Sinti and Roma in Germany (1871-1933) - Gypsy Policy in the Second Empire and Weimar Republic

Informationen zum Autor Simon Constantine is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Klappentext This book concerns the persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Germany during the Second Empire (1871-1918) and Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and traces the ways in which discriminatory treatment towards 'Gypsies' developed in a state ostensibly committed to individual liberty and equal treatment under the law. Zusammenfassung This book concerns the persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Germany during the Second Empire (1871-1918) and Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and traces the ways in which discriminatory treatment towards 'Gypsies' developed in a state ostensibly committed to individual liberty and equal treatment under the law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Persecution in the Rechtsstaat : Gypsy policy 1871–1933; 2. Communicating the fight against Gypsies to police and officials; 3. Gypsy child abduction scares; 4. Registering Gypsies; 5. Workhouses and borstals; 6. Itinerant Sinti and Roma and local communities; Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Simon Constantine, Simon (University of Wolverhampton Constantine, Constantine Simon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780815394617
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9461-7
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / General, Nationalism, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Fascism & Nazism, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Relating to Romani people and Travellers, 1918–1933 (period of the Weimar Republic), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements