The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies
- ISBN-10
- 0195125568
- ISBN-13
- 9780195125566
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Guenter Lewy, Professor Emeritus of Political Science Guenter Lewy
Description
Documents the Nazi crackdown on the perceived Gypsy threat to social order and racial purity, including incarceration in concentration camps, medical experimentation, and mass executions
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