National Socialism and Gypsies in Austria FROM THE PUBLISHER
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. As noted in the foreword, although Jews were the major target of the Nazis, others were also marked for extermination. Indeed, of the groups targeted by the Nazis, only Jews and Gypsies were killed indiscriminately and tribally, that is, by the gassing of entire family groups of men, women, and children. Of the eleven thousand Gypsies living in Austria at the start of the war, only three thousand survived Nazi persecution. In the first English translation of this important work, Gilya Gerda Schmidt makes available Thurner's investigation of Camps Salzburg and Lackenbach, the two central areas of Gypsy persecution in Austria. This English translation 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.
FROM THE CRITICS
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A study of Nazi policy toward Gypsies during the Third Reich, first published in 1983 in German as sterreich/>. Investigates the two central areas of Gypsy persecution in Austria, Camps Salzburg and Lackenbach, drawing on Nazi documents, victim's recollections, accounts of witnesses, and formal records. Focuses on the ideological foundations and legal ordinances regarding Gypsies, discrimination and persecution in Burgenland as a whole, the transports from Austria to Lodz and Chelmno, and medical experiments. Includes b&w photos. This edition contains new information on Camp Salzburg and an updated bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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