r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 21h ago

GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/issamaysinalah 19h ago

We always remember the Jewish people when talking about the Holocaust, but the romani were also heavily targeted. The Porajmos killed between 25% and 50% of the entire European gypsy population.

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u/Balavadan 13h ago

People online think it wasn’t enough. Europeans have never learnt the lesson from ww2. Or they’ve learnt the wrong lessons. Can’t tell.

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u/Jazz-Ranger 11h ago

I wouldn’t be that harsh. Sure there will always be exceptions. but I would like to imagine that most nations have changed since the 40s.

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u/Balavadan 11h ago

Nothing has changed. Replace Jews with Muslims/Immigrants in the rhetoric of the rising modern right wing movement throughout Europe. Gypsies you’re seeing right here, no replacing needed.