| National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Thurner, Erika (Author), Berenbaum, Michael (Foreword by), Schmidt, Gilya Gerda (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0817353291 ISBN-13: 9780817353292 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Originally published in German, Erika Thurner's NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND GYPSIES IN AUSTRIA is the ground-breaking study of Nazi policy toward Gypsies during the Third Reich. The recent upsurge of anti-Gypsy violence in Austria illustrates both the horror of the treatment of Gypsy tribes and the timeliness of this volume. Illustrated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Europe - Austria & Hungary - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 940.547 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (0.86 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this first English translation of Erika Thurner's National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria, Gilya Gerda Schmidt makes available Thurner's investigation of Camps Salzburg and Lackenbach, the two central areas of Gypsy persecution in Austria. Two factors made Thurner's research especially difficult: the Roma and Sinti have more an oral tradition than a written one, and scholarship on the plight of the Gypsies is sparse. Through painstaking research, Thurner has been able to piece together fragments from Nazi documents, recollections of victims, accounts of bystanders and other eyewitnesses, and formal records to present her account. The result is a volume that truly enhances our understanding of the Gypsies' experiences during this period. The volume also focuses on broader aspects of the Gypsies' ordeals: the ideological foundations and legal ordinances regarding Gypsies, the discrimination and persecution in Burgenland as a whole, the transports from Austria to Lodz and Chelmo, and the medical experimentation. The book has also been expanded, with a new study of Camp Salzburg, an updated bibliography, and numerous photographs, which were not included in the German edition. The recent upsurge of anti-Gypsy violence in Austria illustrates both the horror of the treatment of Gypsy tribes and the timeliness of the subject of this volume. |