Sinti and Roma have had their home in Germany for centuries – and yet they are still subjected to severe discrimination today.
In addition to six million Jews, 500,000 Sinti and Roma were murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
It took four decades until the then German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt recognized the genocide against Sinti and Roma under international law in 1982. In 2022, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier described antigypsyism and the continued injustice against Sinti and Roma after 1945 as a “second persecution” and asked Sinti and Roma for forgiveness.
- Sinti und Roma in Deutschland und der Antiziganismus. In: ARD Mediathek. 04.03.2024. https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/puzzle/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-und-der-antiziganismus/br-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvLzY2MmZjMDE2LTQzNzgtNDM4MS1iOTEyLTU2NzA2MzMzNjExNg
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