Educational Resources

1. What was life like for the Roma and Sinti in this region before World War II?
2. Were there nomad and/or sedentary communities?
3. What were the main characteristics of the life of the nomad and/or the sedentary Roma and Sinti in this region before World War II?
4. What were the main occupations of Sinti and Roma in this region before World War II?
5. What were the main challenges and obstacles for the Roma in this region before World War II?
6. What was the state of education, political and cultural organization of the Roma before World War II in this region?
7. Were Roma and Sinti recognized as an ethnic group, or as a social category, in this region in that time?
8. Was it a homogenous community?
9. How was the relations between the state and the Roma communities in this region before World War II?
10. How did the majority population see the Roma communities in this region before World War II?

1. Was this region affected by World War II? How? Was it occupied by the Axis powers, or was it a part/allies of the Axis powers, or was it officially neutral?
2. If the region was occupied, who were the occupying forces? What was their policy towards Roma and Sinti? Were there local collaborators?
3. If it was part of the Axis powers, who had the power in the country? What was their policy towards Roma and Sinti?
4. What are the main characteristics of the persecution of Roma and Sinti in this region during World War II? Who organized and executed it?
5. What were the arguments for, and the ideology behind the persecution of Roma and Sinti?
6. What part of the Roma population was targeted?
7. Explore if there were different ways and stages of persecution of Roma and Sinti in this region?
8. What are the main consequences of the persecution of Roma and Sinti in this region during World War II?

Roma resistance against German occupation, local collaborators, and/or local fascist regimes, took various forms in different regions and different periods, ranging from symbolic acts of protest to armed resistance. Many times, Roma could use only meager resources at their disposal, because of the lack of time for self-organization, and the lack of the necessary means to resist.

1. Explain in your own words: what is resistance.
2. Consider the situation in that region in that time, and how the persecution against the Roma and Sinti was organized and executed. Evaluate the means to resist the Roma and Sinti had at their disposal at that moment. What were the main obstacles? Name some examples of Roma resistance.
3. Describe various actions of the Roma and Sinti in that region during that period, which in your opinion are forms of resistance.
4. Explore and find if there are known Roma and Sinti resistance fighters, heroes and role models of resistance from that time in that region.
5. Describe various actions of the Roma and Sinti in that region in other historical periods, including today, which in your opinion are forms of resistance against oppression and injustice against Roma.
6. What forms of resistance to oppression and injustice against Roma are at our disposal in today’s democratic societies?

1. How did Roma and Sinti survived the persecution in that region during World War II? Explore and define their main survival strategies.
2. What were the main challenges for survival of the Roma and Sinti in that region during World War II?
3. What was the main cause of death of Roma and Sinti persecuted in that region during World War II?
4. What were the reactions of others towards suffering of the Roma and Sinti in that region during World War II?
5. Analyse the survival of the Roma and Sinti in that region during World War II by defining perpetrators, victims, helpers and passive bystanders.
6. How did Roma survived assimilation attempts, and managed to keep their culture and identity in that region?
7. Are there serious threats to Roma and Sinti communities in that region today?

1. What are the main consequences of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti in World War II in that region?
2. What are the main consequences of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti in World War II in Europe in general?
3. Analyse the psychological, cultural, social, and economic impact on survivors, and later generations in that region.
4. Analyse the consequences of the genocide on the relation between the majority population and the Roma and Sinti in that region. How does it impact mutual trust and understanding between communities?
5. How does the majority populations’ attitude towards the genocide of the Roma and Sinti impact the generations of survivors and later generations in that region?
6. How did the genocide affect Roma attitudes toward their identity?
7. Analyse the continuity in depriving the Roma from opportunities to develop and get out of poverty, until today.
8. What are the main psychological, cultural, social and economic consequences of living in poverty for generations?

1. How well known is the destiny of the Roma and Sinti during the World War II in that region, and wider in Europe?
2. Investigate what was the status of recognition of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti in the post-war period in that region. How is the situation today?
3. What are the main consequences of lack of knowledge about the genocide of the Roma and Sinti in that region, and in Europe?
4. What is the relation between the lack of recognition of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti and current racism and discrimination of the Roma in that region, and wider in Europe?
5. How does the lack of recognition of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti impact their trust and confidence towards the state and the majority population in that region?
6. Why is the recognition of the genocide so important? Why is it important for Roma and Sinti? Why is it important for the majority population?
7. Why is the international recognition of the genocide of the Roma and Sinti so important? Why is it important for local Roma communities in that region?