How will these resources help you?

The resources in this list have been chosen in order to highlight a history that has been either forgotten or only previously briefly explored. It includes books and lectures about the Romani Holocaust, written by specialists in the field. These specialists are people who have invested decades of research to tell a story no-one wanted to hear. The Romani Holocaust, or ‘The Devouring’ as it is known by the Romanichal peoples, has not been widely discussed historically. It was not ‘recognised’ until 1979 and no Romani person gave evidence at Nuremberg. As a Romani woman myself, I have invested time trying to understand the atrocities my community faced, and I have explored the effect of these atrocities on current community mindsets and behaviours. Growing up, I had no knowledge of the persecution; it was only through the preparation of exhibitions that I began to realise the depth of the injustices.