br />
by forcing them to abandon their language and way of<br />
life. Even the word gitano was declared illegal. The<br />
persecution of Roma reached a peak during World War II<br />
in Porajmos, genocide perpetrated by Hitler, who claimed<br />
between 220,000 and 1.5 million deaths (The West<br />
Germany formally recognized the genocide in 1982).<br />
There are still tensions between the Roma and the<br />
majority population around them. The most common<br />
complaints are: The Roma fly and live on welfare.<br />
Generally, people do not see a very good eye installing a<br />
Roma camp near their homes. Roma are probably the<br />
most hated minority in Europe. In Denmark, there has<br />
52 <strong>TRAVERSE</strong>
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